We're just back from the vet. Our vet thinks Max is still a puppy! She said he's not fully grown yet. She also says he's 100% German Shepherd

We noticed last night that Max was sneezing quite a lot and had a bit of discharge from one nostril. Our vet thinks he's got a slight infection in his nose so gave him an antibiotic injection (he cried like a baby) and a course of antibiotic pills. As soon as the infection is cleared up he's going back to get vaccinated. As we're unsure if he has been or not we're going to get the vaccinations just to be on the safe side.

My reasoning (and our vets) is as he was abandoned by such uncaring owners, then the chances of him being vaccinated are very remote.

He is also booked in for castration on the 5th October. This will give him time to get over this infection, the vaccinations and allow him more time to settle in.

Poor dog. He looked really worried at the vets and was very subdued on the way home. No wonder. The last time he was at the vets, he got taken to kennels His eyes lit up when we got home. You could see the relief in them. He's such a gentle, loving dog I can not for the life of me understand the mentallity of his previous owners abandoning the way they did

However, I am a great believer in what goes around, comes around and they'll be punished for what they've done to him As my late mother used to say "There's always a higher hand".