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My name is ROLO(A SAD SAD STORY!!)!

Posted over 8 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

My story

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

ROLO & MISS REESE(4 TH PIC)***CONTACT MICHELLE mmay@kylabrescue.com "IT WAS "NOT" A MERRY XMAS FOR THESE TWO ADORABLE LAB PUPPIES" IT SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO GET A PUPPY FOR XMAS, THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN BEGGING FOR A PUPPY FOREVER!! IN FACT THIS FAMILY GOT TWO ADORABLE PUREBRED BLACK LABRADOR PUPPIES. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED MOM & DAD WERE ON BOARD, THE CHILDREN ALL AGREED TO HELP, SO HOME XMAS EVE CAME TWO BEAUTIFUL LAB PUPPIES. AT FIRST EVERYTHING WENT GREA,T MOM & DAD HAS SOME DAYS OFF AND THE CHILDREN WERE OUT OF SCHOOL, SO THE FAMILY SPENT THE HOLIDAY PLAYING WITH THE LITTLE PUPPIES THEY NAMED REESE AND ROLO. SOON THE HOLIDAY ENDED, MOM AND DAD WENT BACK TO WORK, THE CHILDREN WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. DURING THE DAY THE LITTLE PUPS WERE ALL ALONE AND WHEN EVERYONE CAME HOME THEY WERE TIRED, BUSY AND NO ONE WANTED OR HAD ANY TIME FOR THESE ADORABLE PLAYFUL LITTLE PUPS. WHAT THIS FAMILY DIDN'T CONSIDER IS THAT PUPPIES ALTHOUGH ADORABLE ARE PLAYFUL, ACTIVE, ALSO A LIFETIME COMMITMENT!!! WE RECEIVED A CALL TELLING US THAT IF WE COULDN'T TAKE THE PUPPIES THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO A SHELTER. A "BEST FRIEND" IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT NOT SOMETHING YOU JUST THROW AWAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME. "WE JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE PUPPIES, NO ONE WANTS TO HELP, WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THEM, WE DON'T WANT THEM, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTER"!!! THEIR OWNERS TOLD US. WE COULD NOT LET THIS HAPPEN SO WE IMMEDIATELY WENT AND PICKED UP REESE AND ROLO. THEY BECAME A PART OF OUR RESCUE THAT DAY, THESE GORGEOUS LAB PUPS ARE NOW SAFE ALL READY TO FIND A FAMILY WHO WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO HAVE A PUPPY AND LOVE THESE LITTLE PUPS FOREVER, THEY DESERVE NOTHING LESS!!!!***ROLO A GORGEOUS BLACK LABRADOR PUPPY--LOVING--HAPPY & SOOOO SMART!!! "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?? ONCE YOU SEE ROLO WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT DOES HAPPEN!!! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS ADORABLE LITTLE FELLOW THE MINUTE YOU MEET HIM. ROLO IS A 7 WK. OLD, PUREBRED BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUP. ROLO HAS "GREAT" COVERED FROM A TO Z. FIRST, HE IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FELLOW. HIS COAT IS A GLEAMING "HIGH GLOSS" BLACK, "CUDDLE" SOFT, SO SHINY IT LOOKS LIKE ROLO JUST JUMPED OUT OF A BIG POOL OF WATER, WHICH BEING A LABRADOR IF IT WAS WARM THIS WOULD BE A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY. HIS EYES ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE SEEN, THEY SPARKLE WITH A TRUE "LOVE ME & LET'S PLAY" EXPRESSION AND SEEM TO SHINE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN ROLO FIRST SEES YOU. ROLO IS A TRUE COMPANION, HAPPY, DEVOTED AND EXTREMELY LOVING. HE HAS THE GLOWING LABRADOR TEMPERAMENT AND DISPOSITION, AND IT IS THESE TRAITS WHICH MAKE THE LABRADOR THE NUMBER ONE FAMILY COMPANION. HE IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST AND SWEETEST PUPS WE HAVE SEEN. THE MINUTE YOU CALL HIS NAME 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 ROLO, HIS FAMILY. YOU COULD ALSO CALL ROLO "OUR AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL" FOR HE ABSOLUTELY ADORES EVERYONE HE MEETS CHILDREN TO SENIORS AND ALL DOGS HE GREETS WITH A HAPPY TAIL WAG AND HIS "WANNA PLAY LOOK". IN FACT ROLO SPENDS THE DAY PLAYING WITH HIS SISTER MISS REESE(ALSO ON OUR SITE) TO WATCH ROLO & REESE RUN, TUMBLE AND CHASE TOYS WILL INDEED BRING A HUGE SMILE TO YOUR FACE. ROLO DOESN'T CARE HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL A DOG IS HIS MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THEY WILL PLAY!!! HE IS HAPPY FROM THE MINUTE THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES POP OPEN IN THE MORNING TIL HE SNUGGLES IN AT NIGHT TIRED FROM A FUN DAY OF PLAY. YOU COULD TAKE THIS ADORABLE LITTLE GUY ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD MAKE YOU PROUD. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLED FOR IS FINE WITH ROLO JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO. START YOUR DAY WITH AN EARLY MORNING WALK ROLO IS RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE, TAIL WAGGING, HAPPY AND CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS TO SEE ALONG THE WAY. JINGLE YOUR CAR KEYS BUT YOU BETTER BE QUICK ROLO WILL BEAT YOU TO YOUR SEAT TURN HIS PRECIOUS HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "COME ON WE'VE GOT PLACES TO GO, ERRANDS AROUND TOWN TO RUN, CHILDREN TO TAKE TO SCHOOL". IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS JUST GRAB THIS HAPPY FELLOW AND GO. HE WOULD DELIGHT IN SPENDING THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, DIVING IN A BIG FLUFFY SNOW BANK, JUST ENJOYING THE DAY ENJOYING LIFE. THERE IS ONE MORE PART TO ROLO'S PACKAGE, THIS LITTLE PUPPY IS SOOOOO SMART!!! HE IS A PUP WHO IS EAGER TO PLEASE, EASY TO TEACH AND DELIGHTS IN PLEASING THOSE HE LOVES. HE TRULY SEEMS TO SMILE WHEN HE KNOWS HE HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT PLEASES THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO HIM, HIS FAMILY!!! HE IS INDEED AN "OPEN BOOK" A PUP WITH HUGE POTENTIAL. IT UP TO YOU TO FILL THE PAGES OF HIS BOOK WITH HUGS, PATS, KISSES, PLAY, 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 PLAYFUL, HAPPY GUY WHO'S ONLY REQUEST IS TO BELONG TO A FAMILY WHO WILL SEE WHAT A TREASURE HE IS AND LOVE HIM. WHEN YOU COME IN FOR THE EVENING WHEN ROLO COMES INTO HIS HOME HE CONTINUES TO SHINE. WHEN YOU BUILD A FIRE AND SETTLE IN TO READ OR WATCH A MOVIE YOU WILL FIND A GORGEOUS, HAPPY PUPPY CURLED UP AT YOUR FEET PLAYING WITH HIS FAVORITE TOY. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR BED HE WILL SNUGGLE IN ON HIS BIG FLUFFY BED, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S CLOSE TO YOUR BED, IF ROLO IS WITH YOU HE'S HAPPY. IF THE COMPANION YOU ARE HOPING TO ADD TO YOUR FAMILY IS ONE THAT IS AFFECTIONATE, FUN, HAPPY, EXTREMELY SMART AND WHO'S GREATEST JOY IS PLEASING HIS FAMILY THEN LOOK NO FURTHER YOU'VE FOUND ROLO. HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL LITTLE FELLOW!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO ROLO & HIS SISTER REESE WAS NOT THEIR FAULT, THEY DID NOTHING WRONG. THEY WERE ADOPTED BY A FAMILY WHO DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT A LIFETIME COMMITTMENT A "BEST FRIEND" IS, THESE PRECIOUS PUPS DESERVED BETTER!!! WE PROMISED THESE ADORABLE LAB PUPPIES THE FIRST DAY WE MET THEM THAT WE WOULD FIND THEM HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD SEE WHAT A TREASURE THEY ARE AND LOVE THEM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE***www.kylabrescue.com***CLICK ON THE "ADOPTION INFORMATION" LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, NEXT CLICK THE "ADOPTION APPLICATION" COMPLETE AND SEND. THE APPLICATION WILL BE SENT TO MICHELLE MAY THE KENTUCKY LAB RESCUE DIRECTOR. ROLO & MISS REESE'S ADOPTION FEE IS $375(ECH). BOTH PUPPIES ARE CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS INCLUDING BORDETELLA THEY ARE DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE PLUS. ****ROLO & MISS REESE MAY BE ADOPTED SEPARATELY****

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