{"id":38948,"date":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/blind-chubby-elderly-labrador-has-won-love-internet\/"},"modified":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"blind-chubby-elderly-labrador-has-won-love-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/blind-chubby-elderly-labrador-has-won-love-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blind, Chubby, Elderly Labrador Has Won The Love Of The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the internet can be a veritable wasteland of sad, vitriolic and plain ol\u2019 crappyity crap.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes, it shares the news of a blind dog who needs a forever home.<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, allow me to introduce to you, Dumpling.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n  <img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/screen_shot_2020-01-17_at_12.39.26_pm-1.png style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-default\" delta=\"1\" width=\"563\" height=\"665\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <noscript><img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/screen_shot_2020-01-17_at_12.39.26_pm-1.png style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-default\" delta=\"1\" width=\"563\" height=\"665\" alt=\"\" ><\/noscript>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Shared by nonprofit group Labrador Rescue, the Gold Coast-based dog has immediately gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2013 which has over 4,300 comments in like, two days \u2013 explains that Dumpling is blind after having her eyes removed due to illness and has had a rough trot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cUnfortunately I was dumped at the pound at 10 years old, blind, overweight and alone. I had some puppies over the years and I guess my old owners didn\u2019t need me anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSince being in care I have lost over 13 kg so I would like a new family to help me stay on this weight loss journey (although I really don\u2019t have much more weight to lose). As I am now older I find that small frequent walks are perfect for me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m extremely sweet, charming and good natured. I don\u2019t need much in life just a nice warm home in which to enjoy my last few years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dumpling has had a looooot of offers for forever homes in Qld (she\u2019s not available for interstate adoption) but not word on who is the lucky person who gets to take her home.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Facebook \/ Labrador Rescue<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":38950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-38948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Blind, Chubby, Elderly Labrador Has Won The Love Of The Internet - 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