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My name is MAX(LOST HIS FAMILY--PLS READ!!

Posted over 7 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Brown/Chocolate
Age
Puppy
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with kids
Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Purebred
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 KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com MAX'S STORY--MAX LOST HIS FAMILY!! WE RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL FROM A YOUNG COUPLE ASKING FOR OUR HELP TO FIND A HOME FOR MAX THEIR 5 MO. OLD GORGEOUS PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPY. THE COUPLE HAD BEEN IN A HORRIFIC CAR WRECK, THE WIFE WAS WELL HER INJURIES HAD HEALED HOWEVER THE HUSBAND HAD SUSTAINED A SEVERE BRAIN INJURY. HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK AND THEY BOTH THOUGHT THAT A HAPPY PLAYFUL PUPPY WOULD BRING SOME JOY TO THE HUSBAND SO THEY WENT AND BOUGHT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TINY CHOCOLATE LAB PUPPY THEY NAMED MAX. AT FIRST THINGS WENT WELL THE HUSBAND SEEMED TO BE GETTING BETTER AND WHAT THEY HAD HOPED WOULD BE A SHORT RECOVERY OVER TIME THEY LEARNED WAS NOT THE CASE. THERE WERE GOING TO BE MANY DOCTOR VISITS, POSSIBLE LONG HOSPITAL STAYS, DOCTOR VISITS OUT OF TOWN. THEY HAD THIS ADORABLE HAPPY PLAYFUL "LET'S GO HAVE SOME FUN" LITTLE FELLOW WHO JUST WANTED TO PLAY, GO PLACES, TAKE WALKS, MAX WAS SO HAPPY BUT RIGHT NOW THEIR HOME WASN'T!! THEY DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB WITH MAX TRAINING TEACHING HIM MANY COMMANDS BUT IN THE END THEY REALIZED IT WASN'T FAIR FOR MAX TO BE LOOKING AT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ALONE WITH A COUPLE WHO RIGHT NOW JUST WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE MAX THE CARE, TIME AND LOVE HE SO DESERVED. "MAX IS SUCH A JOY, THE SWEETEST LITTLE HAPPY FELLOW EVER, WE LOVE HE MORE THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO TELL YOU BUT WE JUST CAN'T GIVE HIM THE LIFE RIGHT NOW HE SO DESERVES. WE WANT HIM TO BE A PART OF A FUN, HAPPY FAMILY WHO WILL LOVE HIM AS MUCH AS WE DO. PLEASE FIND HIM A WONDERFUL HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM. THIS IS THE HARDEST THING WE HAVE EVER HAD TO DO, WE ARE HEARTBROKEN BUT WE FEEL MAX DESERVES A BETTER LIFE THEN WE CAN GIVE HIM" WAS MAX'S FAMILIES PLEA TO US. THE MINUTE WE HEARD ABOUT THIS VERY SAD AND TRAGIC SITUATION WE IMMEDIATELY OFFERED TO HELP AND MAX BECAME PART OF OUR RESCUE. HIS OWNERS WERE RIGHT HE IS JUST A LOVING, PLAYFUL, HAPPY LITTLE FELLOW. WE PROMISED HIS FAMILY WE WOULD FIND HIM A GREAT HOME, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP.*****MAX--"ONE HAPPY--PLAYFUL--LOVING--GORGEOUS--LIFE IS GOOD" PUP!! MAX IS A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 5 MO., OLD, PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPY, NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE, THIS PUP GOES WAY BEYOND PRETTY!!! THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE MAX HE WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS HE IS THAT BEAUTIFUL AND WORDS LIKE "OH!! HE SO ADORABLE" WILL COME GUSHING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!! HIS COAT IS CUDDLE SOFT, A DARK RICH CHOCOLATE COLOR, SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, YOU WILL WANT TO PAT AND RUB THIS LITTLE CUDDLER ALL DAY WHICH AS MUCH AS THIS LITTLE LOVER ADORES ATTENTION, AFFECTION AND HIS FAVORITE THING BELLY RUBS THIS IS JUST FINE WITH HIM. HIS EYES WILL TRULY MAKE YOU MELT, THEY ARE A PALE SOFT GOLDEN COLOR WITH THE CUTEST "LOVE ME" AND "LET'S PLAY" EXPRESSION, THEY ARE SO PALE THEY ALMOST APPEAR IRIDESCENT. HIS EYES TRULY SEEM TO SPARKLE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN MAX FIRST SEES YOU. HE IS ALSO A BEAUTIFULLY BUILT PUP WITH PERFECT BODY CONFIRMATION. THIS PRECIOUS PUP SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED "HAPPY" BECAUSE BOY IS HE, TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED, HE HAS A GLOWING TEMPERAMENT AND DISPOSITION, A WONDERFUL OUTGOING, LOVING, PLAYFUL PERSONALITY. MAX JUST THINKS THAT EVERYONE HE MEETS SHOULD STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND COME PLAY WITH HIM. THIS LITTLE GUY NEVER MEETS A STRANGER, FROM CHILDREN TO SENIORS, JUST CALL HIS NAME AND STRAIGHT TO YOU HE'S COMING, EYES SPARKLING, TAIL WAGGING, OR IN MAX'S CASE HIS WHOLE BODY IS JUST ONE LITTLE WIGGLE. JUST GIVE MAX HIS FAVORITE CHEW BONE, A PAT OR GIVE HIM A TOY(MAX LOVES HIS TOYS) TO PLAY WITH AND NOW HE HAS OFFICIATELY ADOPTED "YOU" AS HIS NEW BEST BUDDY!!! HE COULD ALSO BE CALLED "MR. SOCIAL" AS HE ADORES EVERY DOG HE MEETS HIS ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY WILL PLAY WITH HIM. IN FACT MAX SPENDS HIS DAYS PLAYING WITH SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER RESCUE PUPPIES, TO WATCH MAX ROLL, TUMBLE, WIGGLE AND CHASE TOYS WILL INDEED BRING A HUGE SMILE TO YOUR FACE. YOU COULD TAKE THIS "LIFE IS GOOD" PUPPY ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD MAKE YOU PROUD, JUST GET USE TO BEING STARED AT WHEN FOLKS SEE MAX HE IS A SHOW STOPPER!!!! WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH MAX JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO!!! HE WOULD LOVE AN EARLY MORNING TRIP TO THE PARK JUST A CHANCE FOR MAX TO MEET A NEW PLAY BUDDY. IF IT WAS YOUR DAY TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL DON'T LET MAX HEAR YOU JINGLE YOUR KEYS UNLESS YOU PLAN ON TAKING HIM ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR IN MAX WILL HOP, HE WILL FIND "HIS" SPOT TURN AND GIVE YOU HIS "OK I'M READY LET'S GO" LOOK, MAX DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING DOESN'T MATTER TO HIM IF HE'S WITH YOU HE'S HAPPY!!!! IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A TRIP TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS MAX READY, HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY BALL OR STICK YOU THREW HIM, JUMPING IN THE BIGGEST FLUFFY SNOW BANK HE COULD FIND AND IF YOU BROUGHT ALONG A FEW FRIENDS AND THEIR DOGS THE MORE THE MERRIER AS FAR AS MAX IS CONCERNED. THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO THIS GREAT PUP'S PACKAGE--MAX IS SMART!!! AS WE MENTIONED HIS FAMILY DID A GREAT DEAL OF TRAINING WITH MAX, HE KNOWS THE COMMANDS SIT--STAY--LEAVE IT--GO FETCH--COME-- GO NIGHT NIGHT AND MORE, HE IS ALSO CLICKER TRAINED!! HE IS A VERY ALERT LITTLE GUY, ALWAYS AWEAR OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HIM, ANYTHING YOU INTRODUCE HIM TO HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES!!!! HE IS A PUP THAT IS EAGER TO LEARN, EASY TO TEACH BUT MOST OF ALL DELIGHTS IN PLEASING!!!! THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PUP IS HUGE!!! MAX IS SUCH A HAPPY, LITTLE GUY HIS FIRST DAY WITH YOU YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE. WE FEEL AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH MAX THAT HIS PERFECT HOME WOULD BE WITH A COUPLE, SINGLE GUY OR GIRL OR A FAMILY WITH OLDER CHILDREN WHO WOULD LOVE TO SPEND THE DAY PLAYING AND TRAINING MAX, AN OWNER WHO POSSIBLY HAD ANOTHER DOG A PLAY BUDDY FOR MAX. MAX WOULD ALSO LOVE A BIG FENCED YARD TO RUN AND PLAY IN. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE MAX HAPPY JUST A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF CHEW BONES(SAVES YOUR FAVORITE SHOE), ROPE TOYS SO HE CAN PLAY TUG-OF-WAR, A FEW DOZEN TENNIS BALLS, SOME SQUEAKY TOYS, ANTLERS AND A PEANUT BUTTER KONG(ONE OF MAX'S FAVORITE THINGS)THEN ADD A TON OF HUGS, KISSES AND LOVE AND YOU HAVE ONE VERY HAPPY PUPPY!!!! WHEN MAX COMES INTO HIS HOME AT THE END OF A DAY FILLED WITH WALKS, TRIPS TO THE PARK AND PLAYTIME IN HIS YARD, HE CONTINUES TO SHINE, WHEN YOU BUILD A FIRE AND SETTLE IN TO READ OR WATCH A MOVIE YOU WILL FIND THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PUP CURLED UP AT YOUR FEET CHEWING ON HIS ANTLER(HIS FAVORITE). HE IS ALSO HOUSE TRAINED AND CRATE TRAINED. ALTHOUGH MAX DOES HAVE EVERY TRAIT YOU COULD EVER WANT IN A FAMILY COMPANION THE THING HE WANTS MOST IS TO BE A PART OF A FUN FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A JOY HE IS AND LOVE HIM. BEFORE HE CLOSES THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES AT NIGHT HE JUST WANTS A KISS AND TO HEAR THE WORDS "MAX WE LOVE YOU" SPOKEN BY HIS FAMILY AND MAX WILL DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP AND YOU CAN BET HIS PUPPY DREAMS INCLUDE ANOTHER TRIP TO THE PARK, THE MOUNTAINS, A CAR RIDE, TOYS AND TONS OF HUGS AND KISSES FROM HIS FAMILY!!!! THIS IS ONE EXCEPTIONAL LITTLE GUY!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO MAX WAS NOT ANY ONES FAULT JUST A SAD AND TRAGIC SITUATION. WE PROMISED MAX THE VERY FIRST DAY WE MET HIM THAT WE WOULD FIND HIM WONDERFUL HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP, WHEN WE TOLD HIM THIS HE WAGGED HIS TAIL!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SUBMIT ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ONE OF OUR RESCUE DOGS, PLEASE **** CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com **** MAX IS WITH HIS FOSTER FAMILY IN KENTUCKY HE WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA ON A PET TRANSPORT ONCE HE IS ADOPTED. HIS ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES HIS TRANSPORT FEE IS $575. MAX IS NEUTERED, IS CURRENT ON HIS VACCINATIONS INCLUDING, HE IS ON HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.

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