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My name is COLBY(THROWN AWAY! PLS READ!!

Posted over 8 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Tan/Yellow/Fawn
Age
Adult
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:

COLBY***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com COLBY'S STORY--HE DESERVED BETTER!!! WE RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST KILL SHELTERS IN THE SOUTH LETTING US KNOW THAT COLBY'S FAMILY HAD JUST SURRENDERED COLBY TO HER SHELTER. HIS OWNER BROUGHT COLBY TO THE SHELTER, SIGNED THE NECESSARY PAPERS GIVING HIM UP, AND ON THE LINE IN THE PAPERWORK WHERE IT ASKED "WHY ARE YOU GIVING YOUR PET AWAY?" THERE WAS NOTHING WRITTEN, IT WAS BLANK!!!. THE DIRECTOR ASK COLBY'S OWNER WHY HE COULDN'T KEEP COLBY HIS ONLY REPLY "WE'RE MOVING WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR HIM"!!! THE FAMILY TURNED NEVER SAYING A WORD TO COLBY OR GIVING HIM A PAT AND WALKED AWAY!!!. THE DIRECTOR SAID COLBY STOOD AT THE SHELTER WINDOW WATCHING AS HIS FAMILY DROVE AWAY, HIS TAIL WAS WAGGING AS IF HE KNEW THEY WAS COMING BACK FOR HIM--THEY DIDN'T!!! IT IS UNIMAGINABLE TO US HOW SOMEONE COULD BE SO HEARTLESS AS TO JUST THROW A TRUE COMPANION LIKE COLBY AWAY, PUTTING HIM IN A HIGH KILL SHELTER IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE SHELTER DIRECTOR LEARNED COLBY HAD BEEN A PART OF THIS FAMILY SINCE HE WAS A ROLY POLY 6 WEEK OLD PUPPY. COLBY KEPT HIS END OF THE BARGAIN, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING, HE DID NOTHING WRONG IT WAS HIS FAMILY WHO BROKE THEIR PROMISE!!!. "HE IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST, HAPPIEST MOST LOVING PUPS I HAVE SEEN. HE IS SO CONFUSED AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE HE IS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY CAN YOU HELP HIM?" WAS THE DIRECTOR'S PLEA TO US. WITHOUT EVEN SEEING A PICTURE BUT JUST HEARING WHAT A WONDERFUL FELLOW COLBY WAS WE WERE ON OUR WAY WITHIN MINUTES TO HELP. WHEN WE FIRST SAW COLBY IN THE SHELTER WE SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, GAVE HIM A PAT, HE LIFTED HIS GORGEOUS HEAD, LOOKED AT US WITH EYES THAT WILL MELT YOUR HEART, HIS TAIL SLOWLY STARTED TO WAG, THEY DO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE THERE TO HELP!!!. COLBY LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, EYES SPARKLING, TAIL WAGGING AND WHEN OUR DIRECTOR PUT HIM IN HER CAR HE LICKED HER HAND, MAYBE THIS WAS HIS WAY OF THANKING HER FOR HELPING HIM. ***COLBY- IS A BEAUTIFUL, 2 YR. OLD, PUREBRED YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER. THE FIRST THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS WHAT A GORGEOUS FELLOW COLBY IS. HIS COAT IS A PALE, PALE CHAMPAGNE COLOR IT LOOKS LIKE COLBY WAS DIPPED IN A BOWL OF VANILLA ICE CREAM!! YOU WILL WANT TO PAT AND RUB COLBY ALL DAY WHICH AS MUCH AS HE ADORES AFFECTION AND ATTENTION IS JUST FINE WITH HIM!!! HE LOVES TO BE PETTED, HE WILL TILT HIS HEAD BACK AND LOOK AT YOU WITH EYES THAT WILL MAKE YOU MELT, HIS EYES ARE LARGE, A WARM DARK HONEY COLOR WITH A LOOK THAT SAYS "LOVE ME"--IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO. HE IS ALSO A BEAUTIFULLY BUILT PUP WITH A PROUD, GRACEFUL STANCE. WHEN COLBY WALKS, OR SHOULD WE SAY "PRANCE" THIS PUP IN MOTION IS STRIKING. COLBY IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL BUT THIS PUP'S TRUE BEAUTY IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. JUST CALL HIS NAME AND THOSE GORGEOUS "LOVE ME" EYES WILL LIGHT UP AND OVER TO YOU HE'S COMING HE WILL TURN THAT ADORABLE LAB HEAD TO ONE SIDE AS IF HE'S SAYING "HI I'M COLBY NICE TO MEET YOU, WANNA PLAY?" COLBY IS THE ULTIMATE COMPANION HIS TRUE HAPPINESS IS JUST BEING WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS FINE WITH COLBY JUST TAKE HIM ALONG. IF IT WAS YOUR DAY TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, DON'T LET COLBY HEAR YOU JINGLE YOUR KEYS UNLESS YOU PLAN ON TAKING HIM ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR, IN COLBY WILL HOP, HE WILL FIND "HIS" SEAT, TURN AND GIVE YOU HIS "OK I'M READY LET'S GO" LOOK. COLBY WOULD ALSO ADORE AN EARLY MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON WALK, HE IS IN TERRIFIC SHAPE A LAB WHO WILL MATCH YOU STEP FOR STEP. HE WILL PRANCE ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, HIS "OTTER"TAIL WAGGING INTERESTED IN ALL THE SIGHTS ALONG THE WAY. HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL FELLOW AND ADORES ALL DOGS JUST A PLAY BUDDY FOR COLBY AND COLBY LOVES TO PLAY!! THE NEXT THING YOU WILL NOTICE AFTER SPENDING ONLY A SHORT TIME WITH COLBY, TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED, THIS PUP IS SMART. COLBY IS A PUP THAT LOVES TO LEARN BUT MOST IMPORTANT HE LOVES TO PLEASE THOSE HE LOVES, THE POTENTIAL FOR COLBY IS HUGE. SIMPLE THINGS TAKE ON NEW MEANING WITH A PUP LIKE COLBY AT YOUR SIDE. PUPS LIKE COLBY ASK FOR SO LITTLE BUT GIVE SO MUCH LOVE IN RETURN. THEY ARE THERE FOR YOU 100% A BEAUTIFUL DOG WHO LOVES YOU WITH EVERY FIBER OF THEIR BEING. EVERYDAY IS A GIFT AND TIME WITH A PUP LIKE COLBY IS SO PRECIOUS. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU AND COLBY HAVE SPENT THE DAY TAKING LONG WALKS, RUNNING ERRANDS, PLAYING IN HIS BACK YARD AND JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY WHEN COLBY COMES INTO HIS HOME HE CONTINUES TO SHINE. WHEN YOU BUILD A FIRE AND SETTLE IN ON THE SOFA TO WATCH A MOVIE OR READ A BOOK, YOU WILL FIND COLBY CURLED UP AT YOUR FEET, THE LOOK ON HIS FACE IS ONE OF CONTENTMENT AND PEACE, HE IS WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD TO HIM, YOU AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR BED COLBY WILL CURL UP ON HIS BED OR JUST STRETCH OUT ON A COOL FLOOR THE MAIN THING IS JUST AS LONG AS HE'S AS CLOSE TO YOU AS HE CAN BE. AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH COLBY WE FEEL THE PERFECT HOME FOR COLBY WOULD BE WITH A SINGLE GUY OR GIRL, A COUPLE OR A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE WANTING A NEW BEST FRIEND TO LOVE, BEING PART OF A FAMILY IS THE ONLY LIFE COLBY HAS EVER KNOWN, THE LIFE HE SO DESERVES TO KNOW AGAIN. COLBY ONLY HAS ONE REQUEST AND HIS EYES TOLD US THIS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW HIM, HE WANTS TO BE A CHERISHED COMPANION, TO BELONG AND BE A PART OF SOMEONES LIFE, TO BE LOVED AS DEEPLY AS HE LOVES. COLBY'S PERFECT HOME WOULD BE ONE THAT HAS A HEART FULL OF LOVE, READY TO INSURE THAT THIS TRUE COMPANION PUP LIVES HIS LIFE SURROUNDED BY THE WARMTH OF A HOME AND KNOWS THE JOY OF A FAMILY WHO WILL CHERISH EVERY MINUTE WITH OUR "LOVE ME" GOLDEN BOY, HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS. WE MADE A PROMISE TO COLBY THAT FIRST DAY WE SAW HIM IN THE SHELTER, WE PROMISED THIS GREAT PUP A GREAT HOME, A GREAT LIFE!! THIS IS A PROMISE WE WILL KEEP!!! IN FACT OUR DIRECTOR MADE THE COMMENT "COLBY IS AN EXTREMELY NICE FELLOW WHO WOULD FIT IN ANY FAMILIES LIFE". IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN 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 ON THE "ADOPTION INFORMATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ON-LINE APPLICATION", COMPLETE AND SEND. IT WILL BE SENT TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR WHO PLACES ALL OUR LABS. COLBY'S ADOPTION FEE IS $375. COLBY IS NEUTERED, HE IS CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING BORDETELLA AND RABIES. HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON HIS MONTHLY HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.

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