{"id":323,"date":"2026-08-30T19:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2026-08-30T19:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:28:23","slug":"laf-weekly-tail-wag-006-it-all-starts-with-someone-who-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/30\/laf-weekly-tail-wag-006-it-all-starts-with-someone-who-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"LAF Weekly Tail Wag 006: It All Starts With Someone Who Cares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Week in the Tail Wag &#x1f43e;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some weeks in rescue seem to capture everything we do\u2014and this is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lucille<\/strong> came to us after being abandoned on a property with two of her siblings. Now, a large mammary mass means she needs surgery, and we&#8217;re hoping we caught it in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kennedy<\/strong> continues to make us wonder how such a good boy is still waiting for his family, while <strong>Tara<\/strong> is safe and beginning the next chapter of her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there are the happy endings. &#x2764;&#xfe0f; <strong>Lilo<\/strong> found exactly the family she was waiting for\u2014and a whole pack to call her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week also includes a story especially close to our hearts: <strong>Fozzie Bear.<\/strong> A 10-week-old puppy who couldn&#8217;t walk became a force, a fighter, and eventually part of the inspiration behind LAF&#8217;s <strong>Paw Up! Fund<\/strong>. His life wasn&#8217;t perfect, but it was a good life. And it was a loved life. &#x1f5a4;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rainbow-Bridge-Fozzie-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rainbow-Bridge-Fozzie-1-1.png 800w, https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rainbow-Bridge-Fozzie-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rainbow-Bridge-Fozzie-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, we&#8217;ve got upcoming ways to join us, support the dogs, and be part of what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catch up on all of it in LAF Weekly Tail Wag 006.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/conta.cc\/4wVzH0e\"><strong>Read Tail Wag 006 \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucille needs surgery, Lilo finds her forever family, Kennedy waits for his people, Tara gets her second chance, and we remember Fozzie Bear\u2014the little fighter who helped inspire LAF\u2019s Paw Up! Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-tail-wag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}