Max #3213
He was very anxious at first. I was fortunate to be able to have him with me at work for over 5 weeks, so that he was never left alone during the change of homes. He went out with me wood cutting the very next week after adoption, and it was obvious he had never been out in the forest! He was enthralled with all the sights and smells but was most secure in the cab of the PU truck and even there, always wanted to have me in sight!
He learned how to swim by accident in the river where we were. He had been reluctant to get past paw depth until we walked in the shallows and when he followed me back towards the main shoreline he inadvertently went into a deep hole and found out that swimming (by instinct) wasn’t so bad after all! He’s turned into a “water magnet”! Here he is asleep between sections of white water!
After a few more weeks at work we departed for three full weeks of vacation. Camped the whole time, hiking, swimming (almost daily), fetching and retrieving and constantly learning about wild critters and other dogs and people. He loved it all! Visiting three National Forests, 6 lakes three rivers and one oversized creek with his favorite deep swimming hole to “undust” in after a long day hike into a wilderness area.
Max was adopted on July 16, 2019