6 Months

We've signed up for a companion for Max for hopefully in the fall. Rufnit Kennels has a new litter of beautiful fawn puppies with a female we really liked as a possible companion for Max. However we talked with Shari of Rufnit Kennels abut the timing and how that might affect Max, especially since we'll be moving soon - about the time the new puppy would be ready to arrive. Shari wisely said it would be a lot of upheaval for Max so we are going to wait for another litter - maybe X or Y. Can't wait to see the names for the X and Y pups!

Max is right about 6 months old. He does really well off leash - whistle trained pretty well, but he has a stubborn streak! He continues to start sniffing birds in the air. Hopefully we'll have a few coveys of quail soon to see what he does! He stands about 20 inches and about 30 pounds. And what a face he has! Such a beautiful little fellow! I can't get upset with him when he misbehaves since he is such a cutie, but train him (nicely) we must. I strongly recommend two books - one is called How to Help Gun Dogs Train Themselves by Joan Bailey and the other is The Dog Whisperer: A Compassionate, Nonviolent Approach to Dog Training by Paul Owens and Norma Eckroate.

The new house has loads of space for him to romp and play - most cross fenced for horses or cattle but I have a strong feeling that will not contain dear Maxie. I spy digging under fencing in the future! He has an amazing ability to find snakes so we've begun the rattlesnake vaccine process. We'll be fencing in the back yard area so Max has free rein out there. He can romp in the pasture and gun range under supervision!

Who knew I'd come to love this little fellow so much? Superdog! I made one video with the theme to Hong Kong Phooey but can't post it here because of copyright issues, but here is another fun video - enjoy!


For some reason this supposed HD video came out terribly and took me four days to get it to embed. Go to my youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP8RgCe0c1Q for a better quality vid..... Or wait another day or two while I figure it out!