Max's Adventures

I think Max has had a fun couple of weeks. Actually, I think he's had a pretty fun life, but he might possibly argue with me.

Since Matthew has been out of work, he has tried to take Max to the park each day for some fun and exercise. Max LOVES to retrieve as I have mentioned time and time again.

Last week while at the park, a couple of families came up with kids who wanted to play with Max. He was fine with them throwing his toys, but he was not so interested in being petted and loved on. He is one focused retriever.

Last Friday, Matthew went to play frisbee golf with a guy from church. Max went along and apparently did not understand that he was not supposed to retrieve the frisbees. It sounded like he had a really good time.

While at the park another day last week, Matthew was curious if Max could climb stairs. Since there is playground equipment at the park, Matthew climbed up the stairs on the equipment and Max followed suit. He even climbed down them a couple of times. He also ran down the slide. He could not figure out how to run up the slide although that was entertaining to watch. (By the way, no playground equipment - or anything/anyone else for that matter - was harmed in this experiment.)

One day this week while at the park, a guy was there working with his yellow lab on retrieving birds. This lab was a good 30 pounds heavier than Max. Matthew said he was not interested at all in retrieving the birds. So the guy would throw a bird, and Max would bring it back to him. For some reason, the retelling of this story just tickles me. Obviously Max doesn't care who is throwing what, he just wants to run and bring something back.

Last night we had some friends over for dinner with their 4 week old son. Max was extremely curious about this little guy and his car seat/carrier. Every time the baby would make a noise, Max would go over there and sniff him. I don't think he ever figured out what that little guy was. It was good to see even for a few hours how Max would behave around a baby. He has no idea what he is in for!