The loss of a local friend: Max the dog - Harringay online2024-03-28T13:53:07Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/the-loss-of-a-local-friend-max-the-dog?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1491664&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI was so, so sad to hear this…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-05-20:844301:Comment:14916642022-05-20T07:37:25.386ZSharonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SharonIrvine204
<p>I was so, so sad to hear this. </p>
<p>I've known Max since I moved here in 2013 and he became so important to me when I went through a bad period of depression and anxiety. I struggled to leave the house but missed seeing him, so he became the reason I got out (even if it was just to give him a quick ear scratch then run home!)</p>
<p>Without even realising it, I began to spend longer and longer outside, and would start talking to people who also stopped to say hi to him. </p>
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<p>I was so, so sad to hear this. </p>
<p>I've known Max since I moved here in 2013 and he became so important to me when I went through a bad period of depression and anxiety. I struggled to leave the house but missed seeing him, so he became the reason I got out (even if it was just to give him a quick ear scratch then run home!)</p>
<p>Without even realising it, I began to spend longer and longer outside, and would start talking to people who also stopped to say hi to him. </p>
<p>It might sound silly, but he was the catalyst to my recovery!</p>
<p>In recent months I'd always give him a treat when I passed, and he learned to recognise me from down the street - he'd start pacing and wagging his tail, ears up (well, one up and one down due to a previous ear infection!) looking like an excited puppy.</p>
<p>If I didn't have one on me, for whatever reason, he'd start prodding my pocket with his nose as if to say "They're usually in there!" </p>
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<p>I'm really going to miss that old boy ❤️</p> Here's his portrait, courtesy…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-05-20:844301:Comment:14915782022-05-20T06:48:02.063ZGordon Thttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GordonT
<p>Here's his portrait, courtesy of Google Street View in February this year:</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10502312670?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10502312670?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Here's his portrait, courtesy of Google Street View in February this year:</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10502312670?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10502312670?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> Thanks for letting us know -…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-05-19:844301:Comment:14913772022-05-19T21:06:02.215ZCharlie Owenhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/CharlieOwen
<p>Thanks for letting us know - I didn't know. Although he looked big and intimidating, I'm not sure he was much of a guard dog, since he would often amble over for a pat and a stroke as you passed by.</p>
<p>Thanks for letting us know - I didn't know. Although he looked big and intimidating, I'm not sure he was much of a guard dog, since he would often amble over for a pat and a stroke as you passed by.</p> Thank you Bee for your lovely…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-05-19:844301:Comment:14912202022-05-19T20:58:39.876ZGeraldine Bhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeraldineBethune
<p>Thank you Bee for your lovely memorial pic for Max. I live very close and got used to seeing him resting/chilling on his lounger outside the shop. What a good and quiet dog he was. I would like to take this opp to remind/ask all dog lovers like myself to check out the dogstrust.org.uk and guidedogs.org.uk websites. wOOF WOOF ))</p>
<p>Thank you Bee for your lovely memorial pic for Max. I live very close and got used to seeing him resting/chilling on his lounger outside the shop. What a good and quiet dog he was. I would like to take this opp to remind/ask all dog lovers like myself to check out the dogstrust.org.uk and guidedogs.org.uk websites. wOOF WOOF ))</p>