{"id":424,"date":"2026-09-06T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T02:03:35","slug":"laf-weekly-tail-wag-007-after-473-days-jesse-is-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/06\/laf-weekly-tail-wag-007-after-473-days-jesse-is-free\/","title":{"rendered":"LAF Weekly Tail Wag #007: After 473 Days, Jesse Is Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The newest LAF Weekly Tail Wag is here! &#x1f43e;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 473 days in the shelter, Jesse is finally free\u2014and his story is just one of the second chances we&#8217;re celebrating this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet Kippy, see how Charlotte and her puppies are doing, help us find Baxter his person, remember a very special LAF alum, and catch up on the events and fundraisers helping us save more dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From freedom rides and Happy Tails to healing puppies and dogs still waiting for their turn, this week&#8217;s stories are a reminder that every second chance starts with someone choosing to care.<\/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\/09\/Kippy-Happy-Tail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kippy-Happy-Tail.png 800w, https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kippy-Happy-Tail-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kippy-Happy-Tail-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, we\u2019ve 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 007.<\/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\/4ylwbxg\"><strong>Read the Full Tail Wag \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 473 days in the shelter, Jesse is finally free! Plus, Kippy\u2019s Happy Tail, a Charlotte and puppies pupdate, Baxter\u2019s search for his person, and more from Labradors and Friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","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\/424","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=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labradorsandfriends.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}