"Maddox"

October 2006

Well I hope you get this message... I have tried several times to send you an update, and every single time, something went wrong and the message wouldn't go through. Anyways, I just wanted to let you guys know how Maddox is doing. He has become the center of our family, I can hardly remember what it was like around here before he came. He has been a huge hit with my mom and dad. Mom is here with him every day (when I have school etc.) and they have become best buddies - she spoils him like you wouldn't believe, and he is my dad's "side kick", and of course he is everything to me!! . Dr. Link has been very impressed with him. I weighed him just the other day and he is up to 63LBS. He is very healthy - taking his worm pill each month along with his flea/tick med. He is soooo very smart, he has learned... "sit", "stay", "outside", "go to your bed", "let's go to bed/time for bed", "no", "kisses", "shake", and "go get pa/go to the shop", "lets take a bath" (which is one of his most favorite things to do) just to name a few. He is very smart and learns pretty quickly. House training wasn't quite as hard as I thought it would be, now he goes to the door and sits and waits for you to take him out. He is now able to just sleep around the house without being kept in one room all night... he use to have to be in my room with the door shut, but now I leave it open and he either sleeps on the couch, in HIS chair or he will come get in the bed with me. One Sunday a month, we go to Rock Creek park and meet a friend of mine, he has a 4 year old male and a 6 month old female, (both boxers) we let them run and play in the fenced in field. I use take him with me almost every morning when I would go to bojangles (the drive-thru people love him) and also to SONIC. Everywhere we go, I get flooded with complements. He is a wonderful part of this family, we have a routine that we usually go through every day, it begins when my alarm goes off at 6am... If I don't get up when the alarm goes off he will wake me up. I haven't been late for school yet!! He loves to sleep under the covers and usually he will poke his head out like a real person. I take him out for his morning business and then he will get back in the bed while I get ready. I usually take him out again before I leave and then he is here throughout the day with my mom (and dad periodically) and when it's time for me to come home, he will get in his chair and look out the door and wait for me to pull in the drive way. On average, we will go out at least twice to run and play every day, I throw the tennis ball and he runs after it, he has learned to bring it back and give it to me but he loves to play keep away from me!! When the sun starts to go down, we head inside and get ready for supper - **and he still hasn't quite learned to leave us alone while we eat - he is so spoiled that he thinks he should have his own plate. We don't give him much people food - but he has managed to get his paws on a piece of chicken or steak here and there. On Sundays he usually gets gravy poured over his food and that is his Sunday diner**- We usually end our day with a lil TV and then we hit the bed around 9pm - 10pm. He has slept with me in my bed EVERY SINGLE NIGHT since the first night he came home!! I finally got his AKC papers back in the mail, his full name is: General Patton Maddox Palmer. I guess this is about all for now - I'm sorry that it has taken me a year to actually get this to you!! I have attached some pictures... hope you enjoy them. I will continue to keep you posted as he grows. I want you to know that he is a very happy puppy and is in a loving home where he is taken very good care of. Thank you so much for everything!!

Tiffany Palmer

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