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

Posted over 7 years ago | Updated 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 Good with cats
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:

GIBSON****CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com GIBSON'S STORY***"WE DON'T WANT HIM!!!" GIBSON IS A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 2 YR. OLD, PUREBRED YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER--A TRUE COMPANION--LOVING--KIND--A TREASURE!! 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 EVER SEEN HAD JUST BEEN SURRENDERED TO HER SHELTER. THE LAB SHE CALLED GIBSON WAS GIVEN UP BY HIS FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVING INTO A NEW HOME AND THEY SAID "WE DON'T WANT A DOG IN OUR NEW HOME TO MESS IT UP, THIS IS OUR DREAM HOUSE" THE DIRECTOR WAS SHOCKED SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE WAS HEARING. THE FAMILY TOLD HER THAT GIBSON HAD BEEN A PART OF THEIR FAMILY SINCE HE WAS A 6 WK. OLD ADORABLE "BIG" PUPPY. THE HUSBAND COMMENTED "HE IS A GREAT DOG BUT HONESTLY WE JUST DON'T WANT A DOG ANYMORE, MY WIFE IS AFRAID A DOG WILL MESS UP HER NEW CARPET AND SCRATCH HER FLOORS, SHE TRULY WAS NEVER A DOG PERSON ANYWAY!!" THE FAMILY COMPLETED THE PAPERWORK GIVING GIBSON UP, THEY TURNED AND WALKED OUT OF THE SHELTER NOT ONE OF THEM SAID A WORD TO GIBSON. THE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT GIBSON 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!!! WHEN GIBSON COULD NO LONGER SEE HIS FAMILY SHE SAID HIS HEAD LOWERED, HIS TAIL STOPPED WAGGING!!! THE DIRECTOR CALLED US TELLING US "GIBSON IS JUST A DREAM, HE IS SO SWEET, AND LOVING, HE DOESN'T BELONG HERE. HE IS SO SAD, CONFUSED NOT KNOWING WHERE HE IS, WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS AND WHY THEY LEFT HIM". SHE SAID THAT GIBSON JUST LAID IN THE CORNER OF HIS CAGE, EYES CLOSED, HEAD DOWN SO VERY VERY SAD!! WHEN WE HEARD THIS HEARTBREAKING STORY WE COULDN'T GET TO GIBSON FAST ENOUGH, WHEN WE FIRST SAW GIBSON 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!! GIBSON LEFT THE HIGH KILL SHELTER THAT DAY, TAIL WAGGING, EYES TWINKLING AND A FACE THAT TRULY SEEMED TO SMILE. FATE GAVE US GIBSON 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 GIBSON. 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 GIBSON'S FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU". GIBSON IS AS LOVING A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT GIBSON IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH GIBSON DID NOT DESERVE THIS DISLOYALTY FROM HIS FAMILY, DESPITE THIS AND WHAT COULD HAVE ENDED GIBSON'S LIFE, HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND TRUE TO THE LABRADOR BREED IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. THIS WONDERFUL 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 GIBSON, NICE TO MEET YOU". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS. GIBSON IS A PUP THAT CAN HOLD HIS OWN, LOVES TO PLAY, HE CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST OF THEM, HOWEVER HE ALSO KNOWS WHEN IT IS TIME TO BE CALM AND WILL SETTLE DOWN CONTENT JUST BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES, BEAUTIFUL MANNERS!!(HE'S EVEN FINE WITH CATS). YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET GIBSON THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY AND TRULY WAS WELL CARED FOR JUST NOT WANTED!!. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH GIBSON JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO GO. HE WOULD BE A GREAT WALKING OR JOGGING BUDDY AS HE ADORES THE OUTDOORS, HE IS FLAWLESS ON LEAD, HE WILL "PRANCE" ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING. GIBSON 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!! GIBSON IN MOTION IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS GIBSON WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN GIBSON 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, GIBSON'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 GIBSON 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 GIBSON WOULD BE THE PERFECT HOST!! THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO GIBSON'S PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--TRUE TO THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER BREED GIBSON 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 GIBSON IS HUGE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE, BUILD A FIRE, READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING, GIBSON 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 GIBSON WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN GIBSON. GIBSON KNOWS IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS. HE IS RESPECTFUL OF HIS SURROUNDINGS, A PUP WHO IS THERE FOR YOU 100%, A CONTENTED, BEAUTIFUL, ADULT WHO LOVES UNCONDITIONALLY AND FOREVER. EVERYDAY SPENT WITH GIBSON IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS, HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, A WARM PALE CHAMPAGNE COLOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE GIBSON WAS DIPPED IN A BOWL OF VANILLA ICE CREAM!! NEXT HIS "MELT YOUR HEART" FACE, GIBSON'S EYES ARE SO GORGEOUS THEY WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS, THEY ARE A PALE PALE HONEY COLOR SO PALE 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 GIBSON A PART OF THEIR LIFE WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. GIBSON 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. GIBSON 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 GIBSON!! WHAT HAPPEN TO GIBSON 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 WANT THEM ANYMORE!!! WE PROMISED GIBSON 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. GIBSON IS WITH HIS FOSTER FAMILY IN KENTUCKY HE 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. GIBSON IS NEUTERED, CURRENT ON ALL VACCINATIONS, HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.


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