Startling revelation of what Max A Pooch recycled besides cans and bottles!

Nov. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- Deerfield, IL.... Max A Pooch ithe recycled dog who recycles, and the message he has about picking up  recycling recycling litter is a popular one that seen on the web site http://www.maxapooch.com

However, during the taping of the popular cable Television show  Restoration of Spirit, Keith Sanderson, Pooch's sidekick, made a startling relevation of how Pooch changed his life.

Sanderson, a cancer survivor explained to Janet Kohl the program's creator and hostess, how he suffered an unexpected shock when he returned to his job two days after recuperating from major cancer surgery and was told his position had been terminated.  

He eventually found new employment, but it wasn't nearly as challenging or interesting as his previous job. Then, a few years later his new employer relocated and he was again without employment.

Older and more emotionally drained Sanderson again went on the job hunt. He received rejection after rejection and became increasingly despondant.  

As an outlet he decided to see if he could make Max A Pooch into a popular icon. The dog was already finding and retrieving bottles and cans.  Sanderson realized this skill was unique. He added A Pooch to Max's name, and called him the recycled dog who recycles,  Sanderson. didn't know that during the process it was Max who would  recycle and repurpose him.

Max A Pooch gained notority in a very short time. As he did Sanderson begain to realize that the dog was helping him find purpose to his life and was helping him restore his spirit.

The  segment of Restoration of Spirit that features Sanderson  and Max A Pooch  appeared  on Cable Channel 6, in Evanston, IL. Now, it can be viewed online at http://www.livestream.com/restorationofspirit .

Kohl, says,  "Restoration of Spirit is the journey of finding your way back to the life you were meant to live.  It is the knowledge that we can do things both great and small, by minute, day or month to repair our situations and find the real purpose in our lives."

Sanderson, began to realize that his  purpose is to create awareness of the damage litter does to the environment and the misery people who abandon animals create. In the end it is this lack of a a sense  of responsibility that leave messes behind costing society billions of dollars to clean up.

Sanderson also recounts to Kohl how he found Max. Orignially the pooch had been abandoned at six months of age  at an animal control facility where he was recycled (rescued) by Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter, a Lincolnshire, IL based no- kill shelter.

He and his wife Helen adopted the young dog. "We had a handful," He recalls. "Max had no training, was almost full grown, strong and full of energy. Just the kind of dog you shouldn't adopt unless you are ready to make and keep a commitment to spend a lot of time and work with it."

Max was a fast learner. So fast in fact that Sanderson had to devise new activities to keep the energetic but mischievous dog's mind and body occupied.

One day Sanderson wondered if he could train Max to retrieve bottles and cans instead of tennis balls. In no time the canny canine was finding and picking up those discarded items. From there Max learned how to not only find and pick up the litter but to dispose of it in recycling or trash containers.


Sanderson points out that Max A Pooch was discarded like the cans and bottles he retrieves. If he had not been rescued he would have been one of the more than 4,000,000 dogs that are put down each year.

His body would have ended up at the bottom of a landfill along with the cans, bottles and other millions of things that are discarded each year.  In his unique way Pooch is a living example of the benefits of recycling.

In this time of financial stress it's ironic that society spends billions of dollars in cleaning up after humans.

Sanderson asks "Why don't we just be like the Boy Scouts and leave an area better than we found it....Why don't we begin to act like adults and clean up after ourselves, even in public spaces? People who litter and people who abandon dogs and other animals have something in common. They leave a mess for others to clean up."

The message can best be summarized by what Animal Planet's David Mizejewski wrote in his blog about Max
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David wrote, "I couldn't resist one more dog-related story because this is so awesome. Check out the video about a "recycled" black lab that is now on a mission to recycle trash. I think this is such a clever and useful way to channel the lab's innate retrieving instinct for the greater good."

Or, as Max A Pooch says, "Recycling is so easy even a dog can do it."

Dogs provide miraculous help  to countless people each day. They serve us in the military, bring joy to seniors, make life better for those with disabilities, and make us laugh and give us joy.

Max A Pooch is just one example of one dog helping one human. It is unknown how many people have been recycled by their dogs, but it is probable that if a count could ever be made the number would be incredible.

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Max A Pooch the recycled dog who recycles helps audiences understand the consequences of their actions. Sanderson draws the connection between those who trash the planet and those who are responsible for destroying 4,000,000 dogs annually.