Max

   I posted a blog about my first dog, Gekok, who got lost almost two months ago. On the 12th of September we were doing rounds around the hood looking for Gekok. At the corner of a store made of plywood, there was a dog that looks like Gekok. I asked my husband to stop the car and look at the dog. He's so much like Gekok, he has a medium long body, short, wide paws only that he is white and has shorter fur.
 
   My husband asked me to talk to the owner if they'll have the dog adopted by us. The guy in the store said that the dog is not directly his but a condo owner asked him to take care of him. The condo does not allow occupants to care for medium sized to big dogs. The "adopted" dog's owner have two shi tzus -- Ruffles and Blue. The guy said for me to talk to them but I needed to return the next day as it was already 8pm.

   I went back to talk to the owners and I met Tita Maggie. As Tita Maggie opened the door. Ruffles ran to me and I immediately picked her up and she started to kiss me furiously. Blue came next. I told Tita Maggie that our intention with their dog, Maximus as they named him after the Gladiator, were pure. It didn't took me a lot of time to convince her but we were waiting for two hours for her daughter to wake up. Her daughter bought Max at Boracay when he was 2 months old and brought him to Roxas City.

   It was 1pm and I needed to head back to our apartment without Max to cook food for lunch. Our apartment is just 5 minutes away from Tita Maggie's condo. We were anxious for her to send us a text message saying that we can bring Max home. It was 4pm when finally she told us to come back and talk to her daughter.

   Clay is a sweetheart. She was a very nice person, the family are. So, she interviewed us and exchanged stories about our dogs. She only asked us to do one thing, to take care of Max. We said we will also love him. Her parents said that they will come by our house to visit Max from time to time. It was a request immediately granted. She was teary eyed as we (me, my husband and her parents) left their house.

   Max was unease as expected but he ate and drank a lot. We had a little hard time trying to train him. I am proud to say that Max knows when to pee, poo and play. He is still learning and he is happy that he could run, walk and jump.

   Isn't he cute??? We love him!