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My name is DULLAS(WHAT A STORY--PLS READ!!

Posted over 7 years ago | Updated over 7 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Brown/Chocolate
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

My story

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

DULLAS****CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com DULLAS' STORY--HE DESERVED BETTER!!! DULLAS IS A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 18 MO.-2 YR., PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR--A TRUE GENTLEMAN--LOVING--KIND--THE ULTIMATE COMPANION!! WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST KILL SHELTERS IN THE SOUTH TELLING US THAT THE ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING LABS SHE HAD SEEN HAD JUST BEEN SURRENDERED TO HER SHELTER. THE LAB SHE CALLED DULLAS WAS GIVEN UP BY HIS FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVING OUT OF STATE, INTO A NEW HOME AND THEY SAID "WE DON'T WANT A DOG IN OUR NEW HOME TO MESS IT UP!!" THE DIRECTOR WAS SHOCKED SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE WAS HEARING. THE FAMILY TOLD HER THAT DULLAS HAD BEEN A PART OF THEIR FAMILY SINCE HE WAS A 6 WK. OLD ADORABLE PUPPY. "HE IS A GREAT DOG BUT HONESTLY WE JUST DON'T WANT A DOG ANYMORE" THE FAMILY SAID!!! THEY COMPLETED THE PAPERWORK GIVING DULLAS UP, THE FAMILY TURNED AND WALKED OUT OF THE SHELTER NOT ONE OF THEM SAID ANYTHING TO DULLAS!!. THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT DULLAS STOOD AT THE SHELTER WINDOW WATCHING AS HIS FAMILY DROVE AWAY, HIS TAIL WAS WAGGING AS IF HE KNEW THEY WERE COMING BACK--THEY DIDN'T!!! " DULLAS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL FELLOW, HE IS SO SWEET, EAGER TO PLEASE AND LOVING, HE DOESN'T BELONG HERE!!!" THE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT DULLAS WAS SO SAD, CONFUSED, NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS, WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY THEY LEFT HIM. SHE SAID THAT DULLAS JUST LAID IN THE CORNER OF HIS KENNEL, EYES CLOSED, HEAD DOWN SO VERY VERY SAD!! WHEN WE HEARD THIS HEARTBREAKING STORY WE COULDN'T GET TO DULLAS FAST ENOUGH, WHEN WE FIRST SAW DULLAS WE REACHED DOWN, GAVE HIM A PAT, SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, HE LIFTED HIS BEAUTIFUL "BLOCK" HEAD, GAVE US A LICK ON OUR HAND AS IF HE WAS ASKING US TO HELP HIM!!!! DULLAS LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, TAIL WAGGING, EYES TWINKLING AND A FACE THAT WILL MELT YOUR HEART!! FATE GAVE US DULLAS 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 DULLAS. HIS GORGEOUS, GENTLE FACE DOES TELL A STORY, THE STORY OF A TRUE COMPANION WHO HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS OWNER THE OWNER WHO JUST THREW HIM AWAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM IN THEIR NEW HOME, HE DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. IN SPITE OF THIS TRAGEDY DULLAS' FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU". DULLAS IS AS LOVING A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET, A TRUE GENTLEMAN BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT DULLAS IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH DULLAS DID NOT DESERVE THIS DISLOYALTY FROM HIS OWNER, DESPITE THIS AND WHAT COULD HAVE ENDED DULLAS' LIFE, HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. OUR "LOVE ME" FELLOW 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 DULLAS, NICE TO MEET YOU". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS, DULLAS IS A PUP THAT CAN HOLD HIS OWN, LOVES TO PLAY AND HE CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST OF THEM, HOWEVER HE ALSO KNOWS WHEN IT'S TIME TO BE CALM AND WILL SETTLE DOWN CONTENT JUST BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES, BEAUTIFUL MANNERS!! YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET DULLAS THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH DULLAS JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO. HE WOULD BE A GREAT WALKING OR JOGGING BUDDY AS HE ADORES THE OUTDOORS, HE WILL "PRANCE" ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING TAKING IN ALL THE SITES ALONG THE WAY. DULLAS HAS A SMOOTH, FLOWING, GAIT MOVING WITH A GREAT DEAL OF GRACE AND WHEN HE PICKS UP THE PACE IT'S AS IF HE IS FLOATING ON AIR!! DULLAS IN MOTION IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS DULLAS WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN DULLAS WILL HOP, HE WILL FIND "HIS" SPOT, TURN HIS GORGEOUS "BLOCK" HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU HIS "OK I'M READY" LOOK. HE WOULDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS GOING, WOULDN'T MATTER TO HIM, DULLAS' TRUE HAPPINESS IS JUST BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES. IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS DULLAS READY, AS WE SAID HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS, HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, CHASING ANY STICK YOU THREW HIM, DIVING IN ANY WATER HE COULD FIND, THIS PUP KNOWS HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME!!! IF YOU BROUGHT ALONG A FEW FRIENDS AND THEIR DOGS DULLAS WOULD BE THE PERFECT HOST!! THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO DULLAS' PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--TRUE TO THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER BREED DULLAS 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 FELLOW WHO'S GREATEST JOY IS PLEASING HIS FAMILY AND THIS MAKES TRAINING A BREEZE. THE POTENTIAL FOR DULLAS IS HUGE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE, READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING, DULLAS HAS THE WISDOM TO APPRECIATE THE SIMPLER THINGS IN LIFE, HE WILL CURL UP AT YOUR FEET, OR NAP ON A COOL KITCHEN FLOOR, CONTENT JUST TO BE WITH YOU. HOWEVER YOU BETTER LEAVE ONE HAND FREE AS DULLAS WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN DULLAS. DULLAS KNOWS IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS, A PUP WHO IS THERE FOR YOU 100%, A CONTENTED, BEAUTIFUL, ADULT WHO LOVES UNCONDITIONALLY AND FOREVER. EVERYDAY SPENT WITH DULLAS IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS, HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, A WARM RICH MILK CHOCOLATE COLOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE DULLAS WAS DIPPED IN A BOWL OF CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!! NEXT HIS "MELT YOUR HEART" FACE, DULLAS' EYES ARE SO GORGEOUS THEY WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS, THEY ARE A SOFT, PALE GOLDEN COLOR, SO PALE IN FACT THEY ALMOST APPEAR IRIDESCENT, THEY HAVE A LOOK THAT TRULY SEEMS TO BE SAYING "LOVE ME", IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO!!! WE KNOW THAT THE FAMILY WHO OPENS THEIR HEART AND MAKES THIS GRAND FELLOW A PART OF THEIR LIFE WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. DULLAS 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. DULLAS 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 DULLAS, HE IS A DREAM!! WHAT HAPPEN TO DULLAS WAS NOT HIS FAULT, HE DID NOTHING WRONG, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY EVERYDAY HE WAS A PART OF THEIR LIFE. IT WAS HIS FAMILY WHO WAS JUST COLD AND UNCARING WHO JUST THREW HIM AWAY!!! A "COMPANION" IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT, NOT SOMETHING YOU JUST THROW AWAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM!!! WE PROMISED DULLAS THE FIRST DAY WE MET HIM, WE PROMISED HIM WE WOULD FIND HIM A WONDERFUL HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTEND TO KEEP!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ONE OF OUR RESCUE DOGS, PLEASE **** CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com ****FOR AN APPLICATION. DULLAS WITH HIS FOSTER FAMILY IN KENTUCKY HE WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA ON A PET TRANSPORT ONCE HE IS ADOPTED. DULLAS' ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES HIS TRANSPORT FEE IS $575. DULLAS IS NEUTERED, CURRENT ON HIS VETTING, ON HIS MONTHLY HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE, ALSO FLEA/TICK PREVENTATIVE APPLIED. DULLAS IS ALSO MICROCHIPPED.

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