max

** If you are interested in adopting Max, please fill out our adoption application at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ **

Max is an adorable, 6 or 7 year old, 12lb Italian Greyhound / Chihuahua mix with a friendly, sweet, and super silly personality. This little guy was relinquished to a rural shelter in Pampa TX when his owner got put into an assisted living home. Despite the confusion of the shelter, and then his transport to Colorado, Max's spirits stayed high and along the journey he has remain his silly, playful, happy-go-lucky self.

This adorable, sweet boy is full of life and always ready for a snuggle. He is good with other dogs and makes fast friends wherever he goes. While he may be 7 years old, he still has young dog energy.

From Max's foster:
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"Max is such a happy guy, his tail is always wagging so hard that his whole body moves side to side! He has a big personality and is really a funny guy. Don't let his greying muzzle fool you... he has lots of playful, silly energy! He is amazing!

He is potty trained and he sleeps in bed with me. He really likes to cuddle / be on my lap. When we are hanging out in the living room he goes under the blanket to cuddle with me.

He walks good on leash too and he’s so funny when he sees people he MUST say hello!! We went into petsmart and he got so much attention and was eating it up.
He really likes meeting new people and meeting new dogs. He is super friendly and outgoing. Someone definitely socialized him well!"
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Max is up to date on his vaccinations, has been fully vetted, is healthy, heartworm negative, and is neutered.

Farfel's Rescue and our New Mexico rescue partners would love to see Max in a home with an individual, family (older kids are preferred so there's no tail-pulling or awkward handling) or active retirees who have the time and love for a very loyal and sweet dog. We'd hate to see him left alone all day while his family works full-time outside of the home, as he is much too social for that type of arrangement.

We'd like to place Max in a home where he'll get consistent stimulation, exercise and love. A (virtual or in-person) positive reinforcement group training class promotes great behavior, bonding and confidence. Training is so important in the future behaviors of every dog. It's for this reason that we're unwilling to adopt to a family that doesn't make this loving choice. Farfel's is happy to provide a list of both in-person and virtual positive reinforcement / force- free trainers in your area.

Farfel's Rescue is a fully foster based rescue, and offers a one week trial with every adoption. We feel that this is much more beneficial to not only the dog, but the adopter too. We believe that only getting 20-30 minutes with a dog before deciding on a lifetime commitment is not a fair amount of time to the adopter, or the dog. Therefore we give adopters one week with the dog to assure it is the right fit, and offer a full refund of their adoption fee should it not workout within the week trial.

Farfel's Rescue has been doing adoptions this way since 2005 and is thrilled to adopt out ~400 dogs each year.

Applications are currently being accepted for our wonderful pup. If interested in this gorgeous, very cuddly/sweet and loving best friend, please fill out an application completely at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ and submit.

**PLEASE NOTE** If you're truly interested in adopting from us, please be sure to fill out our Farfel's Rescue adoption application found at the link above or at farfels.com. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Farfel's application is the only initial tool that we have to determine a great match for this very deserving dog. We're sorry, but in many cases, we're unable to get back to those that don't submit our Farfel's Rescue adoption application. Thanks very much for choosing rescue.