CONSTRUCTION WORKER FLIRTS WITH DANGER, BUT HE'S ALL-HEART

CONSTRUCTION WORKER FLIRTS WITH DANGER, BUT HE’S ALL-HEART ON THE GROUND

Max Kahrimanovic lives in his hardhat. It�s covered in the dust of three continents where he programs wind turbines, often at a dangerous height. But some may say Max�s greatest accomplishments unfold in the far less intricate scenarios down on the ground where he feeds hungry, and often very thirsty, stray dogs. This is the story of how Max won the trust of one of those dogs and the remarkable new life she is now beginning.

�I saw her the very first day I came to the construction site,� Max said of the shy sweetheart he encountered during his latest assignment in Turkey. �She was scared and wouldn�t approach no matter what. I would leave food and would have to walk away. Then, from the far, I would see her eating and drinking what I left for her. Slowly she started to trust me and one day she finally let me pet her on the head.�

From that day forward Karis (as Max named her) decided that she had adopted Max. She would keep watch outside his office door and she would be waiting for him when he arrived at work each morning.

�She can be naughty at times,� Max laughs, thinking of the occasions Karis dumped over the trash cans. �She wasn�t hungry, I know that much. I was feeding her three times a day. But I guess the leftovers smelled delicious to her and she had to check it out.�

And one day, when Max arrived, Karis had a surprise for him. Overnight, she had delivered seven puppies.

�My first thought was devastation,� Max said candidly. �I know, you�ll think how can I be devastated seeing so much cuteness. But in all these years of traveling trough Europe, Morocco, New Zealand, etc. I�ve seen so much misery involving these animals, that I couldn�t feel anything else at that moment.�

At this point, Max had already found a home for Karis in the U.S. and was making arrangements to transport her there. But with seven more lives to worry about, now what?

�How are we gonna manage 7 pups too?� Max wondered. “Knowing what will happen to them after I leave was devastating. I knew they will either die under car wheels, die of starvation, diseases or they will get killed by other bigger dogs that wander around there.�

So, despite the enormity of the costs and challenging logistics, Max and his wife Neli � back in Sweden � began making arrangements to transport the entire family of dogs to the U.S. for adoption. They turned to the Harmony Fund international animal rescue charity for help with the costs of the rescue.The whole family will be coming to the U.S. soon, and Karis already has a permanent home with one of Max�s friends who has adopted internationally before. Max has no doubt that Karis will be very good to her pups during the transition as she has always been such an excellent mother.

�When she had the puppies, I admired how she never went to eat their food that I gave them,� Max said. �She waited for me to get hers ready. One time I left 6 hard boiled eggs on the table for her lunch. I just stepped out to wash my hands and when I got back eggs were gone. She ate them like that, not peeled or anything.�

Max isn�t always admired for his devotion however. He said he�s known by management as �the guy who feeds strays� and that he has received warnings not to do so. But he simply can�t go against his own moral compass.

�This is much stronger than me,� Max explains. �I can�t eat my lunch knowing there is a being, not far from me, starving and hasn�t had a piece of bread for days�. We usually work in small villages far from civilization or any bigger cities. If it is possible to buy it, then I always have one or two huge bags of dry food and some cans in the trunk of my car. And on my way from the site to my hotel, I stop and feed strays that I see. If it isn�t possible to buy dog food, then I improvise with our food by either taking extra breakfast from the hotel or just by buying extra food when I go shopping for myself. I know I can�t save them all. But for that day or that time when I meet that dog I can feed him at least and give him some water.�

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