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My name is Jake!

Posted over 7 years ago | Updated over 7 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Labrador Retriever
Color
Brown/Chocolate
Age
Adult
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID
Ja Tu

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with kids
Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Alert icon Not good with cats
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:

A big Texas howdy to you! My name is Jake, and I am an ever-so-sweet, loving, and stunningly handsome 78-pound chocolate brown lab mix who was born about January 2015. Man, oh man, do I ever love the attention that my foster parents shower on me! I'm very well behaved and stay in my crate while they are at work. I get along fantastically with large dogs and kids, but I'm not so great with cats or small dogs.
I guess that you noticed some scars on my left side in one of the photos. I hope they don't bother you, especially if you are looking for a gentle giant of a dog with a big personality. I consider them a dim memory that my life has not always been a big bowl of cherries. You see, when I was about a year old, I was hit by a car near the UH campus. I was already in really bad shape -- weak, skinny, and very tired from being a stray -- and had been fighting for my life for a long time when my future foster mom found me injured to boot.
Bless her soul, she took me, just a stray, to the ER vet and then, when I got home with her, was an awesome canine Florence Nightingale who nursed me back to health. Daily she changed my bandages on my leg, and every time it hurt a lot. But I patiently endured it because I knew she loved me and was taking good care of me. My rehabilitation lasted for a long time, but, thanks to my foster parents' nurturing and tender, loving care, my wounds are healed, and now I have finally fully recovered.
I love to go on walks with my foster parents, but my former injuries preclude my playing too hard or accompanying my human as a jogging partner. No, let's just keep the exercise slow and easy-going. I get a little scared when I'm away from my foster home, so I need a patient human companion who understands that I am healing from physical trauma as well as the emotional trauma of abandonment at a young age when I struggled to stay alive as a stray. But every day I'm improving and getting more confident!
I am all ready and waiting for a lifetime home where I will have a soft bed and a compassionate someone to love me forever. I'm really a great young adult chocolate lab mix who is anticipating a lifetime of fun and bonding with my new family. I will gladly reward all the attention they give me by wetting their faces with kisses! Won't you come meet me today? I'm counting on your overlooking the slight imperfection of my scars because I know that you'll fall in love with me the minute you see what a magnificent dude I am!
Jake is updated on shots, neutered, dewormed, microchipped, and heartworm tested. His adoption fee is $150, cash or check payable to Buster's Friends. Please click the contact button if you are interested in Jake, and we can arrange for you to meet him.
To make the process more efficient, download the adoption application at http://www.bustersfriends.org/dogadoptionapplication.shtml.
First save and then open it; then you can print it and fill it out.

Note: Jake is posted as a courtesy to an independent rescuer or owner in hopes that networking through Buster's Friends' website postings will find a wonderful lifetime home for him. Buster's Friends is committed to reducing the number of animals who are surrendered to shelters and to assuring that fewer animals face the possibility of euthanasia. Courtesy postings for the community is one way that we can achieve this by providing a platform in which animals like Jake remain safe while still being widely seen until he is placed in a permanent home.
Disclaimer: Whereas Jake has received the routine vetting that all Buster's Friends animals get to prepare them for adoption, he has never been in the care of Buster's Friends. We can therefore not evaluate his behavior or medical status and not be liable for any damages or injury which he may cause. If Jake needs to be returned, he will go back to the home of his independent rescuer.

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