BENTLEY
Bentley is a male Yellow Labrador Mix .
Bentley is fully sighted and hears fine.
We rescued Bentley from Summit County Animal Shelter in Akron Ohio on 1/13/05
Bentley is approximately 1 year old and weighs in at 57 pounds
Bentley is up to date on all his vaccinations and tested negative for heartworms
Bentley's fecal test was also negative
Bentley was neutered on 1/28/05
We had to postpone Bentley's original neuter date of 1/21/05 because presented
with Kennel Cough
3 days after we rescued him from the animal shelter
Bentley's neuter stitches were removed on 2/4/05 and Bentley is completely
healed from his surgery
Bentley is a very sweet and loving dog with a layed back personality
Bentley is not hyper or overbearing at all.
Bentley has pleasant and friendly personality
Bentley is totally non-alpha with other dogs
Bentley already knows "sit", "lay", "give me paw"
and "no"
Bentley walks like a perfect gentleman on a leash and does not pull at all.
Bentley has discovered the joys of "bully sticks" since he's arrived
in rescue and loves to spend time chewing on
Bully sticks or cow's hooves
Bentley is slightly underweight but his appetite is good so he should gain
weight easily.
Our deaf Bull Terrier rescue pup Blake has taught Bentley the joy of dog toys
and Bentley quite enjoys
his toys now and initiates play with the other dogs.
Bentley especially loves Tess the Golden Puppy who was saved from the same
shelter.
Bentley watches over her as if he is her "big brother" and plays
all her silly
puppy biting games happily with Tess.
Bentley gets along great with other dogs of any size and also is fine with
the cats in his foster home
Bentley pays no attention whatsoever to the cats.
Bentley is housebroken and crate trained although Bentley has free run in
his foster home with no problems
When left alone in the house with the other dogs allowed free run Bentley
is found quietly sleeping
upon his foster parents return home.
Bentley was facing euthanasia at the kill shelter as he was not showing well
at the shelter.
Bentley was very depressed and just layed in his cage looking very sad and
when taken out of his cage
he was very scared and would tuck his tail under him and shake like a leaf.
Bentley was picked up as a stray dog in Summit County
Bentley is such a sweet and loving dog
It is obvious that Bentley has been well socialized and was a loved pet prior
to winding up in the kill shelter
Bentley came out of Summit County Animal Shelter in nice condition he was
clean and flea free
Bentley has a liver colored nose and the darker yellow stripe along his back
like a purebred yellow Labrador
We are guessing he may be mixed with German Shepherd as he is thinner built
than a purebred yellow Labrador.
Our Director drove to Summit County Animal Shelter specifically to save Bentley
as he reminded her so
much of our recently adopted Blind Labrador Puppy Belvedere and she was aware
that Bentley was in danger
of being euthanized and we couldn't let that happen to such a sweet boy!
(The remaining 30 dogs at the shelter were euthanized two days after we saved
Bentley )
Animal Shelters nationwide are filled with Labrador mixes and many Labrador
mixes are killed daily
in kill shelters all over the country.
The only solution to this overwhelming problem of sweet dogs like Bentley
being killed by the tens of thousands
each year is to make sure EVERYONE spays and neuters their pets to prevent
unwanted litters
and a constant inflow of stray and unwanted pets being brought in or dropped
off at kill shelters nationwide.
If you are interested in giving Bentley a loving home please fill out an
adoption application
ADOPTION APPLICATION
Bentley's adoption fee is $175.00
ADOPTED
Bentley has been adopted by a wonderful new Mom and Dad and will also have
a human sister and brother
to help spoil him and wear him out playing his favorite game of "fetch
the ball."
Bentley will be living in Middleburgh Heights Ohio
(Sorry Mom you got cut out of the photo's:)
UPDATE 3/31/05
Bentley is ajusting well at his new home and is loving have 4 humans all to
himself to spoil him rotten:)
He's especially loving all the attention from his new human sister Megan
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