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My name is MURPHY(THROWN AWAY--PLS READ!!!

Posted over 9 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Black
Age
Puppy
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with kids
Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Purebred
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

MURPHY***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com--MURPHY-"ONE GENTLE--LOVING--GORGEOUS--LIFE IS GOOD" PUP!! MURPHY'S STORY--"MY WIFE WANTS A TINY "TEA CUP" SIZE DOG"!!! THAT'S WHAT THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST KILL SOUTHERN SHELTERS WAS TOLD WHEN MURPHY'S OWNER CAME TO THE SHELTER AND TURNED THIS ADORABLE LAB PUPPY IN. THE MAN EXPLAINED THAT HIS WIFE WANTED A LAB PUPPY AND SO A FEW MONTHS AGO MURPHY CAME HOME WITH THEM. THE MAN SAID THAT MURPHY ABSOLUTELY ADORED THEIR CHILDREN BUT THE MAN'S WIFE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED A TINY DESIGNER DOG SO SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND "THE LAB HAS TO GO". WHAT A SAD SITUATION FOR MURPHY DID NOTHING WRONG, HE LOVED THE CHILDREN IN HIS FAMILY, WAS SO SWEET AND LOVING TO THEM MAN TOLD THE DIRECTOR BUT THE MAN SAID HE HAD NO CHOICE SO MURPHY LOST HIS FAMILY!! THE DIRECTOR CONTACTED US IMMEDIATELY, LETTING US KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL, LOVING PUPPY MURPHY WAS. SHE SAID MURPHY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE HE WAS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY. ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE PHONE CALL AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO GET THIS SWEET BUT MOST OF ALL DESERVING PUP. THE HIGH KILL SHELTER WAS FULL AND THIS LITTLE PUP WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, A SITUATION WHERE HE DID NOT BELONG. THE MINUTE WE SAW MURPHY AND GAVE HIM A TREAT HIS TAIL BEGAN TO WAG AND IT HASN'T STOPPED SINCE. THIS BEAUTIFUL PUPPY LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY. WE OPENED OUR CAR DOOR, IN MURPHY HOPPED ALL READY TO BEGIN HIS NEW LIFE!!! MURPHY IS A BEAUTIFUL 6-8 MO. OLD, BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPY, NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE, THIS PUP GOES WAY BEYOND PRETTY!!! THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE MURPHY HE WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS HE IS THAT BEAUTIFUL AND WORDS LIKE "OH!! HE SO ADORABLE" WILL COME GUSHING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!! HIS COAT IS CUDDLE SOFT, "HIGH GLOSS" JET BLACK, ACCENTED WITH A TINY SPLASH OF WHITE ON THE TIP OF HIS BACK PAWS AND HIS CHEST, HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, YOU WILL WANT TO PAT AND RUB THIS LITTLE GUY ALL DAY WHICH AS MUCH AS THIS LITTLE "CUDDLER" LOVES ATTENTION AND AFFECTION THIS IS JUST FINE WITH HIM. HIS EYES WILL TRULY MAKE YOU MELT, THEY ARE HUGE A WARM, RICH, DEEP, CHESTNUT COLOR WITH THE CUTEST "LOVE ME AND "LET'S PLAY" EXPRESSION. HIS EYES TRULY SEEM TO SPARKLE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN MURPHY FIRST SEES YOU. HE IS ALSO A BEAUTIFULLY BUILT PUP WITH PERFECT BODY CONFIRMATION. THIS PRECIOUS PUP SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED "HAPPY" BECAUSE BOY IS HE. TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED, HE HAS A GLOWING TEMPERAMENT AND DISPOSITION, A WONDERFUL GENTLE, LOVING PERSONALITY. MURPHY JUST THINKS THAT EVERYONE HE MEETS SHOULD STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND COME PLAY WITH HIM. THIS LITTLE GUY NEVER MEETS A STRANGER, FROM CHILDREN(WHICH HE ADORES) TO SENIORS, JUST CALL HIS NAME AND STRAIGHT TO YOU HE'S COMING, EYES SPARKLING, TAIL WAGGING, OR IN MURPHY'S CASE HIS WHOLE BODY IS JUST ONE BIG WIGGLE. JUST GIVE MURPHY HIS FAVORITE CHEW BONE, A PAT OR GIVE HIM A TOY(MURPHY LOVES HIS TOYS) TO PLAY WITH AND NOW HE HAS OFFICIATELY ADOPTED "YOU" AS HIS NEW BEST BUDDY!!! HE COULD ALSO BE CALLED "MR. SOCIAL" AS HE ADORES EVERY DOG HE MEETS, HIS SIZE OR THREE TIMES AS LARGE DOESN'T MATTER TO MURPHY JUST AS LONG AS THEY WILL PLAY(HE'S EVEN FINE WITH CATS), IN FACT MURPHY SPENDS HIS DAYS PLAYING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER KENTUCKY LAB PUPPIES. TO WATCH MURPHY ROLL, TUMBLE AND CHASE TOYS WILL INDEED BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE. YOU COULD TAKE THIS "LIFE IS GOOD" PUPPY ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD MAKE YOU PROUD, JUST GET USE TO BEING STARED AT WHEN FOLKS SEE MURPHY--HE IS A SHOW STOPPER!!!! WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH MURPHY JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO!!! HE WOULD LOVE AN EARLY MORNING TRIP TO THE PARK HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS AND TO TAKE WALKS, JUST A CHANCE FOR MURPHY TO MEET A NEW PLAY BUDDY. IF IT WAS YOUR DAY TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL DON'T LET MURPHY HEAR YOU JINGLE YOUR KEYS UNLESS YOU PLAN ON TAKING HIM ALONG. JUST SCOOP UP THIS "LOVE ME" LITTLE FELLOW OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND TAKE OFF!!!! MURPHY DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING AND IT DOESN'T MATTER TO HIM IF HE'S WITH YOU HE'S HAPPY!!!! IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A TRIP TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS MURPHY READY. HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY BALL OR STICK YOU THREW HIM AND IF YOU BROUGHT ALONG A FEW FRIENDS AND A FEW OF THEIR DOGS THE MORE THE MERRIER AS FAR AS MURPHY IS CONCERNED. THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO THIS GREAT PUP'S PACKAGE--MURPHY IS SMART!!! HE IS A VERY ALERT LITTLE GUY, ALWAYS AWEAR ON WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HIM. ANYTHING YOU INTRODUCE HIM TO HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES!!!! HE IS TREAT AND TOY MOTIVATED WHICH MAKES TRAINING A BREEZE. HE IS A PUP THAT IS EAGER TO LEARN, EASY TO TEACH BUT MOST OF ALL DELIGHTS IN PLEASING!!!! THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PUP IS HUGE!!! MURPHY IS SUCH A HAPPY, GENTLE, LOVING LITTLE GUY WHAT WE CALL AN "EASY FIT". HIS FIRST DAY WITH YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE. WE FEEL AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH MURPHY THAT HIS PERFECT HOME WOULD BE WITH A COUPLE, SINGLE GUY OR GIRL OR A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN WHO WOULD LOVE TO SPEND THE DAY PLAYING WITH MURPHY, AN OWNER WHO LOVES THE OUTDOORS, WALKING, HIKING, JUST ENJOYING NATURE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE MURPHY HAPPY JUST A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF CHEW BONES(SAVES YOUR FAVORITE SHOE), ROPE TOYS SO HE CAN PLAY TUG-OF-WAR, A FEW DOZEN TENNIS BALLS, SOME SQUEAKY TOYS, THEN ADD A TON OF HUGS, KISSES AND LOVE AND YOU HAVE ONE VERY HAPPY PUPPY!!!! WHEN MURPHY COMES INTO HIS HOME AT THE END OF A DAY FILLED WITH WALKS, TRIPS TO THE PARK AND PLAYTIME IN HIS YARD WHEN YOU BUILD A FIRE AND SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING YOU WILL FIND THIS LITTLE PUP CURLED UP AT YOUR FEET PLAYING WITH HIS FAVORITE TOY, MURPHY IS WITH HIS FAMILY AND TO THIS LITTLE FELLOW IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS. ALTHOUGH MURPHY DOES HAVE EVERY TRAIT YOU COULD EVER WANT IN A FAMILY COMPANION THE THING HE WANTS MOST IS TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM, BEING PART OF A FAMILY IS THE ONLY LIFE HE HAS EVER KNOWN, THE LIFE HE DESERVES TO KNOW AGAIN. ALL HE IS ASKING IS FOR A SOFT BED TO CUDDLE ON AT NIGHT, HIS SLEEPING ARRANGEMENT OF CHOICE IS ON A FLUFFY BED AS CLOSE TO YOUR BED AS HE CAN BE. BEFORE HE CLOSES THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES HE JUST WANTS A KISS AND TO HEAR THE WORDS "MURPHY WE LOVE YOU" SPOKEN BY HIS FAMILY AND MURPHY WILL DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP AND YOU CAN BET HIS PUPPY DREAMS INCLUDE ANOTHER TRIP TO THE PARK, A CAR RIDE, TOYS AND TONS OF HUGS AND KISSES FROM HIS FAMILY!!!! THIS IS ONE EXCEPTIONAL LITTLE GUY!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO MURPHY WAS NOT HIS FAULT, HE KEPT HIS END OF THE BARGAIN, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HIS BEING. IT WAS HIS FAMILY WHO DIDN'T KEEP THEIR END OF THE DEAL, THEY PROMISED THIS ADORABLE LITTLE PUP THAT FIRST DAY WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM HOME THAT THEY WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. MURPHY WAS THROWN AWAY ONLY BECAUSE HE WASN'T A TINY 'TEA CUP' DOG--THIS IS WRONG!!! WE PROMISED THIS DESERVING LITTLE PUP WE WOULD FIND HIM A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOR HIS HEART, SPIRIT AND HIS SIZE WOULDN'T MATTER!! THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT AN ADOPTION APPLICATION WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ANY KENTUCKY LAB, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE ***www.kylabrescue.com***CLICK ON THE "ADOPTION INFORMATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ON-LINE APPLICATION, COMPLETE AND SEND. THE APPLICATION WILL BE SENT TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR. ALEX'S ADOPTION FEE IS $375. MURPHY IS NEUTERED, HE IS CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING BORDETELLA AND RABIES. HE IS ON HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.

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