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Riley's Story -
On June
27th, a couple here in Las Vegas, found a little black
lab running loose on the streets. They immediately
rescued her from the traffic and took her to a vet's
office. Unfortunately for her previous owners, she did
not have a chip nor a collar with tags on. They drove
around looking for posters in the area of someone
looking for this sweet girl. By June 29th, they had not
seen nor heard anything, and due to already having small
dogs and a full house themselves, they could not keep
another dog. I was contacted via e-mail and the next day
on June 30th, Las Vegas Labrador Rescue went and picked
her up.
She
immediately went to the vet for her vaccinations and
check up. When all checked out well, her foster family
took her. I put her information up on our site, and a
couple days later, we got an email from Jeff wanting to
adopt her. That Wednesday, we met Jeff at a local dog
park so he and his 7 year old black lab could meet
Riley. After about an hour of them running around and
playing and getting to know each other, Jeff decided
that he was definitely interested in adopting her. She
was scheduled to be spayed on Friday, so her foster
family took her home with them until then.
Friday
came, her spay and microchipping went wonderfully, and
when we picked her up, we took her to her forever home
with Jeff. The following was written by Jeff of his
experience in rescuing Riley.
I
met Riley for the first time at a dog park near
my house. I brought along my 7yr old black
lab named Calvin. As expected with labs, they
got along wonderfully right away, despite the
comical difference in size (105lbs to 30lbs!).
After about 5minutes, I had already fallen in
love with this sweet girl and decided to adopt
her. How can you not fall in love with a puppy
that runs sideways and wags her tail so hard she
almost falls over? I ended up officially
taking her two days later, and the wild times
began!
She
made herself at home immediately, sniffing every
corner of my house and yard. Thankfully, she
followed Calvin's lead well and was housebroken
within about 5 days. I have a doggie door and
she learned to use that within about 10 seconds
after seeing Calvin zip through it. Now she is
in and out every 10 minutes it seems! I have
an in ground pool which she seems to enjoy as
well -- she slides up to it on her belly and
puts her head over the edge and gets a drink.
I
am so excited to have a wonderful new addition
to my family, and I know Calvin is happy to have
a new playmate as well. Thank you so much to
Lisa and Brenda from Labrador Rescue!!!
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