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    Max's Whole Story...

    This is Max's whole story. I really want to tell you the whole story, it was all broken up before and now I'm going to tell you it all. Every single bit of it.

    Sometime earlier this year, I don't know the exact date, my mom got a call from a friend of hers. She's a police women, and she had recently given one of the police dogs she had trained to a women because the dog, Bricks had hip problems. These hip problems weren't fatal, a police dog just couldn't work with them because of all the running, jumping, and agility the dogs need to do. The women that then owned the dog renamed him to Maxwell. Later on the police women found out "Max" was being starved. She called my mom right away, asking her to take him, since the police service couldn't take him back. My mom called the person who had the dog then, and asked what was going on. She said Max was going to be put to sleep in 5 days if no one would adopt him. A day before he was put to sleep we went to go take a look at him. We met at a local park with Rupert. We saw Max and how horrible he looked. He didn't have any meat on him at all, and she said all she fed him was table scraps every once a while. His coat was all blotchy, it was in the condition to wear you could just pull off a whole chunk of fur in places. His hips looked fine to us, we didn't really know what exactly to think about this dog. But we definetley didn't want a dog like this to do. We wondered why she didn't take him to a rescue or something, I mean, an AKC registered dog, papered and all, how fortunete would it be to put to sleep a dog like that? We didn't ask, we should've, but we didn't. I wish we did, though. He and Rupert liked eachother, so we took him home without researching much on German Shepherds, and I see now that that was a big mistake. Max has gotten any bigger than he was when we bought him, but the dander and fur all over the house always bothered my dad, nevertheless everyone else in the family. We've tried putting stuff in the laundry that said it would help, but it didn't. We tried a special air freshener designed just for allergies to animals. It didn't work. We've tried different stuff, different medicines, none of it seems to help. He is also a very big dog. We don't really have a big enough house for him, I tend to think GSDs are one of the biggest dogs, and we honestly don't have room for him and Rupert. Out hallway is rather small, so we can't go down the hallway with him, we have to go single file. Maybe Rupert & a smaller dog, but not Rupert & Max. We're planning at the moment to get a Boxer. but we're still not sure. W'ere also researching Boston Terriers & Pugs, we are not 100% sure at the moment.

    It might sound pathetic, and if you insist not believing me, okay, fine. But this is all the truth and none of it is going to be changed. That's the whole story. Thanks for reading.

    Also... I know I said I'd leave...but... I was just being stubborn Sorry for making you guys think I was causing drama.

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    That poor Max.

    He needs tender love and care right now. His diet must be accessed, like wise, he needs to be bathed, brushed and seen by a Vet.
    German Shepards are such wonderful dogs!!!!! So full of LOVE!!!! Yet, they require a some maintenence along with space to thrive in.

    I am hopeful that if you can't tend to his immediate needs, that you will seek another resource, (another person) who can and will take care of him.


    I am so glad that he was not euthanized. As, with proper attention, he will undoubtedly regain his former glory.

    Please keep us up-dated on Max!!!

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    I'm one of Sarah's best friend's so I know pretty much everything she knows about he dogs... LOL, so I'd like to add something everyone. My neighbor Lisa, owns Lola, my show puppy, as some of you have seen in pictures. She's very interested in Max. She's just trying to convience her husband, Mars, to agree. We're not too sure yet, but once he gets neautred and everything, and Mars sees him when we bring him over one day, he'll fall in love with him... and have to say.... YES. Since they have a Rottweiler, they're really experienced with extreme shedders, and they have a HUGE yard. Their big girl, Cocoa, a Doberman/Rottie was just put to sleep, and they weren't exactly looking for another dog at the moment, but then Lisa heard about Max. If you want, keep your fingers crossed for this Maxie boy! Lisa & Mars would give him the best home he could have!

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    Well it would have been nice to hear the whole story from the beginning, since it wasn't really how you represented it to start with, but thanks for at least telling the truth about it. I know I'm not the only one who prefers to hear the truth rather than made up things to cause drama. You will find yourself a lot more welcome here if you are just up front, even if not everyone agrees with the choices made. I still wish Max the best and I hope you find him a good home, he doesn't deserve to go to the pound. I have to say though, owning two boxers, if your house is not big enough for max, it's not big enough for the energy of a boxer. You may think so but it's not. THey aren't THAT much smaller, do shed, and need a lot of room for running and playing. If they don't get this exercise they will not do well and will become destructive. You should definitely look into a smaller dog, and pugs often shed a lot, so keep that in mind. I would suggest not getting any other dogs for a while if allergies are really a problem in the house though, but if you are gonig to anyway, you really need to get a smaller dog if the house is that small.

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    A boxer is still a big dog...Poor Max, you should have started finding him a home when you got him instead of saying you were going to keep him.
    And this is he reason we have so many homless animals, the carlessness of people that dont reaserch the breed.
    I hope he gose to a home where people know how to treat him.
    And your dad cant be allergic to one dog and not the other....
    Hes either allergic or not ?
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    Buttercup,

    As someone with allergies, it is entirely possible to be allergic to one dog and not another. It happens to me all the time. Lady doesn't bother me, some dogs do, some dogs don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
    Buttercup,

    As someone with allergies, it is entirely possible to be allergic to one dog and not another. It happens to me all the time. Lady doesn't bother me, some dogs do, some dogs don't.
    But isnt it the dander?
    The kind all dogs have? Except for some of the curly coats.
    And with a coat so similar?
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    It is the dander, but some dogs don't affect me in the least, others do, and I know I'm not unique in that respect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
    Buttercup,

    As someone with allergies, it is entirely possible to be allergic to one dog and not another. It happens to me all the time. Lady doesn't bother me, some dogs do, some dogs don't.
    Thank you

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    Quote Originally Posted by buttercup132
    A boxer is still a big dog...Poor Max, you should have started finding him a home when you got him instead of saying you were going to keep him.
    And this is he reason we have so many homless animals, the carlessness of people that dont reaserch the breed.
    I hope he gose to a home where people know how to treat him.
    And your dad cant be allergic to one dog and not the other....
    Hes either allergic or not ?
    I compleatly agree. We should have fostered him in the first place but we thought he would stay with us forever,but..... I quess I was wrong. My family would never but Max in a foster home. NEVER. I would Never add on to the list of dogs being but to sleep each day. I no that dogs are dogs and you cant really find a dog that doesnt shed. But My family is trying to find a dog that would be a little easier for my dad and his allergies

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    All flowers have pollen but that doesn't mean people are allergic to all pollens, some bother and some don't .Same principal. BTW LH Rusty says ylou didn't sneeze once at the BBq while he velcroed you! LALALALALALAAAAAAAA!(evil chuckle cause Rusty loves Lady)

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    Vela, it's not the energy we don't have room for, it's the size. Boxers are smaller than GSDs and Rupert has just as much energy as a Boxer, he's a Lab/Pit Bull, and pitties are rather like Boxers.

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    I have a pit bull as you know, believe me even though she does not not have much fur she sheds, I'm sure a boxer would also. There is a boxer down the road from me he is NOT small at all. I honestly dont see any pit in Rupert, but what do I know?

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    I have no idea where you are getting that boxers are smaller than German shepherds. It's purely an individual basis, and as a rule they are close to the same weight category. Some boxers can be around 90 pounds and not obese.

    From AKC.org

    GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
    The desired height for males at the top of the highest point of the shoulder blade is 24 to 26 inches; and for bitches, 22 to 24 inches.
    BOXER
    Adult males 23 to 25 inches; females 21½ to 23½ inches at the withers
    1 inch shorter if you are comparing the top end of the GSD scale... maybe. and some of course are going to be just as tall as a GSD, some GSDs are shorter than normal. The size difference is very minimal on average, and energy level should have much more to do with confining a dog in small quarters than physical size.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K9soul
    I have no idea where you are getting that boxers are smaller than German shepherds. It's purely an individual basis, and as a rule they are close to the same weight category. Some boxers can be around 90 pounds and not obese.

    From AKC.org

    GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG


    BOXER


    1 inch shorter if you are comparing the top end of the GSD scale... maybe. and some of course are going to be just as tall as a GSD, some GSDs are shorter than normal. The size difference is very minimal on average, and energy level should have much more to do with confining a dog in small quarters than physical size.
    wow that suprisess me I think I should cross Boxers of my list lol

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