Hi ! My name is Max, Currently I'm in Western, NC & going to my first good manners schooling & it's fun. I learned to Sit-Stay & Down-Stayfor a full minute after just one week ! Also I know to sit for affection and understand that all 65lbs of me needs to be calm - but it's difficult & I need to be reminded, on occasion. My bad habit of body hugs is completely cured, it's the calm environment. They are working with me on what they call "leave it" & ya' know I finally get it - if I let them have the stick or ball they won't turn their backs & ignore me. Thought they were weird but they won't play by my rules of "grab it from me if you can" and if I play by their rules it is fun for us all. The Golden Retriever in me really comes out when I play fetch. There is a lake here & I learned how to retrieve in the water, WOW it's sooo much fun & they say I am really a great swimmer. Of course you already know that I am beautiful, especially after a bath, brush & blow dry and I love both and well behaved, cause I don't want it to stop. Here in the house I sleep all nite by their bed, I was afraid before when I had to always stay outside. I still need encouragement when it's dark outside & I like company for potty time if it's dark. This time I hope to have a family that is hair savy. They must realize that even though I don't shed & have no dander, my hair does grow fast & needs lots of grooming or you can keep me cut short. I am short now because my last home did not understand about grooming & let me get matted, so I've got a crew cut, and I still look good. Living in a fenced yard was like being is a prison..Don't get me wrong, I loved my family but they worked, 8-10 hours I was left alone & bored. They came home to children, dinner, homework, baths, & kinda forgot about me. Except for saturday for a few hours & I was just sooo happy to see them that I would get a bit carried away & they said I was too playful & they say couldn't bond with me.
You must know that I am very smart, completely house trained, polite, crate trained but you should never need to because I do not chew anything that isn't mine & I do know what is mine, polite with food & will share, very much want to be next to you, will go to bed on my own after a long day and still let you sleep til 7am. I am curious about the cat. When I nuzzle her she spits at me & growls & if she runs I run after her, just to play but she doesn't know that & I am too big to play with her. I like to ride & know to stay in the very back of the 4 Runner, I know better & do not try to come forward in the vehicle. I play ball with myself at times but when you play with me I can catch the ball in mid air, cool huh! I would like to meet prospective new family members. My foster parents are ok with you coming to meet me & play some. I will take you to the lake & take you for a walk. I am great off lead, great running with a leash, good when fast walking, but I still pull a little when walking slowly-But I'am learning. OVERALL I, Max am a great boy & very smart. Please contact my foster parents if you may know someone who would like to learn more about me or if maybe you are interested in living with me, it will be the best decision of their lives & hopefully mine, as my heart does not need to be broken again.