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Labrador Retriever / Golden Retriever / Mixed (short coat)  : :  Male (neutered)  : :  Young  : :  Medium

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About Nip
  • Status: Adopted!
  • Species: Dog
  • General Color: Black
  • Eye Color: Brown
  • Grooming Needs: Low
  • Shedding Amount: Moderate

Hello Labbie Lovers!!!

 

My name is Nip (more on that story later) and I am a 2-3 year old lab that was rescued by L.E.A.R.N. in mid-April. I came to my foster home with excitement because I was going to play with a 4-legged step brother and sister!! I was not kennel trained at first, but now I am (it helped that my foster parents fed me in my kennel). I was an owner surrender from a shelter (here is where you might want the Kleenex). I was found by Animal Control in Schuyler County, IL where they picked me up and kept me for a week. One of the employees was talking to a friend about me and that friend knew my owner. So they contacted her and I was brought home safe and sound. Two weeks later, I find myself back at the Animal Control shelter in Schuyler County. The employees there remembered who my owner was and called for her to pick me up. But no one came. I waited for two weeks for my owner to come get me and she never came. You see, during the two weeks while I was waiting, the employee who knew the friend who knew the owner collected the story behind why I was never picked up.

 

My original owner, the husband of the woman who picked me up the first time, passed away a year ago. I had a brother named Tuck (hence why I got the name Nip) who was hit by a car a month before I was in the shelter and did not survive. The reason I kept running away was two-fold…I was looking for my male owner and my brother. The female owner said that my brother and I were his dog, and she wanted nothing to do with us when her husband passed away, which is why I was not picked up.

 

Putting the sad story behind me, I am great with other dogs and cats. I ride fantastic in the car and do not need to be put in a kennel at night-time. I am really cute when you pay me attention because I will “smile” at you. I also love to get belly-rubs. I will lay down on my back with my feet in the air, waiting for you to scratch me!! I am a loyal dog with me being by your side where ever you go…even if it is to the bathroom!! I am up-to-date on all my vaccines and ready to be adopted. Will you be that special person who will bring me into your home and love me?

 

Labbie kisses to you!!

Nip

More about Nip

Good with Dogs, Good with Cats, Good with Kids, Good with Adults, Does Good in the Car, Timid, Skittish