Poor Max… at 15 years old, when he should be spending his days resting on a warm bed surrounded by love, he was left behind at the shelter. 😢

🐶 Max – ID #A5756983
Max was owner surrendered on 2/20/26 to the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center, and his intake photo says it all — confused, heartbroken, and wondering where his family went. No senior dog deserves to end up here after a lifetime of loyalty.

 ▪︎ Max is a big old teddy bear who loves treats. When I visited, he made the sweetest “woo woo” old-man barks, hoping I’d toss him another snack. It was his little way of asking for attention… for kindness… for someone to notice him.

▪︎ Right now, that’s the only enrichment he’s getting. The shelter is currently on lockdown due to a distemper outbreak, so the dogs cannot leave their kennels. Max is stuck in there, waiting, with very little comfort.

💔 This is no place for a 15-year-old senior dog.
He deserves a soft bed, gentle hands, and a quiet home where he can feel safe again.

📍 Baldwin Park Animal Care Center
4275 Elton St.
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
☎️ Phone: (626) 962-3577 (Press 5, 2, 2)? K
📧 Emails:
• DACCBPRescue@animalcare.lacounty.gov
• JGutierrez@animalcare.lacounty.gov
• Agandara@animalcare.lacounty.gov
• BLeanos@animalcare.lacounty.gov
• Amota@animalcare.lacounty.gov
• AReal2@animalcare.lacounty.gov

Please don’t let Max spend his final days in a kennel. Share, adopt, or rescue. He still deserves love. 🐾💔




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💔 HEARTBROKEN AND CONFUSED — 15 YEARS OLD — OWNER SURRENDERED 💔 MAX is 15 years old. Fifteen years of loyalty, love, and devotion… and now he sits alone in a cold shelter kennel, wondering where his family went.