Suwannee Cockers
The Place for Merles and Sables
MAXIMUS VON BREMER
Our Max is one of the most beautifully colored American Cockers that we have ever seen, and one of the sweetest. He loves people and attention, and he loves being the King of our dogs. Max is our premier male here, and he is the sire of all of our first generation Merle dogs. He is a medium sized Cocker, but he throws a wide variety of sizes of pups, no matter who he is bred with, from some very small ones to standard sized, and he throws the widest variety of colors of any dog, bar none, that we have ever met. To see quite a few pictures of Max's puppies, please go to Max's Puppy Page.
Max is also a most unusual Cocker in that he appears to be a mahogany red Sable and white dog, but he is also a hidden or Cryptic Merle, which means that he does not show any Merle hairs, but he throws about half Merle pups. Not only are mahogany red Sable dogs rather rare, but supposedly so are Cryptic Merles, so Max is very special indeed.
Max is very energetic and playful, and he loves to spend the day running around the largest dog yard, barking at squirrels and lording it over all of the other dogs, especially his sons. But he loves his "girls," and he is definately "all male," and he guards his family against anything strange or unusual, and he just loves to bark at the riding mower. But he is also very smart and obedient, and he will heel while walking at our side, and he will chase and retrieve tennis balls all day long. We feel that our Max is just an altogether delightful dog with a great big heart. Here he is shown with one of our guard dogs, our Shepherd-Chow-Husky mix, that we rescued about nine years ago.
But what people notice most about our Max are his absolutely beautiful big blue eyes.
The only dog here that Max can not "boss around" is our Shepherd-Chow-Husky girl, as she is quite a bit larger than he is, but she and Max get along quite well together. We rescued this girl from going to a dog pound at 11 weeks old, and she is one of our very good guard dogs on our property, all of whom are rescues.
Max is very curious and loves to follow us around. Here we snapped a picture of him in our greenhouse, where he was very careful not to break or knock over any plants.
Max is a very obedient dog and he will willingly heel.
Max is a very friendly dog with just about everyone.
Max loves his treats.
Max loves being a couch potato too, but he doesn't like being posed to have his picture taken, as his expression shows. But this picture shows off his wonderful mahogany red Sable and white coloring, so we have included it.
Max really does love sleeping in his big blue crate, with his pink carpet--it's a very Florida decor. We strongly believe in crate training, as dogs are "denners" and crates make them feel secure. However, our dogs do not spend any real amount of time in crates, as we have very roomy outdoor kennels and spacious outdoor dog yards. But we do bring in all of the dogs on the occasional nights when the weather gets really cool, or when we are threatened with storms and hurricanes, and then every dog gets his or her own crate to sleep in.
And we do like to have all of our dogs crate trained for trips to the vet, as using crates for these trips are safer than letting them loose in the vehicle. And Max especially likes to retreat to his crate when there are young puppies around, and although he will tolerate very young pups, as they become older and more annoying he wants nothing more to do with them until they are nearly fully grown and have learned some manners.
Max and our now retired red girl Sparkle hung out together all of the time. Here they are out in one of the kennels, which all have metal roofs and are paved, and all have stout dog houses. We live in a very warm climate here in Northcentral Florida, so both we and the dogs get to spend a lot of time outdoors, but we also get about 60 inches of rain each year, so we have to roof over the kennels. The kennels are under the shade of huge oak trees.
Max can really be a clown, and here he is, clowning it up, hanging his head off of the tailgate of the truck.
Max is very energetic and moves all of the time, even on a leash, and even on the back of a truck. But Max's very richly colored, Shaded Sable markings can really be seen in this picture.
Max has very interesting markings, with an obvious saddle, but he has white incursions into his saddle, so he is technically a parti Cocker.
But Max looks very different clipped! This past Summer (2005) was just so hot that we finally clipped Max practically down to the skin, everywhere but the tips of his ears, and he had a wonderful time running around out in the dog yards all Summer without all of that hair. His hair is slowly growing back for the Winter, but we may clip him every Summer from now on, as he seems to be much happier in the heat with virtually no hair. And one thing that we do really like about "clipped dogs" is that we can actually see their muscles rippling as they move, and our dogs do have quite a lot of muscle--our vet comments on it almost every time that she sees one of our dogs--as they get so much outdoor exercise.
But Max has such a beautiful coat when it is long that we are really glad that we have a lot of pictures of him when he did have some long hair.
Max can be serious looking at times, but not very often, so this is an unusual picture of him. But it certainly shows off his big blue eyes.
But then Max can look pretty funny!
Max and Sparkle hung out together a lot, especially by this gate, as they are both very treat oriented, and treats come through the gate.
Max was such a cute and happy pup! Max is the epitome of Cockers to us, always seeming to smile, and he always acts very happy. His blue eyes make him seem almost human when he looks at you, and we do wish that he would throw more puppies with blue eyes. But he has thrown very few puppies with light eyes, and he has only thrown one puppy that looks like him, named Ditto.
So far Max has been bred to four different girls, and he has thrown some really beautiful puppies, whose pictures are scattered all over this website. They have come in all sorts of colors and markings, and some of them have been extremely unusually marked. But one thing that they have all had in common is that they are all very sweet natured.
We have a glass-artist friend who was so impressed with Max's blue eyes that she designed and made this little glass tile clock for us, based on Max's face and coloring. She makes these small clocks on custom-order, so if you would like one made from your pet's picture, just send us an email--you can email us from the bottom of the "Home Page"--and we will forward your email address to her.
To see Max's pedigree, please go to Max's pedigree page.
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