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Meet and greet

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Eating out of her handThe meet and greet went pretty well at Anna Maria’s place. Their home is on a nice secluded piece of land out Mission way. There is a big fenced play area and all the dogs in the place got along with Max.

He barked at Anna Maria and her dad, but quieted down after he found out they didn’t pay any attention to him. They have a couple chows there, so it was interesting to see him with 2 females. One is a younger purebred Chow and she and Max were chasing each other quickly. The older female was playful for a while. I think they’ll get along just fine.

Where's Max?SPOT MAX!

Anna Maria and Max went for a walk around a fenced area and when she called him and turned and left, he came scampering, so she figured he’d work out well. She’ll give him some vigorous walks, that’s for sure.

BTW – all the pictures on this blog are “clickable” for a larger version of the picture. Some are in the “NextGEN format” so that when you click a picture, it “zooms” on the page – the old format shows you the picture on a page by itself.

In either case, the pictures are always clickable.

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Cool thing today

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Candy Cane WebMax and I were doing some work in the yard – nothing major – raking some leaves, making sure the Christmas lights are ok – when I saw this pretty cool spider’s web.

Max November 2008I’ve tried to get a good picture, and I hope this one does it justice. The web was glistening with water, so it stood out quite well at certain angles.

As you can see here, Max is extremely excited to see me working on the lights again. He gets so excited, I’m worried he might have a stroke. lol He’s just got to calm down. We’re heading out to meet all the other dogs at Anna Maria’s place in a little while.

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Quick Note

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Max in the car Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I’ve been busy getting the Christmas lights up – I’ve been weeding out the old bulbs and getting these new fangled lights up. I’ll get a pic or two up to show how half looks lol…

We took Max to the off leash one day then we went to Home Depot. Max was fine left in the car, and then i dropped Pam off for an ATM dash – Max took the opportunity to check out the better view from the front!

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Max at Freedom Park

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Freedom parkThis picture is of Max and Pam at Freedom Off Leash Park. Max is eager to get back to running with his new buddies, rather than pose for a picture with Pam!

Freedom Park is a nice park, with a big play area for dogs to socialize, and a small network of paths meandering through some trees and brush.

It allows you to take your pet for a walk alone, while they are off leash, or you can let your dog mingle with the wide range of dogs out walking their owners.

One of the more unique dogs we saw there today was a 1 yr old GoldenDoodle named Chevy (her birthday was today) – we actually met two Goldendoodles, the second one had been to a groomer and her hair was cropped shorter, and that owner said that their hair was not supposed to be left long, but we did like the way Chevy’s hair rippled when she ran. They sure are a frisky friendly lot. But they are also a larger breed, with bushels of hair!

Here is a movie of Max socializing with Chevy, the GoldenDoodle – She was just 1 year old, and frisky! Quite a tease really, wanting Max to chase her to try to get the grey ball, or the stick, or the red ball, or the orange ball- she found every toy in the park.

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Elmo, Buck's Buddy

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ElmoThis picture of Elmo, a 12 year old Blue Heeler, is our neighbour’s dog. He’s looking awfully dapper in his blue bandana!

Elmo and Buck were best buddies.  He doesn’t see too well, and Buck was pretty much deaf.

Elmo and Max are trying to get along – it’s a work in progress. Last night they did really well. Nobody jumped the other!

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My next big hurdle!

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Day One for MaxHmm… I have been hearing about a meet and greet. I have to go out to mission to meet some other dogs, and if I get along with them I can stay with them (I think they called it boarding) while Mum and Dad go on holidays. It sounds like a fun place, sounds like there are alot of other dogs there to play with so that might be fun. I’m not throwing my support behind the idea 100%, I’ll have to meet Anna Maria and Brian and then I’ll make my decision!

I might decide that being around alot of other dogs, going for walks in the woods, getting fed a couple times a day, getting to sleep on my swell beds at her place..  being entertained all day..  that might be terrible..  hey… wait a minute, that doesn’t sound bad at all? Well I’ll just keep an eye on the other dogs and see what they are like and then I’ll let you know how this meet and greet goes..  I think it’s going to happen in a week or two.  Stay tuned!

Max!

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Barking behaviour

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Eye on MaxI  really enjoy my off leash park visits. We’ve explored Serpentine on Tuesday and Wednesday, and because it was not as busy on Wednesday, mum and dad decided to take me to another park in Surrey. It was pretty cool. I think it is called freedom park. It’s on 154th st and 84th ave.

I think I played nice, and walked   through the forested area, but I started barking at the other dogs (maybe so they would include me  in the war to see who could carry the ball..) but mum and dad  didn’t like that I was barking so much and the only one barking. It was near the end of the visit so maybe they were thinking that I was getting too excited.. and they told me it was time to go home. So when they said that, what did I do?? Did I take off and try to stall? Nope.. I trotted over to the gate and waited for slow poke mum and dad to get  there!? I could tell by the pleased look on their faces they were thinking… ” WHAT A GUY!!”  Unfortunately “THEY”  forgot to take the camera but promise they will do that next time and post some pics of the swell park and my brilliance at following commands!

Both parks they’ve taken me to have a doggie fountain where my and my buddies can get some water, but they have been dry and the water turned off. The other owners said that the city has turned the water off now due to the cold weather, not wanting the pipes to freeze or burst.. I would have thought having the water running occasionally would have helped prevent that, but I’m no engineer or plumber so what do I know 🙂

Max  (sometimes now also called Maxie!)