Joined my daughter and her volleyball team for a team bonding day today. They made blankets and chew toys for dogs at one of the local shelters. We went to The Colony Animal Services and enjoyed seeing all of the dogs there, but of course, it’s never easy to see so many dogs needing a good home.
My daughter and I couldn’t help but continue going back to this one dog. It was a 5 year old Male Black Lab and looked to be full-blooded. He was very affectionate and I just couldn’t understand how a dog like that was in an animal shelter. I guess I always expect some of the mixed breeds and such, but to see what looked like a very sweet, non-aggressive, older male Lab hit home since I’ve had so many Labs in my life and they were all great.
I asked a worker about him and they said he was brought in by his owner. He apparently snapped or bit a child and they couldn’t take anymore chances so took him to the shelter. They said they thought the dog was sleeping and the young child jumped on him and it was very likely defense reaction from being asleep. Who knows, but this dog seemed so gentle and came up to lick everyone and his eyes just looked sad as to say I’m a good dog and need a good home. Really tempted us, but not ready for a full grown dog yet.
If anyone around DFW is in the market for an older house-trained black Lab I think it’d be worth a look to rescue this guy. I just felt compelled to mention it in case someone saw this and needed a good buddy around the house. Believe they called him Jeti.
My daughter and I couldn’t help but continue going back to this one dog. It was a 5 year old Male Black Lab and looked to be full-blooded. He was very affectionate and I just couldn’t understand how a dog like that was in an animal shelter. I guess I always expect some of the mixed breeds and such, but to see what looked like a very sweet, non-aggressive, older male Lab hit home since I’ve had so many Labs in my life and they were all great.
I asked a worker about him and they said he was brought in by his owner. He apparently snapped or bit a child and they couldn’t take anymore chances so took him to the shelter. They said they thought the dog was sleeping and the young child jumped on him and it was very likely defense reaction from being asleep. Who knows, but this dog seemed so gentle and came up to lick everyone and his eyes just looked sad as to say I’m a good dog and need a good home. Really tempted us, but not ready for a full grown dog yet.
If anyone around DFW is in the market for an older house-trained black Lab I think it’d be worth a look to rescue this guy. I just felt compelled to mention it in case someone saw this and needed a good buddy around the house. Believe they called him Jeti.
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