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My name is BARRY(LOST HIS BEST FRIEND!!!!

Posted over 6 years ago | Updated over 6 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Australian Shepherd
Color
Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut - with White
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:

BARRY***CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com BARRY'S STORY***BARRY LOST HIS BEST FRIEND!**BARRY***LOVING-LOYAL--A TREASURE!!! WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO KNOW WE DID RESCUE. SHE TOLD US THAT A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF HERS HAD BEEN ILL FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. HER FRIEND HAD A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 6 YR. OLD, 50 LB., AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD NAMED BARRY WHO WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM. SHE WAS CLOSE TO THE FAMILY AND LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS TALKING TO THEM THAT THEY HAD NO PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF BARRY AND HAD TAKEN HIM TO A HIGH KILL SHELTER!!! THE WOMAN WAS BEYOND UPSET AS SHE KNEW HOW MUCH HER FRIEND ADORED BARRY. SHE CALLED US LETTING US KNOW THIS HEARTBREAKING NEWS. SHE TOLD US THAT BARRY AND HER FRIEND WERE INSEPARABLE, THEY DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER, BARRY HAD BEEN A PART OF HIS OWNER'S LIFE SINCE HE WAS A TINY 6 WEEK OLD PUPPY, THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS!!. SHE CALLED US PLEADING FOR OUR HELP,THE MINUTE WE HEARD THIS TRAGIC STORY WE CALLED THE SHELTER AND YES BARRY WAS THERE, THIS SITUATION WAS URGENT, FOR BARRY NOT BEING A BOUNCY, WIGGLY PUPPY OR A 1 YR. OLD YOUNG ADULT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF BARRY EVER LEAVING THAT SHELTER, HIS HEARTLESS FAMILY KNEW THIS AND JUST DIDN'T CARE. THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED CARING FOR THIS SWEET DESERVING FELLOW, THEY THREW HIM AWAY!!!. "HE IS THE MOST GENTLE AND LOVING FELLOW, SO WELL BEHAVED WITH BEAUTIFUL MANNERS". THE WOMAN WAS PLEADING FOR OUR HELP AS SHE KNEW HOW MUCH HER FRIEND ADORED BARRY AND WAS HORRIFIED THAT HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM TO A SHELTER. WE PROMISED THE WOMAN HIS "GUARDIAN ANGEL" THAT WE WOULD TAKE BARRY INTO OUR RESCUE AND FIND BARRY A WONDERFUL HOME WITH A FAMILY WHO WOULD LOVE HIM FOREVER, THIS IS A PROMISE WE INTENT TO KEEP. WHEN WE WENT TO THE SHELTER AND FIRST MET BARRY WE REACHED DOWN, GAVE HIM A PAT, AND SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, HE LIFTED HIS BEAUTIFUL HEAD, LAID IT IN OUR HANDS AS IF HE WAS SAYING "THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME". FATE GAVE US BARRY 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 BARRY. HIS GORGEOUS, GENTLE FACE DOES TELL A STORY, THE STORY OF A TRUE COMPANION PUP WHO HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS OWNER, IN SPITE OF THE CHANGE IN BARRY'S LIFE HIS FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU", THE BEAUTY OF THE RESCUE. BARRY IS AS LOVING AND GENTLE A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH WHAT HAPPENED TO BARRY WAS NOT HIS FAULT AND DESPITE THE TRAGIC SITUATION HE WAS IN A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED HIS LIFE, BARRY HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. BARRY NEVER MEETS A STRANGER HE WILL GREET YOU WITH HIS TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING, GIVING YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "HI I'M BARRY, NICE TO MEET YOU-WANNA PLAY?". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS. BARRY IS A PUP THAT WILL PLAY HOWEVER HE ALSO KNOWS WHEN IT IS TIME TO BE CALM AND WILL SETTLE DOWN CONTENT JUST BEING WITH THOSE HE LOVES, BEAUTIFUL MANNERS!!. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET BARRY THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH BARRY, JUST AS LONG AS HE IS WITH YOU. HE WOULD BE A GREAT WALKING OR JOGGING BUDDY AS HE ADORES THE OUTDOORS. BARRY WILL "PRANCE" ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING. BARRY HAS A SMOOTH, FLOWING, GRACEFUL GAIT AND WHEN HE PICKS UP THE PACE IT'S AS IF HE IS FLOATING ON AIR HIS COAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE FEATHERS BLOWING IN THE BREEZE WHEN BARRY MOVES, BARRY IN MOTION IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS BARRY WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG. JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN BARRY WILL HOP, HE WILL FIND "HIS" SPOT, TURN HIS ADORABLE HEAD TO ONE SIDE AND GIVE YOU HIS "O.K. I'M READY" LOOK. HE WOULDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS GOING, WOULDN'T MATTER TO HIM, IF BARRY IS WITH YOU THIS COMPANION PUP IS HAPPY!!! IF YOUR WEEKEND CALLED FOR A GET-A-WAY TO YOUR CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BOY IS BARRY READY, AS WE SAID HE LOVES THE OUTDOOR, HE WOULD SPEND THE DAY EXPLORING NEW TRAILS, JUST ENJOYING THE DAY, ENJOYING LIFE. THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO BARRY'S PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--TRUE TO THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD BREED BARRY 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 BARRY IS HUGE OR MAYBE HE LEARNED ALL THIS IN HIS OTHER LIFE??? AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING, BARRY HAS THE WISDOM TO APPRECIATE THE SIMPLER THINGS IN LIFE. HE WILL CURL UP AT YOUR FEET, CONTENT JUST TO BE WITH YOU. HOWEVER YOU BETTER LEAVE ONE HAND FREE AS BARRY WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN BARRY. BARRY 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 BARRY IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS. HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, THE COMBINATION OF TWO GORGEOUS COLORS, SPARKLING GLACIER WHITE AND WARM RICH COPPER, THIS COMBINATION IN THE AUSSIE BREED IS REFERRED TO AS "RED/WHITE". THIS PUP'S COAT IS BREATHTAKING. NEXT "THAT FACE", BARRY HAS THE MOST GORGEOUS, DARK CHESTNUT COLORED EYES WITH 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 DESERVING FELLOW 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. BARRY 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 "BARRY OUR TREASURE!!! HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS!!!! 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. BARRY 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. BARRY IS NEUTERED, CURRENT ON HIS VACCINATIONS, HE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FRONTLINE FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.


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