Have you seen the deleted scenes? In the uncut version, after the T-1000 switches back to his default form, they show him going out into the yard, and after disposing of the pooch (tear) he yanks off his chain and holds it up to read the actual name on the tag : Max.
Yeah, good scene, huh?
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