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My name is HARLEY(WHAT A STORY! PLS READ!!

Posted over 7 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:

HARLEY***CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com HARLEY'S STORY***"WE DON'T WANT HIM"!! HARLEY IS A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 2 YR., PUREBRED YELLOW LABRADOR--LOVING--KIND--A TRUE COMPANION, HE DESERVED BETTER!! 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 HARLEY WAS GIVEN UP BY HIS FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVING INTO A NEW HOME AND 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 HARLEY HAD BEEN A PART OF THEIR FAMILY SINCE HE WAS A 6 WK. OLD ADORABLE , ROLY POLY PUPPY. THE FAMILY TOLD HER THAT HARLEY ADORED THEIR CHILDREN, SLEPT IN THEIR SON'S BED, LOVE TO PLAY IN THEIR YARD, GOT ALONG GREAT WITH THEIR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER'S DOGS AND THEN THE HUSBAND COMMENTED "HE IS A GREAT DOG BUT HONESTLY WE JUST DON'T WANT A DOG ANYMORE, MY WIFE JUST DOESN'T WANT A DOG IN HER NEW DREAM HOME!! " THEY COMPLETED THE PAPERWORK GIVING HARLEY UP, THE FAMILY TURNED AND WALKED OUT OF THE SHELTER NOT ONE OF THEM SAID ANYTHING TO HARLEY. THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT HARLEY STOOD AT THE WINDOW WATCHING AS HIS FAMILY DROVE AWAY,(IN FACT THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN AS HARLEY WAS STANDING AT THE SHELTER WINDOW WATCHING HIS FAMILY DRIVE AWAY!!!) HIS TAIL WAS WAGGING AS IF HE KNEW THEY WERE COMING BACK--THEY DIDN'T!!! "HARLEY IS JUST A DREAM, HE IS SO SWEET, HAPPY AND LOVING, HE DOESN'T BELONG HERE" THE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT HARLEY WAS SO SAD, CONFUSED NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS, WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS AND WHY THEY LEFT HIM. SHE SAID THAT HARLEY 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 HARLEY FAST ENOUGH, WHEN WE FIRST SAW HARLEY 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 WE DID!! HARLEY LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, EYES TWINKLING, TAIL WAGGING AND A FACE THAT TRULY SEEMED TO SMILE. FATE GAVE US HARLEY 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 HARLEY. HIS GORGEOUS, GENTLE FACE DOES TELL A STORY, THE STORY OF A TRUE COMPANION WHO HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY, THE FAMILY 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 HARLEY'S FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU". HARLEY IS AS LOVING A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT HARLEY IS HIS LAB HEART AND SPIRIT, HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH HARLEY DID NOT DESERVE THIS DISLOYALTY FROM HIS OWNER HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. HARLEY 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 HARLEY, WHERE'S THE BALL? WANNA PLAY?". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS, HARLEY IS A PUP THAT CAN HOLD HIS OWN, LOVES TO PLAY AND HE CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST OF THEM. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET HARLEY THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY HIS TRUE HAPPINESS IS BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH HARLEY 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. HARLEY HAS A SMOOTH, FLOWING GAIT MOVING WITH A GREAT DEAL OF GRACE AND WHEN HE PICKS UP THE PACE HARLEY IN MOTION IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS HARLEY WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG, JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN HARLEY 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, HARLEY'S 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 HARLEY 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 DIVING IN THE BIGGEST FLUFFY SNOW BANK HE COULD FIND THIS PUP KNOWS HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME!!! IF YOU BROUGHT ALONG A FEW FRIENDS AND THEIR DOGS HARLEY OUR "MR. SOCIAL" WOULD BE THE PERFECT HOST!! THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO HARLEY'S PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--TRUE TO THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER BREED HARLEY 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 HARLEY IS HUGE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE, BUILD A FIRE, READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING, HARLEY 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 HARLEY WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN HARLEY. HARLEY 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 HARLEY IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS, HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, A SOFT SUN-KISSED HONEY COLOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE HARLEY WAS DIPPED IN A BOWL OF VANILLA ICE CREAM!! NEXT HIS "MELT YOUR HEART" FACE, HARLEY'S EYES ARE SO GORGEOUS THEY WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS, 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 OUR "LOVE ME" FELLOW A PART OF THEIR LIFE WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. A PUP WHO'S FIRST DAY WITH YOU YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE, HARLEY 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 THE PUP OF A LIFE TIME!! WHAT HAPPEN TO HARLEY 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 THROW AWAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM!!! WE PROMISED HARLEY 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 LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SUBMIT 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. HARLEY IS WITH HIS FOSTER FAMILY IN KENTUCKY AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA ON A PET TRANSPORT ONCE HE IS ADOPTED. HIS ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES HIS TRANSPORT FEE IS $575. HARLEY IS NEUTERED, CURRENT ON HIS VACCINATIONS, HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS. HARLEY IS ALSO MICRO-CHIPPED.

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