Player Pets: Alex Goligoski and Jax

Each thirty day period, Wild.com will aspect a Minnesota Wild Participant and his pet(s), introduced by PetSmart.

Alex Goligoski‘s pup comfortable-coated wheaten terrier’s name is Jax and he is almost a person and 50 percent decades outdated.

John Rikess: What variety of pets do you have now?

Alex Goligoski: A Delicate-coated Wheaten Terrier named Jax who’s just one and a fifty percent years outdated.

JR: Nevertheless in the puppy stage?

AG: Oh, certainly!  

JR: What is his individuality like? Lively? A pleasurable doggy to have?

AG: Yeah, he is quite substantial electrical power, demands his workout, but yeah likes to chase the squirrels, and he’s unquestionably however a puppy!

JR: A very good pet dog to have in Minnesota, to be outdoors working around?

AG: Specifically! Yeah, he likes operating that’s for confident.

JR: And I’m guessing with you on the highway traveling a fantastic amount of money, he likes to see you appear residence from a prolonged journey like this one?

AG: Yeah, he gathers by the doorway and when I get household from where ever truly, I just get comprehensive on tackled, yeah, he gets really psyched.

JR: So you understood you required a terrier, you ended up looking for that particular breed I am guessing?

AG: Unquestionably! The summer season before we observed the identical breed, we noticed this doggy and we were being like oh my gosh what is that? We have been at the Sea Salt Eatery and we saw this pet dog and I went up to the few and asked what variety of terrier it was. They raved about its temperament and everything, so we were like this is the a single.

JR: How is Jax with the family members, you mentioned he’s even now an enthusiastic pup?

AG: Certainly nonetheless a puppy dog that enjoys notice, so you know he will just stare at you and swat at your hand. He likes being petted and you know with two kids, 5 and 4 years old, they give him very excellent consideration. He is good close to them.

JR: Perfect ages for a one-and-a-50 %-year-old doggy to have hanging on them.

AG: For sure, for guaranteed!

JR: Developing up in Grand Rapids, did you have any pets?

AG: Yeah, we had cats developing up, truly. We had a couple unique cats, and prior to Jax we experienced a bulldog that however passed absent last 12 months, so this is our second doggy.

JR: Did you system on getting Jax for a even though or was it more of a spur-of-the-instant final decision?  

AG: Yeah, our idea was, we needed to get a dog to retain our older canine youthful, but I really don’t know if that actually labored, it appeared to function in reverse. I necessarily mean Jax was a few months previous, and we only experienced them each for a several months.

JR: Any other animals in the long term or are you established with Jax for proper now?

AG: I consider likely just Jax for now. With our two youthful little ones it just seems like a superior place to be. So yeah, no ideas right now.