Max came to live at Kaos via the Los Angeles County Animal Control system.  While cruising www.petfinder.com one day, I saw a picture of this laughing red boy who was incarcerated at the pound.  I feel in love with his picture and persuaded Sean to make Max my birthday present that year.  I found him a place to live while we bought a house and things rolled along from there.  It took some coordination, and the assistance of my boss, but we managed to be at the LA Shelter the morning he was available (I was in Pittsburgh...but it all worked out).

Although we don't know where he came from, we suspect that Max has some experience in harness.  Why?  Well, how many pound dogs know gee and haw, hike and whoa?   Max LOVES to be in harness, whether it's the cart or a sled and snow. 

Max is one of our more dominant dogs, benevolently controlling the happenings in the yard, keeping the youngsters in line and teaching Ryder how to be in charge.  He's almost the perfect house dog (he's got that boy habit still) and sleeps at the foot of the bed in his special bed...unless Lacy steals it first!  right.  Now that Ryder is sharing the workload of running Kaos,  Max plays like a puppy; as if by having passed the mantel of responsibility on to Ryder he's free to enjoy a second puppy-hood here at Kaos