From freedom rides and urgent rescues to foster updates and second chances, follow the dogs whose lives are changing every day at Labradors and Friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seven dogs. Seven unique personalities. Seven hearts still hoping. Meet Baby Girl, Twinkle, Marilynn, Kira, Connor, Baxter, and Venus \u2014 seven incredible rescue dogs who have been waiting for someone to see what we see in them. Could you be their number one?<\/p>
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Five puppies. Three boys, two girls, and one incredible second chance. When a parvo scare threatened their future, Molly and Old Blue Inc. stepped forward to provide veterinary care, while longtime foster Teri opened her home once again. Discover how a village came together to save five little lives.<\/p>
Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nOctober 11, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nRain or Shine, Rescue Shows Up! ☔<\/h2>\n\nRain couldn’t stop our volunteers! Labradors and Friends joined the San Diego Animal Support Foundation’s annual adoption event at Grossmont Center, bringing adoptable dogs, dedicated volunteers, and two promising adoption applications.<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nOctober 11, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nPuppy Kisses & Senior Smiles: Emma’s Puppies Spread Joy in Orange County<\/h2>\n\nWhen Emma’s four available rescue puppies visited an Orange County senior care facility for puppy yoga, there may not have been much yoga\u2014but there were plenty of puppy kisses, cuddles, and smiles!<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nOctober 3, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nBehind the Rescue: Christie, Bradley, and the Power of Saying Yes<\/h2>\n\nWhat began with a simple question led Christie to Labradors and Friends, a community she now calls family \u2014 and to a senior dog named Bradley who waited nearly two years for his forever home.<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nSeptember 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nWeekly Tail Wag #010: Once a LAF Dog, Always a LAF Dog<\/h2>\n\nLucy is back with LAF, Jesse continues learning to trust, Marilynn is still waiting, Rudy has arrived, and we share the story behind six years of Pulls for Pups in Weekly Tail Wag #010.<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n1<\/span>\n2<\/a>\n3<\/a><\/div>\n\nNext Page<\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From freedom rides and urgent rescues to foster updates and second chances, follow the dogs whose lives are changing every day at Labradors and Friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Rain couldn’t stop our volunteers! Labradors and Friends joined the San Diego Animal Support Foundation’s annual adoption event at Grossmont Center, bringing adoptable dogs, dedicated volunteers, and two promising adoption applications.<\/p>
Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nOctober 11, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nPuppy Kisses & Senior Smiles: Emma’s Puppies Spread Joy in Orange County<\/h2>\n\nWhen Emma’s four available rescue puppies visited an Orange County senior care facility for puppy yoga, there may not have been much yoga\u2014but there were plenty of puppy kisses, cuddles, and smiles!<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nOctober 3, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nBehind the Rescue: Christie, Bradley, and the Power of Saying Yes<\/h2>\n\nWhat began with a simple question led Christie to Labradors and Friends, a community she now calls family \u2014 and to a senior dog named Bradley who waited nearly two years for his forever home.<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/figure>\n\nSeptember 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\nWeekly Tail Wag #010: Once a LAF Dog, Always a LAF Dog<\/h2>\n\nLucy is back with LAF, Jesse continues learning to trust, Marilynn is still waiting, Rudy has arrived, and we share the story behind six years of Pulls for Pups in Weekly Tail Wag #010.<\/p>Read Their Story \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n1<\/span>\n2<\/a>\n3<\/a><\/div>\n\nNext Page<\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From freedom rides and urgent rescues to foster updates and second chances, follow the dogs whose lives are changing every day at Labradors and Friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
When Emma’s four available rescue puppies visited an Orange County senior care facility for puppy yoga, there may not have been much yoga\u2014but there were plenty of puppy kisses, cuddles, and smiles!<\/p>
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What began with a simple question led Christie to Labradors and Friends, a community she now calls family \u2014 and to a senior dog named Bradley who waited nearly two years for his forever home.<\/p>
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Lucy is back with LAF, Jesse continues learning to trust, Marilynn is still waiting, Rudy has arrived, and we share the story behind six years of Pulls for Pups in Weekly Tail Wag #010.<\/p>
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