Picked up as a stray by the Yavapai County Animal Control in Prescott, \r\nWabi-Sabi was taken to the Yavapai Humane Society where she spent a month \r\nbefore being taken into DLRR. Upon meeting her, her foster realized why \r\nthe shelter had named her Wabi-Sabi. She is truly beauty in her \r\nimperfection. She is a perfect example of why we choose a Labrador \r\nRetriever to be our companion. She is 2 years old, affectionate, funny, \r\nsmart, energetic, loves toys, people, pets and other dogs to play with. \r\nShe has a beautiful shiny, soft, black coat in a sleek body at only 53.5 \r\npounds. Yet, her limp shows her imperfect front right leg. \r\nAccording to the vet, she may have been injured as a puppy and the injury was \r\nleft to heal on its own. The result is a front right leg with curved \r\nbones that causes her foot to turn out. She drags it when walking.<\/p>\r\n
Wabi-Sabi is still a puppy (we know Labs never grow up) and full of \r\nenergy. She plays ball and runs as long as she wants. She and her \r\n6-year-old foster sister play very well together. Swimming would be great \r\nexercise for her as long as she used the stairs to get in and out. She \r\nis curious and loves to explore. She might excel in low-impact \r\nactivities like scent work or therapy dog. The vet’s advice is to \r\nlet her set the pace.<\/p>\r\n
She is crate trained and house trained (no accidents). She knows \r\nbasic commands like sit, down, stay, come, wait. She sits for her food \r\nand can wait at the door. She pulls a little on the leash, but she \r\nisn’t going to be the dog to take on long walks. Short walks are \r\ngood. She will go anywhere. She travels well in the car and got \r\nright into the motor home. She will be your travel companion. She \r\ndoesn’t seem to have any separation anxiety. She has some excitement \r\nwhen meeting new people and jumps up a little. This can be worked on \r\nwith her healing. Occasonally, she puts her paws on the counter. \r\nA firm “nope” seems to be all that is needed. She will \r\nrespond well to the boundaries.<\/p>\r\n
She will be a beautiful and loving companion to anyone willing to accept \r\nher imperfection.<\/p>","photo":{"ID":"4271","post_author":"2","post_date":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_content":"","post_title":"Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image1_-9","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"inherit","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"wabi20sabi_cropped-image1_-9","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":"4274","guid":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image1_-9.jpeg","menu_order":"0","post_type":"attachment","post_mime_type":"image\/jpeg","comment_count":"0","pod_item_id":"4271"},"gallery":[{"ID":"4271","post_author":"2","post_date":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_content":"","post_title":"Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image1_-9","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"inherit","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"wabi20sabi_cropped-image1_-9","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":"4274","guid":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image1_-9.jpeg","menu_order":"0","post_type":"attachment","post_mime_type":"image\/jpeg","comment_count":"0","pod_item_id":"4271"},{"ID":"4273","post_author":"2","post_date":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_content":"","post_title":"Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image0_-9","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"inherit","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"wabi20sabi_cropped-image0_-9","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":"4274","guid":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wabi20Sabi_cropped.image0_-9.jpeg","menu_order":"0","post_type":"attachment","post_mime_type":"image\/jpeg","comment_count":"0","pod_item_id":"4273"},{"ID":"4272","post_author":"2","post_date":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_content":"","post_title":"Wabi20Sabi202yo20BSF20Yavapai20HS20with20blue20collar202-9","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"inherit","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"wabi20sabi202yo20bsf20yavapai20hs20with20blue20collar202-9","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-16 18:51:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":"0","guid":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wabi20Sabi202yo20BSF20Yavapai20HS20with20blue20collar202-9.jpeg","menu_order":"0","post_type":"attachment","post_mime_type":"image\/jpeg","comment_count":"0","pod_item_id":"4272"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dog\/4274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/dlrr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}