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My name is WESLEY(A FAMILIES BEST FRIEND!

Posted over 9 years ago | Updated over 9 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
Age
Young
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 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:

WESLEY***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com WESLEY'S STORY--"THROWN AWAY"!!! WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST KILL SHELTERS IN THE SOUTH LETTING US KNOW THAT WESLEY'S FAMILY HAD JUST SURRENDERED HIM TO HER SHELTER. THE FAMILY WALKED THIS BEAUTIFUL LAB INTO THE SHELTER, TIED HIM TO A POLE, SIGNED THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK AND WHEN ASKED WHY THEY BROUGHT THEIR LAB TO THE SHELTER THEIR REPLY "WE DON'T WANT A DOG, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR HIM"!!!! THE FAMILY DID HOWEVER TELL THE DIRECTOR THAT WESLEY HAD BEEN A PART OF THEIR FAMILY SINCE HE WAS A TINY, ROLY POLY PUPPY. HE WAS WONDERFUL WITH THE FAMILIES CHILDREN, THIS IS SO VERY VERY SAD. THE SHELTER DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT WESLEY STOOD AT THE SHELTER WINDOW WATCHING AS HIS FAMILY DROVE AWAY, HIS TAIL JUST KEPT WAGGING AS IF HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK FOR HIM, THEY DIDN'T!!! WHEN HE COULD NO LONGER SEE HIS FAMILY HIS HEAD LOWERED, HIS TAIL STOPPED WAGGING!! THIS FAMILY COMPANION DIDN'T DESERVE SUCH DISLOYALTY FROM THE FAMILY HE LOVED AND TRUSTED. HE DID NOTHING WRONG, THIS WAS NOT HIS FAULT, JUST A COLD AND HEARTLESS FAMILY--HE DESERVED BETTER. WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CALL LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THIS EXCEPTIONAL LAB WE WERE ON OUR WAY WITH IN MINUTES TO HELP. WHEN WE SAW WESLEY WE SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, GAVE HIM A PAT AND HIS OTTER TAIL BEGAN TO WAG--THE BEAUTY OF THE LAB. WESLEY LEFT THE KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, TAIL WAGGING, EYES BRIGHT ALL READY TO BEGIN HIS NEW LIFE!!! "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?? ONCE YOU MEET WESLEY WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT DOES HAPPEN!!! DON'T PLAN ON KEEPING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SEE WESLEY BECAUSE WITHIN MINUTES HE WILL STEAL IT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PUP, WE DID!!! WESLEY IS AN 18 MO. OLD, YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER. THE FIRST THING THAT WILL CATCH YOU EYE IS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FELLOW WESLEY IS. HIS COAT IS A WARM, RICH, GOLDEN COLOR, IN FACT IT LOOKS LIKE WESLEY WAS DIPPED IN A POT OF HONEY!!! HE COAT IS "CUDDLE" SOFT, YOU WILL WANT TO PAT AND RUB WESLEY ALL DAY AND AS MUCH AS THIS COMPANION FELLOW ADORES ATTENTION AND AFFECTION THIS IS JUST FINE WITH HIM. HIS EYES ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE SEEN. THEY ARE A WARM, DEEP, RICH COGNAC COLOR, THAT WILL MAKE YOU MELT. WESLEY TRULY IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST AND MOST LOVING PUPS YOU WILL EVER MEET. WESLEY'S EYES SEEM TO SHINE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN HE FIRST SEES YOU. WESLEY IS THE ULTIMATE COMPANION, DEVOTED AND EXTREMELY LOVING. HE HAS THE GLOWING LAB TEMPERAMENT AND DISPOSITION, AND IT IS THESE TRAITS WHICH MAKE THE LAB THE NUMBER ONE FAMILY COMPANION A PUP WHO IS HAPPIEST WHEN HE IS WITH THOSE HE LOVES!!! THE MINUTE YOU CALL HIS NAME AND SAY A KIND WORD TO HIM HIS ADORABLE FACE WILL LIGHT UP, OVER TO YOU HE WILL COME, TAIL WAGGING, EYES TWINKLING. HE WILL SNUGGLE AS CLOSE TO YOU AS HE CAN GET, REST THAT GORGEOUS HEAD RIGHT IN YOUR LAP ASKING FOR A PAT OR A HUG WHICH HE ADORES. HE IS A PUP WHO SOAKS UP EVERY MINUTE WHEN GIVEN ATTENTION AND AFFECTION FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO HIM--HIS FAMILY. YOU COULD ALSO CALL WESLEY OUR "GOODWILL AMBASSADOR" FOR HE ABSOLUTELY ADORES EVERYONE HE MEETS CHILDREN TO SENIORS AND HE ENJOYS THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS BUT HIS COMPANION OF CHOICE IS A PRETTY LADY FRIEND FOR HIM TO RUN AND PLAY WITH. HE IS HAPPY FROM THE MINUTE THOSE DREAMY EYES POP OPEN IN THE MORNING TIL HE SNUGGLES IN ON HIS BIG FLUFFY BED AT NIGHT TIRED FROM A FUN DAY OF PLAY. YOU COULD TAKE WESLEY ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD MAKE YOU PROUD. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLED FOR IS FINE WITH WESLEY JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO. START YOUR DAY WITH AN EARLY MORNING WALK AND WESLEY IS RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE, TAIL WAGGING, HAPPY AND CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS TO SEE ALONG THE WAY. JINGLE YOU CAR KEYS BUT YOU BETTER BE QUICK WESLEY WILL BEAT YOU TO YOUR SEAT TURN HIS GORGEOUS HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "COME ON WE'VE GOT PLACES TO GO, CHILDREN TO TAKE TO SCHOOL, ERRANDS AROUND TOWN TO RUN". IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS JUST GRAB A FEW MILK BONES, THIS "HAPPY GO LUCKY" PUP AND GO. HE WOULD DELIGHT IN SPENDING THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY STICK YOU THREW HIM AND IF THERE WAS SNOW WE BET WESLEY WOULD DIVE IN THE BIGGEST FLUFFY SNOW BANK HE COULD FIND, THIS PUP KNOWS HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME!!!. IN FACT DON'T SHOW WESLEY A BALL UNLESS YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO PLAY HIS FAVORITE GAME "FETCH", WESLEY WILL RETRIEVE "HIS" BALL, BRING IT BACK AND GIVE YOU HIS "THROW IT ONE MORE TIME" LOOK, IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE THAT FACE. WESLEY WILL PLAY FETCH TIL YOU OR YOUR ARM TIRE OUT!!! THERE IS ONE MORE PART TO THIS PUP'S PACKAGE, BOY IS WESLEY SMART!! HE IS A PUP WHO IS EAGER TO PLEASE, EASY TO TEACH AND DELIGHTS IN PLEASING THOSE HE LOVES. HE IS INDEED AN "OPEN BOOK" A LAB WITH HUGE POTENTIAL. IT UP TO YOU TO FILL THE PAGES OF HIS BOOK WITH HUGS, PATS, KISSES, PLAY, TRAINING BUT MOST IMPORTANT FILL HIS BOOK WITH A TON OF LOVE. YOU WILL BE REWARDED EVERYDAY HE IS A PART OF YOUR LIFE WITH A PUP WHO DEARLY LOVES HIS FAMILY AND LOVES WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. A HAPPY FELLOW WHO'S ONLY REQUEST IS TO BELONG TO A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM. BEING PART OF A FAMILY IS THE ONLY LIFE WESLEY HAS EVER KNOWN, THE LIFE HE DESERVES TO KNOW AGAIN. IF THE COMPANION YOU ARE HOPING TO ADD TO YOUR FAMILY IS ONE THAT IS AFFECTIONATE, DEEPLY TRUSTING, HAPPY, FUN, LOVING AND WHO'S GREATEST JOY IS PLEASING HIS FAMILY THEN LOOK NO FURTHER WESLEY IS YOUR PUP!! HE IS ONE EXCEPTIONAL FELLOW. WE PROMISED THIS OUTSTANDING LAB THAT WE WOULD FIND HIM A HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO COMPLETE ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ANY KENTUCKY LAB, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CLICK ON THE "ADOPTION APPLICATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ON-LINE APPLICATION" COMPLETE AND SEND. THE APPLICATION WILL GO TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR. WESLEY'S ADOPTION FEE IS $375. WESLEY IS NEUTERED, HE IS CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING BORDETELLA AND RABIES. HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.

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