{"id":7687,"date":"2023-11-05T09:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lvlabrescue.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2023-11-24T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:12:12","slug":"adopt-me-ballen-a-1-5-year-old-black-male-labrador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lvlabrescue.com\/?p=7687","title":{"rendered":"Adopted: Ballen, a 1.5 year old Black Male Labrador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adopted: Ballen, a 1.5 year old Black Male Labrador, who is looking for his forever home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a bio from his foster family: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Ballen is named for Navy Seal Jonathan B. Allen.&nbsp;  Ballen is high energy, curious and playful.&nbsp; He gets along well with other dogs and people once he in introduced to them.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballen loves to go the dog park and play ball.&nbsp; He will even bring the ball back to you; however, you will have to get it out of his mouth.&nbsp; Ballen does very well on long walks, and hikes in the desert.&nbsp; He is house trained and knows how to use a doggie door and go outside and do his business. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballen loves attention, scratches behind his ears, tummy rubs, and back scratches.&nbsp; He walks pretty well on a leash and knows the commands: come, off, leave it, sit, down, kennel, load, do your business, and we are working on stay,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballen is kennel trained and travels in the car well.&nbsp; He is a very loving and loyal companion and will climb in your lap if you let him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Ballen and Jocko have had preliminary service training, and while they weren't suitable to to be official service animals, they have a great foundation and are smart, fast learners.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See a list of Available Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lvlabrescue.com\/?cat=2\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jetpack_subscription_widget\"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Be notified when we post new dogs to this page<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container\">\n\t\t\t<form action=\"#\" method=\"post\" accept-charset=\"utf-8\" id=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-blog=\"61095385\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_access_level=\"everybody\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"subscribe-text\"><p>Enter your email to receive notifications from LVLR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"jetpack-subscribe-label\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor=\"subscribe-field-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail Address\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" autocomplete=\"email\" required=\"required\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"subscribe-field-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Email Address\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"subscribe-submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"subscribe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"https:\/\/www.lvlabrescue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7687\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"sub-type\" value=\"widget\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_fragment\" value=\"subscribe-blog-1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"47175b3c9e\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7687\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-button__link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin: 0; margin-left: 0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"jetpack_subscriptions_widget\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick me!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adopted: Ballen, a 1.5 year old Black Male Labrador, who is looking for his forever home. 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