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My name is ROBBIE("SPECIAL" PLS READ!!!)!

Posted over 9 years ago | Updated 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:

ROBBIE***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com ROBBIE'S STORY---***SPECIAL***ONE HAPPY--PLAYFUL--ADORABLE-"-LIFE IS GOOD" PUP!! WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST KILL SHELTERS IN THE SOUTH TELLING US THAT THE MOST ADORABLE BLACK LAB PUPPY WAS IN HER SHELTER. THE LITTLE PUP SHE NAMED ROBBIE WAS FOUND WEARING A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT RED COLLAR BUT THERE WAS NO TAG AND WHEN THE SHELTER CHECKED FOR A MICRO-CHIP NONE WAS FOUND. "ROBBIE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE SWEETEST AND HAPPIEST LITTLE PUPPIES WE HAVE SEEN, HE ADORES EVERY ONE THAT WALKS BY HIS KENNEL AND ALL DOGS HIS IMMEDIATE NEW BEST FRIEND. WE ARE JUST BEYOND FULL, ROBBIE DOESN'T BELONG HERE, PLEASE CAN YOU HELP HIM?" WAS THE DIRECTOR'S PLEA TO US. WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT ROBBIE, SAW HIS PICTURE AND LEARNED THAT HE WAS INDEED A BIT "SPECIAL" WE COULDN'T GET TO HIM FAST ENOUGH. THE MINUTE WE WALKED INTO THE SHELTER AND ROBBIE "SAW" US HIS TAIL BEGAN TO WAG, HIS WHOLE LITTLE BODY WAS ONE BIG WIGGLE. ROBBIE LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, HOPED RIGHT IN OUR CAR ALL READY TO BEGIN HIS NEW LIFE. WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHERE ROBBIE'S FAMILY WAS AND WHY THEY NEVER CAME LOOKING FOR HIM MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE ROBBIE IS A BIT "SPECIAL". WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROBBIE YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY NOTICE THAT HIS LITTLE EYES ARE CLOUDY, WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK HIM TO AN EYE SPECIALIST READY TO DO WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE BUT WHAT WE WERE TOLD SHOCKED US!!. THE SPECIALIST TOLD US "ROBBIE CAN SEE JUST FINE", THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS SIGHT!! HE WAS BORN WITH FLUID IN THE CLEAR PART OF HIS CORNEA, HIS EYES WERE THIS WAY THE MINUTE HE WAS BORN AND THE SPECIALIST TOLD US THAT ROBBIE SEES GREAT AND THAT NO TREATMENT WOULD EVER BE NEEDED, SHE SENT US A DOCUMENT STATING THIS TO GIVE TO ROBBIE'S NEW FAMILY. WE KNEW HE COULD SEE AS HE WOULD RUN AND PLAY WITH HIS BALL(SEE PHOTO) FIND HIS FOOD BOWL IMMEDIATELY AND PRANCE RIGHT UP TO YOU WHEN YOU OFFERED HIM A TREAT. MAYBE HIS FAMILY JUST THREW HIM AWAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T "LOOK PERFECT" WE WILL NEVER KNOW BUT WE PROMISED THIS HAPPY DESERVING FELLOW THAT WE WOULD FIND HIM A HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER!!! ROBBIE IS AN ADORABLE, 6 MO. OLD, BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPY. THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE ROBBIE 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" BLACK, SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, YOU WILL WANT TO PAT AND RUB THIS HAPPY LITTLE GUY ALL DAY WHICH AS MUCH AS THIS LITTLE LOVER ADORES ATTENTION AND AFFECTION THIS IS JUST FINE WITH HIM. 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 OUTGOING, LOVING PERSONALITY. ROBBIE 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 TO SENIORS, JUST CALL HIS NAME AND STRAIGHT TO YOU HE'S COMING, TAIL WAGGING, OR IN ROBBIE'S CASE HIS WHOLE BODY IS JUST ONE BIG WIGGLE. JUST GIVE ROBBIE HIS FAVORITE CHEW BONE, A PAT OR GIVE HIM A TOY(ROBBIE 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 ROBBIE JUST AS LONG AS THEY WILL PLAY. THE PERFECT PLAY BUDDY FOR ROBBIE WOULD BE ONE CLOSER TO HIS SIZE A BEST FRIEND WHO LIKES TO PLAY AS MUCH AS ROBBIE DOES(HE'S EVEN FINE WITH CATS). IN FACT ROBBIE SPENDS HIS DAYS PLAYING WITH SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER RESCUE PUPPIES, TO WATCH ROBBIE AND HIS DOGGIE BUDDIES ROLL, TUMBLE AND CHASE TOYS WILL INDEED BRING A HUGE 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 ROBBIE--HE IS A SHOW STOPPER!!!! WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH ROBBIE JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO!!! HE WOULD LOVE AN EARLY MORNING TRIP TO THE PARK AS HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS JUST A CHANCE FOR ROBBIE TO MEET A NEW PLAY BUDDY. IF IT WAS YOUR DAY TO RUN ERRANDS AROUND TOWN DON'T LET ROBBIE HEAR YOU JINGLE YOUR KEYS UNLESS YOU PLAN ON TAKING HIM ALONG. JUST SCOOP UP THIS "LET'S GO" PUPPY, OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND TAKE OFF!!!! ROBBIE 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 ROBBIE READY. HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY BALL OR STICK YOU THREW HIM AND IF YOU BROUGHT ALONG A SOME FRIENDS AND A FEW OF THEIR DOGS THE MORE THE MERRIER AS FAR AS ROBBIE IS CONCERNED. THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO THIS GREAT PUP'S PACKAGE--ROBBIE IS SMART!!! HE IS ENROLLED IN THE "PRISON DOG PROGRAM"(SEE BELOW) AND IS LEARNING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. 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 A PUP THAT IS EAGER TO LEARN, EASY TO TEACH BUT MOST OF ALL DELIGHTS IN PLEASING!!!! HE IS WORKING ON BASIC COMMANDS AND HAS MASTERED "SIT", THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PUP IS HUGE!!! ROBBIE IS SUCH A HAPPY, LITTLE GUY WHAT WE CALL AN "EASY FIT". HIS FIRST DAY WITH YOU YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE. WE FEEL AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH ROBBIE THAT HIS PERFECT HOME WOULD BE WITH A COUPLE, SINGLE GUY OR GIRL OR A FAMILY WITH OLDER CHILDREN WHO WOULD LOVE TO SPEND THE DAY PLAYING WITH THEIR "BEST FRIEND", AN OWNER WHO LOVES THE OUTDOORS, WALKING, HIKING, JUST ENJOYING NATURE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE ROBBIE HAPPY JUST A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF CHEW BONES, 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 ROBBIE COMES INTO HIS HOME AT THE END OF A DAY FILLED WITH WALKS, TRIPS TO THE PARK AND PLAYTIME IN HIS YARD, HE CONTINUES TO SHINE HE IS HOUSE TRAINED AND CRATE TRAINED, JUST A JOY TO BE AROUND. ALTHOUGH ROBBIE 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. ALL HE IS ASKING IS FOR A SOFT BED TO CUDDLE ON AT NIGHT(ALTHOUGH HE IS CRATE TRAINED) HIS SLEEPING ARRANGEMENT OF CHOICE IS ON A FLUFFY BED AS CLOSE TO YOUR BED AS HE CAN BE, BEFORE HE GOES TO SLEEP HE JUST WANTS A KISS AND TO HEAR THE WORDS "ROBBIE WE LOVE YOU" SPOKEN BY HIS FAMILY AND ROBBIE WILL DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP AND YOU CAN BET HIS PUPPY DREAMS INCLUDE ANOTHER TRIP TO THE PARK, THE MOUNTAINS, A CAR RIDE, TOYS AND TONS OF HUGS AND KISSES FROM HIS FAMILY!!!! WE WILL NEVER KNOW ALL OF ROBBIE'S STORY AS WE SAID WAS HE JUST THROWN AWAY BECAUSE TO HIS FAMILY HE WASN'T "PERFECT"??, IF THIS WAS THE CASE IT WAS THIS FAMILIES LOSS. ROBBIE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE THAT HIS LITTLE EYES DO LOOK A BIT DIFFERENT, HE SEES BEAUTIFULLY AND HE ALWAYS WILL, WE KNOW ROBBIE'S MIRACLE IS OUT THERE A FAMILY WHO WON'T CARE THAT ROBBIE IS A BIT SPECIAL, A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HEART AND SPIRIT THIS LITTLE FELLOW HAS, A FAMILY WHO WILL SHOWER HIM WITH LOVE EVERYDAY HE IS A PART OF THEIR FAMILY. WE MADE A PROMISE TO ROBBIE THE FIRST DAY WE WALKED HIM OUT OF THE HIGH KILL SHELTER, WE PROMISED HIM WE WOULD FIND HIM A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP!!! HE DESERVES THIS!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT AN ADOPTION APPLICATION WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ANY KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DOG, 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. ROBBIE'S ADOPTION FEE IS $375. ROBBIE 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.
*****"PRISON DOG PROGRAM*****

ROBBIE IS ONE OF MANY KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DOGS WHO ARE PART OF THE KENTUCKY PRISON DOG PROGRAM. OUR DOGS SPEND APPROX 6 WEEKS IN THE PROGRAM. THEY ARE TRAINED IN EVERY ASPECT OF DOG BEHAVIOR. THEY ARE WITH THEIR HANDLER 24/7. LEARNING ALL BASIC COMMANDS, LEASH TRAINING, SOCIALIZATION, HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, OTHER DOGS AND HOUSE TRAINING. ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM THEY ARE RETURNED TO US, THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFULLY BEHAVED, WELL MANNERED​,​ TRAINED COMPANION ALL READY TO BECOME PART OF A FAMILY ****

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