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My name is MAX(GORGEOUS PUP-THROWN AWAY!!!

Posted over 8 years ago | Updated over 8 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Border Collie/Golden Retriever
Color
Black - with Tan, Yellow or Fawn
Age
Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

MAX***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com MAX'S STORY-- "LET'S GET A PUPPY" MAX'S MOM & DAD HAD TALKED WITH THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY HAD BEEN BEGGING FOR MONTHS TO GET A PUPPY, IT WAS SPRING AND EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD, ALL READY TO HELP, CARE FOR AND LOVE THE NEW PUPPY, SO THE FAMILY WENT A GOT A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE 6 WEEK PUPPY THEY NAMED MAX. AT FIRST EVERYTHING WENT GREAT THE CHILDREN PLAYED BALL WITH MAX, MAX WENT TO ALL THE CHILDREN'S SOCCER GAMES, TRIPS TO THE LAKE, MOM & DAD ALSO HELPED, BUT SOON THE "NEW" WORE OFF, THE CHILDREN WERE BUSY WITH SPORTS AND DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE MAX, MOM WAS BUSY TAKING CARE OF THE HOME AND DAD WAS GONE ALL DAY AT WORK AND AS DAYS PAST MAX HAD LOST HIS APPEAL, THE CHILDREN DIDN'T WANT TO HELP CARE FOR HIM AND EVERYONE WAS JUST TOO BUSY SO MAX WAS PUSHED ASIDE. AS SUMMER ENDED AND SCHOOL STARTED MAX SPENT LONG HOURS IN HIS BACK YARD ALL ALONE. FINALLY THE FATHER CALLED US EXPLAINING THAT THEY THOUGHT MAX WAS A WONDERFUL PUP, HE WAS SO SWEET, ADORED EVERYONE HE MET, HE LOVED THE CHILDREN BUT NO ONE HAD ANY TIME FOR HIM AND HE HAD TAKEN MAX TO THE LOCAL KILL SHELTER!!!!!. A FRIEND TOLD HIM ABOUT US HE CALLED LETTING US KNOW MAX WAS AT THE SHELTER, BOTTOM LINE THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM AND JUST THREW HIM AWAY!!!. THE MINUTE WE WENT TO THE SHELTER AND SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY FELLOW, MAX BECAME A "KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE" DOG THAT DAY. WHAT HAPPEN TO MAX WAS NOT HIS FAULT, HE KEPT HIS END OF THE DEAL, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HIS BEING, IT WAS HIS FAMILY WHO FAILED THIS DESERVING PUP. A DOG IS A COMMITMENT NOT SOMETHING YOU THROW AWAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM--MAX DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER!!!***MAX--HAPPY--SMART--ADORABLE, "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?? ONCE YOU SEE MAX WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT DOES HAPPEN!!! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL FELLOW THE MINUTE YOU MEET HIM. MAX IS AN 8 MONTH OLD, 40-45 LB., BORDER COLLIE AND WE FEEL THERE JUST MIGHT BE A HINT OF GOLDEN RETRIEVER IN HIS FAMILY TREE, WHAT A GREAT COMBINATION!! HE IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FELLOW, HIS COAT IS A MYRIAD OF GORGEOUS COLORS, SUN-KISSED GOLD, PALE FAWN AND HIGH GLOSS BLACK SHADINGS, THEN ADD SPARKLING GLACIER WHITE ACCENTING HIS CHEST, PAWS AND FACE. IN FACT THE MARKINGS ON HIS FACE ARE SO PERFECTLY MATCHED IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARTIST HAND PAINTED MAX!!! HIS COAT IS BREATHINGLY BEAUTIFUL,"CUDDLE" SOFT, IT LOOKS LIKE FEATHERS BLOWING IN THE BREEZE WHEN MAX MOVES!!! HIS EYES ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE SEEN, THEY ARE A WARM, RICH CHESTNUT COLOR WITH A TRUE "LOVE ME AND LET'S PLAY" EXPRESSION. THEY TRULY SEEM TO SHINE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN MAX FIRST SEES YOU. MAX IS A TRUE COMPANION, HAPPY, DEVOTED AND EXTREMELY LOVING. HE HAS A GLOWING TEMPERAMENT AND DISPOSITION!!! THE MINUTE YOU CALL HIS NAME HIS ADORABLE FACE WILL LIGHT UP, HIS EARS WILL PERK UP AND OVER TO YOU HE WILL COME, TAIL WAGGING, EYES TWINKLING, HE WILL TURN HIS ADORABLE HEAD TO ONE SIDE THE LOOK SEEMS TO BE SAYING 'WHERE'S THE BALL? WANNA PLAY?" HE IS A PUP WHO SOAKS UP EVERY MINUTE WHEN GIVEN ATTENTION AND AFFECTION FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO HIM--HIS FAMILY. YOU COULD ALSO CALL MAX OUR "AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL" FOR HE ABSOLUTELY ADORES EVERYONE HE MEETS AND ALL DOGS HE GREETS WITH A HAPPY TAIL WAG(HE'S EVEN FINE WITH CATS). MAX IS HAPPY FROM THE MINUTE THOSE BEAUTIFUL DREAMY EYES POP OPEN IN THE MORNING TIL HE SNUGGLES IN AT NIGHT TIRED FROM A FUN DAY OF PLAY. YOU COULD TAKE THIS ADORABLE FELLOW ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD MAKE YOU PROUD. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLED FOR IS FINE WITH MAX JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO. START YOUR DAY WITH AN EARLY MORNING WALK OR JOG AND MAX IS RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE, HIS TAIL WILL BE WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING, HE IS JUST HAPPY AND CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS TO SEE ALONG THE WAY. JINGLE YOU CAR KEYS BUT YOU BETTER BE QUICK MAX WILL BEAT YOU TO YOUR SEAT TURN HIS PRECIOUS HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "COME ON WE'VE GOT PLACES TO GO, ERRANDS AROUND TOWN TO RUN". IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS MAX READY, HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAINS, CHASING ANY STICK OR BALL YOU THREW HIM, THIS PUP KNOWS HOW TO HAVE FUN!!! THERE IS ONE MORE PART TO THIS "TOTAL" PUP'S PACKAGE, MAX IS SOOOO SMART!!! HE IS A PUP WHO IS EAGER TO PLEASE, EASY TO TEACH, HE IS TOY & TREAT MOTIVATED WHICH MAKES TRAINING A BREEZE ALSO A PUP WHO DELIGHTS IN PLEASING THOSE HE LOVES. HE TRULY SEEMS TO SMILE WHEN HE KNOWS HE HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT PLEASES THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO HIM, HIS FAMILY!!! HE IS INDEED AN "OPEN BOOK" A PUP WITH HUGE POTENTIAL. IT'S UP TO YOU TO FILL THE PAGES OF HIS BOOK WITH HUGS, PATS, KISSES, PLAY, BUT MOST IMPORTANT FILL HIS BOOK WITH A TON OF LOVE. YOU WILL BE REWARDED EVERYDAY HE IS A PART OF YOUR LIFE WITH A BEAUTIFUL FELLOW WHO DEARLY LOVES HIS FAMILY AND LOVES WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. A LOVING, "HAPPY GO LUCKY" PUP WHO'S ONLY REQUEST IS TO BELONG TO A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM. IF THE COMPANION YOU ARE HOPING TO ADD TO YOUR FAMILY IS ONE THAT IS AFFECTIONATE, FUN, HAPPY, WHO'S GREATEST JOY IS PLEASING HIS FAMILY AND A FELLOW WHO IS SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL THEN LOOK NO FURTHER YOU'VE FOUND YOUR "TOTAL " PUP!!! HE IS EXCEPTIONAL!!! WE PROMISED MAX THE FIRST DAY WE MET HIM, WE PROMISED HIM WE WOULD FIND HIM A WONDERFUL HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP!!! HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO COMPLETE ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ANY KENTUCKY LAB, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE***www.kylabrescue.com***CLICK ON THE "ADOPTION INFORMATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ON-LINE APPLICATION" COMPLETE AND SEND. THE APPLICATION WILL GO TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR. MAX'S ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES HIS TRANSPORT FEE IS $575. MAX IS NEUTERED CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING RABIES AND BORDETELLA. HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.

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