My name is "GENTLE BEN(A GENTLEMAN!

"GENTLE BEN"**CONTACT STACEY staceyloveslabs@gmail.com**BEN--OUR GENTLE GENTLEMAN--LOVING--LOYAL--A TREASURE!!! BEN'S STORY-- WE WILL NEVER KNOW ALL OF BEN'S STORY, WHERE BEN THE 5 YEAR OLD, 85 POUND, GENTLE, PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR SPENT THE FIRST 5 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WHEN BEN WAS LOST WHERE WAS HIS FAMILY?? WHY WAS THERE NO ONE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBER?? WHY WERE THERE NO FLIERS POSTED, VETS CALLED, NEWSPAPER ADS, URGENT CALLS TO THE LOCAL SHELTER??? FOR IF BEN'S FAMILY WOULD HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL SHELTER THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND BEN. THIS GENTLE PUP WAS INDEED IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH KILL SHELTER. HE WAS IN A VERY SCARY, A DANGEROUS SITUATION, A PLACE HE DID NOT BELONG!!! THE CALL TO US WAS URGENT, THE SITUATION WAS URGENT, FOR BEN NOT BEING A BOUNCY, WIGGLY PUPPY OR A 1 YR. OLD YOUNG ADULT BEN HAD VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF EVER LEAVING THAT SHELTER. WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A KIND AND CARING SHELTER WORKER TELLING US THAT BEN WAS THERE AND PLEADING FOR OUR HELP. SHE TOLD US THAT THIS GENTLE GUY WAS TERRIFIED, CONFUSED UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE HE WAS BUT MOST OF ALL WHY??? SHE SAID THAT BEN JUST LAID IN THE CORNER OF HIS CAGE, EYES CLOSED, TREMBLING WITH FEAR. WE COULDN'T GET TO BEN FAST ENOUGH AND WHEN WE REACHED DOWN AND GAVE BEN A PAT, SPOKE SOFTLY TO HIM, HE LIFTED HIS BEAUTIFUL HEAD, LAID IT IN OUR HANDS AS IF HE WAS ASKING US TO HELP HIM!!!! BEN LEFT THE SHELTER THAT DAY, TAIL WAGGING AND A FACE THAT TRULY SEEMED TO SMILE. FATE GAVE US BEN, A TRUE TREASURE. IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE SOUL CAN BEEN SEEN IN THE FACE AND EYES AND THIS IS SO TRUE WITH BEN. HIS GORGEOUS, WHIMSICAL, GENTLE FACE DOES TELL A STORY, A STORY OF A TRUE COMPANION PUP WHO HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY--THE FAMILY WHO NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO COME LOOKING FOR HIM--HE WAS BETRAYED. IN SPITE OF THIS BEN'S FACE HOWEVER TRULY DOES SEEM TO SAY "I LOVE YOU". BEN IS AS LOVING A GUY AS YOU WILL EVER MEET BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT BEN IS HIS HEART AND SPIRIT. HE IS A PUP WHO LOVES DEEPLY AND FOREVER. ALTHOUGH BEN DID NOT DESERVE THIS DISLOYALTY FROM HIS FAMILY, DESPITE THIS TRAGEDY AND WHAT ALMOST ENDED BEN'S LIFE HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE AND IS HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYDAY. OUR "GENTLEMAN" NEVER MEETS A STRANGER AND WILL GREET YOU WITH AN EXCITED WIGGLE GIVING YOU A LOOK THAT SEEMS TO SAY "HI I'M BEN, NICE TO MEET YOU". HE IS ALSO A VERY SOCIAL GUY AND DELIGHTS IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DOGS. BEN IS A PUP THAT CAN HOLD HIS OWN AND WILL ROMP AND 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!!. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU MEET BEN THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF A FAMILY. WHATEVER YOUR DAY CALLS FOR IS JUST FINE WITH BEN, JUST AS LONG AS HE IS WITH YOU. HE WOULD BE A GREAT WALKING OR JOGGING BUDDY. BEN WILL "PRANCE" ALONG, HEAD HELD HIGH, TAIL WAGGING, EYES SPARKLING. IF YOUR DAY CALLED FOR A TRIP AROUND TOWN TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS BEN WOULD BE THRILLED TO TAG ALONG( HE ADORES CAR RIDES). JUST OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND IN BEN 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 BEN IS WITH YOU THIS COMPANION PUP IS HAPPY!!! THERE IS ANOTHER PART TO BEN'S PACKAGE AND IT IS APPARENT AFTER SPENDING ANY TIME WITH HIM AT ALL--BEN 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. THE POTENTIAL FOR BEN IS HUGE OR MAYBE HE LEARNED ALL THIS IN HIS OTHER LIFE??? WE WILL NEVER KNOW. HE WILL SIT FOR HIS FAVORITE TREAT, SHAKE WHEN YOU OFFER HIM YOU HAND(SEE PHOTO) AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME INSIDE READY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE EVENING BEN HAS THE WISDOM TO APPRECIATE THE SIMPLER THINGS IN LIFE. HE WILL CURL UP RIGHT AT YOUR FEET, CONTENT JUST TO BE WITH YOU. HOWEVER YOU BETTER LEAVE ONE HAND FREE AS BEN WILL LAY HIS "LOVE ME" HEAD IN YOUR LAP AND NO ONE LOVES A PAT OR A RUB MORE THEN BEN. BEN KNOWS IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS. HE IS HOUSE TRAINED WITH BEAUTIFUL MANNERS, RESPECTFUL OF HIS SURROUNDINGS. HE IS A PUP WHO IS THERE FOR YOU 100%, A CONTENTED, BEAUTIFUL, ADULT DOG WHO LOVES UNCONDITIONALLY AND FOREVER. EVERYDAY SPENT WITH BEN IS A GIFT. WE DID MENTION BEAUTIFUL AND THIS PUP TRULY IS. DON'T PLAN ON KEEPING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SEE BEN AND WORDS LIKE "HE IS SOOOO CUTE" WILL COME GUSHING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. HIS COAT IS SO SOFT IT FEELS LIKE VELVET, A RICH MILK CHOCOLATE COLOR ACCENTED WITH GLACIER WHITE FRAMING HIS FACE, DISTINGUISHED, OH YES!!!. BEN HAS A SMOOTH, FLOWING, GRACEFUL GAIT IN FACT BEN SEEMS TO "PRANCE" AND WHEN HE PICKS UP THE PACE HE APPEARS TO BE FLOATING THROUGH AIR. ALTHOUGH WE WILL NEVER KNOW BEN'S STORY, WE DO KNOW THAT THE FAMILY WHO OPENS THEIR HEART AND MAKES OUR "GENTLE GENTLEMAN" A PART OF THEIR LIFE WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. BEN 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. BEN 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 "BEN" OUR TREASURE!!! HE DESERVES NOTHING LESS!!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MAKING "GENTLE BEN" A PART OF YOUR LIFE PLEASE CONTACT*****STACEY staceyloveslabs@gmail.com (BEN IS WITH HIS FOSATER FAMILY IN CANTON, CT.)