Max is a standard aussiedoodle standing 23" and weighing 50lbs. He is an F2b, both of his parents are aussiedoodles. He has the structure of a poodle and the coat of a poodle, but he is very driven to work. He is highly intelligent and learns very easily. He was housetrained in the first day and learned sit, down, stay, and come in less than one hour. He works as a service dog for my children and is very good at what he does. He loves to work and is happiest when he is working. He has absolutely no fears of anything and has never met a stranger.

    As some noticed I don't have any pictures of Max working with the children. We avioded doing this for several reasons. First, because it would distract the boys, they like the camera and would want to pose rather than allowing me to get a candid shot. Second, going in public with a dog already brings attention, having a camera will bring even more attention. Last, when taking photos in public I have to be able to crop (remove) people from the picture, I wouldn't want my picture on someone else's web page and not know about it. I am going to do my best to get some pictures of Max and the boys out working. I may have to sneak some shots with the phone camera. Look for those pictures to be posted soon.

                A couple of Fun Stories About Max

    Our first outing to a restaurant was a true adventure. We had decided to go out for pizza, normally we bring pizza in and eat at home. The pizza restaurant is very noisy, and it was even noisier on a Friday night. We were meeting up with family, so we had a back room. We made it in and Max went under the table and did exactly what I had trained him to do, he laid down under my oldest son's feet. My oldest son had a difficult time with the noise, but Max distracted him. When the pizza came my son dove right in and went to eating, but lost a piece to the floor (or so we thought). I looked under the table expecting to see Max eating my son's pizza, instead Max was still laying there only he sported an entire piece of pizza on his back. He did exactly what he was trained to do, he didn't touch the food. I was amazed and honestly I still am. At the time Max was only 7 months old. He just amazes me.

    On another time I had been training Max at night, 9 pm and later at Walmart. It just makes sense, there are less distractions and my children are in bed (you can't train a dog when you are taking care of children). We were out at Walmart, working as we normally do. There was a baby in a different asile, she began to cry. I didn't think this would upset Max, but it did. He had this strange sense that the child was in danger and he kept wanting to lead me in that direction. I managed to keep him focused, but he is very in tune with children.