Entered: 11/06/2006
Status: Adopted
Age: 0
Color: Black/White
Weight:
Gender: Altered Male
Location: Lansdale , PA
Health: UTD, HW-, Lyme-, underweight and working on it
Temperament: Good with people as young as school age, good with dogs, cat’s unknown
Original: Max was found on a web site “free to a good home. When his initial rescuers came to pick him up, they found him living in a cage in a cold, dark garage. His owners couldn’t say exactly how old he was, but an estimate puts him at about 10 months. He was noticeably underweight and missing out on good care. Max’s luck changed and he moved to a rescue organization that took care of him until his MAESSR foster home was ready. While at the rescue, Max went for long walks and met other dogs and kids of school age and older. He has yet to find a find a dog or human he doesn’t love exuberantly!
In his foster home Max is sharing life with the resident two-year-old Springer and they are getting along very well. While Max does sleep in a crate, he loves having freedom to roam and play the rest of the day. Playtime has been non-stop. He and his foster brother have had more fun than any Springer could dream of! They had a grand time romping in that large pile of leaves that Max’s foster mom was nice enough to make for them!
Max is a typical Velcro Springer. Much to the chagrin of his foster brother, he has moved right into his foster mom’s life. Even at shower time, Max is there. Max is still very much a puppy and has plenty of energy that will need to be worked off daily. Whether there is a playful dog willing to do the job or a happy human that wants to play, it doesn’t matter to Max, he just needs to play. There is also a great upside to all of this energy. Once Max has had his fill, he settles down and is content to sit at your feet or snuggle for the rest of the night.
Through no fault of his own, Max may have missed a lot of his puppyhood. But that does not mean he no longer has the curiosity and desire to please that any young one has. He is game for trying anything new. He travels well in the car, had plenty of conversations with other dogs in the veterinarian’s waiting room, and has completely enamored anyone whose path he crosses. Max says “hello” to everyone he meets by jumping up and trying to greet them face to face. His adopting family will have to work on quieting this exuberance and teach him that four on the floor is the way to impress someone new. This is one reason why Max may do better in a home with school age children as opposed to toddlers.
Though Max is underweight, this is nothing that a little extra high-quality food won’t help. While he has not technically counter surfed, he thinks nothing of putting his two front paws on the countertop to see what’s happening up there. So, his foster mom would think twice before leaving an uncooked steak or fresh pie out unprotected! He hasn’t searched for goodies in the trash can. But, then again, it is behind closed doors! Max is not preoccupied with food. He is a grazer. So, if his new family already has dogs, special attention may have to be paid to ensure that Max gets what he needs.
Max has yet to do anything destructive in his foster home. His foster brother leaves plenty of toys around. And, while he has played with them, Max hasn’t chewed any apart. He doesn’t try to get on furniture, nor does he beg for food. While he is essentially potty trained, he has had a few minor accidents. This may just be his not having had this level of freedom in the past. He has not had any problems while in his crate.
Other than bedtime, Max has the run of the house including the fenced backyard where he is content to spend most of his day. He loves the freedom and the wide-open sky. He has learned to come into the house using the dog doors but is reluctant to use them to go out. His foster mom thinks he knows how, he just prefers using the doorman!
Max is a real love bug and wants a family that will treat him as one of their own and let him grow and thrive as the Springer he is meant to be. Are you that family?