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My name is **HAPPY(PLS READ)!

Posted over 13 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:

HAPPY***CONTACT STACEY staceyloveslabs@gmail.com**HAPPY-- "WE DON'T WANT HIM"-- A PROMISE BROKEN!!!!! HAPPY IS A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, 2 YEAR OLD, 55-60 POUND, PUREBRED YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER. HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE HAPPIEST LABS WE HAVE SEEN(THUS HIS NAME). HAPPY'S WORLD WAS SHATTERED WHEN HIS FAMILY WHO HAD RAISED HAPPY SINCE HE WAS AN ADORABLE, WIGGLY PUPPY, DECIDED FOR NO REASON OTHER THEN THEY HAD TWO OTHER DOGS AND DECIDED THAT WAS TOO MANY SO THEY THREW "HAPPY" AWAY. THEY WALKED THIS HAPPY, LOVING, COMPANION PUP INTO A HIGH KILL SHELTER, TIED HIM TO A POLE, SIGNED HIM OVER TO THE KILL SHELTER, THEIR COMMENT WAS "WE DON'T WANT HIM", AND WALKED AWAY!!!! HAPPY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THIS SWEET PUP TRULY CONTINUED TO SMILE, AND WAGGING HIS TAIL, NOT KNOWING THE TRUE DANGER HIS OWNER WAS PLACING HIM IN, A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED HIS LIFE. THIS WAS A TRAGEDY, FOR THIS WAS THE FAMILY THAT HAD PROMISED TO LOVE AND CARE FOR HAPPY ALL OF HIS LIFE, THE FAMILY HE KNEW AND TRUSTED, THEY LIED, THEY BROKE THEIR PROMISE, THEY THREW HIM AWAY!!!! IT IS UNIMAGINABLE TO US HOW ANYONE COULD BE SO HEARTLESS AND CRUEL AS TO LEAVE THEIR COMPANION PUP IN SUCH A SCARY AND DANGEROUS PLACE. WE RECEIVED A CALL IMMEDIATELY FROM A SHELTER VOLUNTEER WHO TOLD US ABOUT HAPPY. SHE SAID WHEN HAPPY WAS TAKEN INTO THE SHELTER THE SMILE LEFT HIS FACE. HE LAID IN THE CORNER OF HIS CAGE, HEAD DOWN, EYES CLOSED TREMBLING WITH FEAR. HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE HE WAS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY!!! THE MINUTE WE SAW THE PICTURES SHE SENT US AND THAT FACE WITH HIS "PLEASE HELP ME" LOOK WE COULDN'T GET TO HIM FAST ENOUGH. WHEN WE FIRST SAW HAPPY WE WALKED OVER TO HIM, SPOKE SOFTLY AND GAVE HIM A PAT, HE LIFTED HIS BEAUTIFUL HEAD, HIS TAIL BEGAN TO WAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY, AS IF HE KNEW WE WERE THERE TO HELP. FATE GAVE US HAPPY THAT DAY, A WONDERFUL GIFT. IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE SOUL CAN BE SEEN IN THE EYES AND HAPPY'S EYES DO TELL A STORY, OF A PUP THAT HAD BEEN A TRUE, FAITHFUL COMPANION ALL HIS LIFE. HE IS A PUP THAT HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY AND LOVED THEM WITH ALL HIS HEART. HAPPY DID NOT DESERVE SUCH BETRAYAL, IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT, HE DID NOTHING WRONG. JUST A FAMILY WHO WERE COLD AND UNCARING, A FAMILY WHO BROKE THEIR PROMISE. DESPITE THE PLIGHT HAPPY FOUND HIMSELF IN HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND IS STILL THE "HAPPY", TAIL WAGGING, "I LOVE YOU" LABRADOR. A PUP GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. WHEN WE WALKED HAPPY OUT OF THAT SHELTER, TO HAPPY IT WAS XMAS. THOSE GORGEOUS EYES SEEMED TO SPARKLE AND HIS FACE SEEMED TO SMILE AGAIN, THAT INFECTIOUS SMILE. HE KNEW HE WAS SAFE THAT WE WERE THE GOOD GUYS--THEY DO KNOW!!! THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE HAPPY HE WILL ABSOLUTELY STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS HE IS SOOOOO GORGEOUS. HE HAS THE SWEETEST FACE WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, WARM, CHESTNUT COLORED EYES WE HAVE EVER SEEN. THEY HAVE A KIND, GENTLE LOOK AND IF HAPPY COULD SPEAK YOU WOULD SWEAR HE IS SAYING "LOVE ME", IN OUR OPINION IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO. HIS COAT IS ALSO BEYOND BEAUTIFUL, FLAWLESS, CUDDLE SOFT. IT FEELS LIKE VELVET. IT IS A WARM, RICH, GOLDEN COLOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE HAPPY WAS DIPPED IN A BIG POT OF HONEY. SO SHINY IT SPARKLES AND LOOKS LIKE HAPPY JUST JUMPED OUT OF A BIG POOL OF WATER AND BEING A LABRADOR THE "WATER LOVING" BREED THIS IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY!!! HAPPY IS ALSO A BEAUTIFULLY BUILT FELLOW WITH PERFECT BODY CONFIRMATION. HE IS IN TERRIFIC SHAPE WITH THE LABRADOR GORGEOUS "BLOCK" LABRADOR HEAD. A BEAUTIFUL FELLOW YES, BUT HIS TRUE BEAUTY IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HAPPY IS THE ULTIMATE COMPANION. PUP WHO WANTS TO BELONG. BEING A PART OF A FAMILY IS THE ONLY LIFE HE HAS EVER KNOWN, THE LIFE HE DESERVES TO KNOW AGAIN. HAPPY IS ALSO A SOCIAL GUY AND LOVES THE COMPANY OF EVERYONE HE MEETS, HE WAS RAISED WITH OLDER CHILDREN AND HAD TWO OTHER DOG BUDDIES IN HIS HOME. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS FINE WITH HAPPY. HE WOULD LOVE AN EARLY MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON WALK, HE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL SHAPE AND WOULD MATCH YOU STEP FOR STEP, BETTER ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO STOP AND LET FOLKS SEE THE GORGEOUS FELLOW. DON'T SHOW HAPPY A BALL UNLESS YOU HAVE TIME TO PLAY HIS FAVORITE GAME "FETCH". HAPPY WILL RETRIEVE "HIS" BALL BRING IT BACK AND GIVE YOU HIS "THROW IT ONE MORE TIME" LOOK. HAPPY WILL PLAY BALL AS LONG AS YOU OR YOUR ARE HOLD OUT. THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO HAPPY AND IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG AFTER SPENDING ANYTIME AT ALL WITH HIM TO NOTICE THIS PUP IS SOOOO SMART!!!. HE IS AN "OPEN BOOK" READY TO LEARN ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TEACH HIM. HE IS AN EXTREMELY ALERT GUY ALWAYS AWEAR OF HIS SURROUNDINGS, NEVER MISSING A THING. HE IS A PUP WHO LEARNS EXTREMELY FAST BUT MOST OF ALL DELIGHTS IN PLEASING WHICH MAKES TRAINING A BREEZE, THE POTENTIAL FOR HAPPY IS HUGE!!!! HE TRULY SEEMS TO SMILE WHEN HE KNOWS HE HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT PLEASES THOSE HE LOVES. AT DAY'S END WHEN YOU AND HAPPY HAVE SPENT THE DAY TAKING LONG WALKS, RUNNING ERRANDS AND JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE AND SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING YOU WILL FIND THIS "COMPANION" PUP CURLED UP AT YOUR FEET, NAPPING, CONTENT AND "HAPPY" JUST BEING WITH YOU. AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH HAPPY WE FEEL THE PERFECT HOME FOR HIM WOULD BE WITH A SINGLE GUY OR GIRL, A COUPLE OR A FAMILY WITH OLDER CHILDREN WHO ARE WANTING A BEST FRIEND. THE PERSON OR FAMILY THAT MAKES HAPPY A PART OF THEIR LIFE JUST NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FELLOW'S WHOLE WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, HE NEEDS TO BE SHOWERED WITH LOVE AND TO KNOW THAT HE IS SAFE AND WILL NEVER BE THROWN AWAY AGAIN. HE ONLY HAS ONE REQUEST AND HIS EYES TOLD US THIS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW HIM. HE WANTS HIS FAMILY, TO BE SOMEONE'S CHERISHED COMPANION, TO BE A PART OF SOMEONE'S LIFE AGAIN. HE WANTS TO BE LOVED AS DEEPLY AS HE LOVES. IF YOU ARE HOPING TO ADD TO YOUR LIFE A PUP WHO IS THE ULTIMATE FAMILY COMPANION, A LOVING, FELLOW WITH A BEAUTIFUL HEART AND SPIRIT, A PUP WHO WILL DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY THEN LOOK NO FURTHER HAPPY IS YOUR PUP. WE PROMISED HAPPY A GREAT LIFE, A GREAT HOME, HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MAKING HAPPY A PART OF YOUR LIFE PLEASE CONTACT*****STACEY staceyloveslabs@gmail.com (HAPPY IS IN HIS FOSTER HOME IN PA.)

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