My name is ATLAS(OUR "GENTLE GENTLEMAN"!!!

ATLAS***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com ATLAS--OUR GENTLE GENTLEMAN--LOVING--LOYAL--A TREASURE!!! ATLAS' STORY--WE WILL NEVER KNOW ALL OF ATLAS' STORY, WHERE ATLAS THE 5-6 YEAR OLD, BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR SPENT THE FIRST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WHEN ATLAS WAS LOST WHERE WAS HIS FAMILY?? WHY WAS THERE NO ONE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBER?? WHY WERE THERE NO FLIERS POSTED, VETS CALLED, NEWSPAPER ADS RUN, URGENT CALLS TO THE LOCAL SHELTER??? FOR IF ATLAS' FAMILY WOULD HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL SHELTER THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND ATLAS. THIS GENTLE FELLOW WAS INDEED IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH KILL SOUTHERN SHELTER. HE WAS FOUND WEARING A BEAUTIFUL COLLAR WITH NO TAG AND AS WE LATER LEARNED NO MICRO-CHIP. HE WAS IN A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION, A PLACE HE DID NOT BELONG!!! THE CALL TO US WAS URGENT, THE SITUATION WAS URGENT, FOR ATLAS NOT BEING A BOUNCY, WIGGLY PUPPY OR A 1 YR. OLD YOUNG ADULT ATLAS HAD VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF EVER LEAVING THAT SHELTER. WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SHELTER DIRECTOR TELLING US THAT ATLAS WAS THERE AND PLEADING FOR OUR HELP. "HE IS THE MOST GENTLE AND LOVING FELLOW, SO WELL BEHAVED WITH BEAUTIFUL MANNERS" SHE TOLD US THAT THIS GENTLE GUY WAS SO SAD, CONFUSED, UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE HE WAS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY??? SHE SAID THAT ATLAS JUST LAID IN THE CORNER OF HIS CAGE, EYES CLOSED WONDERING WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS?. WE COULDN'T GET TO ATLAS FAST ENOUGH AND WHEN WE REACHED DOWN, GAVE ATLAS A PAT, AND SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, HE LIFTED HIS BEAUTIFUL BLOCK HEAD, LAID IT IN OUR HANDS AS IF HE WAS ASKING US TO HELP HIM!!!! ATLAS LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, TAIL WAGGING, EYES TWINKLING AND A FACE THAT TRULY SEEMED TO SMILE. FATE GAVE US ATLAS THAT DAY, A TRUE TREASURE. IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE SOUL CAN BEEN SEEN IN THE FACE AND EYES AND THIS IS SO TRUE WITH ATLAS. HIS GORGEOUS, GENTLE FACE DOES TELL A STORY, THE STORY OF A TRUE COMPANION PUP WHO HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY--THE FAMILY WHO NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO COME LOOKING FOR HIM--HE WAS BETRAYED. IN SPITE OF THIS ATLAS' FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU". ATLAS IS AS LOVING AND GENTLE A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT ATLAS IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH ATLAS DID NOT DESERVE THIS DISLOYALTY FROM HIS FAMILY, DESPITE THIS TRAGEDY AND WHAT ALMOST ENDED ATLAS' LIFE HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. OUR "GENTLE GIANT" NEVER MEETS A STRANGER FROM CHILDREN TO SENIORS. HE WILL GREET YOU WITH HIS OTTER TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING, GIVING YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "HI I'M ATLAS, NICE TO MEET YOU". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS. ATLAS IS A PUP THAT CAN HOLD HIS OWN AND WILL ROMP AND PLAY WITH THE BEST OF THEM, HOWEVER HE ALSO KNOWS WHEN IT IS TIME TO BE CALM AND WILL SETTLE DOWN CONTENT JUST BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES, BEAUTIFUL MANNERS!!. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET ATLAS THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH ATLAS, JUST AS LONG AS HE IS WITH YOU. HE WOULD BE A GREAT WALKING OR JOGGING BUDDY AS HE ADORES THE OUTDOORS. ATLAS WILL "PRANCE" ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING. ATLAS HAS A SMOOTH, FLOWING, GRACEFUL GAIT AND WHEN HE PICKS UP THE PACE IT'S AS IF HE IS FLOATING ON AIR!! ATLAS IN MOTION IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS ATLAS WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN ATLAS WILL HO, HE WILL FIND "HIS" SPOT, TURN HIS ADORABLE HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU HIS "O.K. I'M READY" LOOK. HE WOULDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS GOING, WOULDN'T MATTER TO HIM, IF ATLAS IS WITH YOU THIS COMPANION PUP IS HAPPY!!! IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS ATLAS READY, AS WE SAID HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS. HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY STICK YOU THREW HIM, AND WE BET IS THERE WAS ANY WATER AROUND ATLAS WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN, DON'T FORGET HE IS A LABRADOR THE WATER LOVIN BREED!!! THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO ATLAS' PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--TRUE TO THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER BREED ATLAS IS ONE SMART GUY!!! HE IS EXTREMELY ALERT, ALWAYS AWEAR OF HIS SURROUNDINGS, A PUP WHO PICKS UP IMMEDIATELY WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO LEARN. HE IS A PUP WHO'S GREATEST JOY IS PLEASING HIS FAMILY AND THIS MAKES TRAINING A BREEZE. THE POTENTIAL FOR ATLAS IS HUGE OR MAYBE HE LEARNED ALL THIS IN HIS OTHER LIFE??? WE WILL NEVER KNOW. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE, READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING, ATLAS HAS THE WISDOM TO APPRECIATE THE SIMPLER THINGS IN LIFE. HE WILL CURL UP RIGHT AT YOUR FEET, CONTENT JUST TO BE WITH YOU. HOWEVER YOU BETTER LEAVE ONE HAND FREE AS ATLAS WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN ATLAS. ATLAS KNOWS IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS. HE IS RESPECTFUL OF HIS SURROUNDINGS, A PUP WHO IS THERE FOR YOU 100%, A CONTENTED, BEAUTIFUL, ADULT WHO LOVES UNCONDITIONALLY AND FOREVER. EVERYDAY SPENT WITH ATLAS IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS. HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, A GORGEOUS, RICH DARK FUDGE COLOR, THIS PUP'S COAT IS BREATHTAKING. NEXT "THAT FACE", ATLAS HAS THE MOST GORGEOUS, DARK CHESTNUT COLORED EYES WITH A LOOK THAT TRULY SEEMS TO BE SAYING "LOVE ME", IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO!!! ALTHOUGH WE WILL NEVER KNOW ATLAS' STORY, WE DO KNOW THAT THE FAMILY WHO OPENS THEIR HEART AND MAKES OUR "GENTLE GENTLEMAN" A PART OF THEIR LIFE WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. ATLAS IS TRULY WHAT WE CALL "A MOVE IN READY" FELLOW. A PUP WHO'S FIRST DAY WITH YOU YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE. ATLAS IS A PUP WHO LOVES WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING AND ONLY ASK TO SPEND HIS DAYS SURROUNDED BY THE WARMTH OF A HOME AND TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY WHO WILL CHERISH EVERY MINUTE SPENT WITH "ATLAS" OUR TREASURE!!! HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS!!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SUBMIT ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ANY KENTUCKY LAB PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE***www.kylabrescue.com***CLICK THE "ADOPTION INFORMATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ON-LINE APPLICATION" LINK, COMPLETE AND SEND. THE LINK WILL BE SENT TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR. ATLAS' ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES HIS TRANSPORT FEE IS $575. ATLAS IS NEUTERED, CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING BORDETELLA & RABIES. HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.