MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OSCAR!

This is Oscar here. I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here at Oscar's Animal Rescue & Facilitation, we hope to be in our permanent location in early to mid 2023. Once we are in our permanent and expanded facility (can't do much here currently out of my two dads home), we will be able to do so much more and rescue so many of my stray friends that need us so bad. Please help us get there sooner than later...WOOF, WOOF!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/oscarsanimalrescuelandinfrastruc (This post was previously made on other social media sites just prior to the Holidays)

OSCAR'S ANIMAL RESCUE & FACILITATION: EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG PLACEMENT

Our very first graduate from Oscar's Animal Rescue & Facilitation's coaching class for Emotional Support Dogs was picked up 12/21/2022 by his new caregiver and went to his forever home. We called him Buddy for his two week stay with us. I know that Buddy will be an excellent companion for his new owner, a young gentleman who suffers from manic depression. It was difficult saying goodbye to Buddy as he left, but we were so proud of the little guy.

Please congratulate Buddy on his new adventure.

Below are pictures of Buddy in the backyard the other day and on 12/21/2022, as we set him on the driveway prior to his jumping into his new owner's car on the passenger side, where he was safely buckled in (his new owner did not want to be photographed or identified for privacy reasons and we respect that)...

OSCAR'S ANIMAL RESCUE & FACILITATION: EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOGS (UPDATED FROM EARLIER)

My dog Oscar is not only my best friend, but is also my emotional support dog. I suffer from bipolar disorder & am on medication, but when coupled with exposure to animals of all kinds, my symptoms drastically improve. Oscar's Foundation, dba Oscar's Animal Rescue & Facilitation, not only benefits animals, but will benefit those struggling with depression/emotional difficulties, as our work with rescues has recently expanded to include coaching (while in our care) in the area of emotional support & we will provide dogs free of charge, when available, for those in need. Emotional support animals help their caregiver, not various individuals in a group setting, such as hospitals, etc. & as such are not required to be professionally trained or certified like therapy animals & specialized service dogs for the blind, etc.; there is a legal & specific difference in the three types.

Oscar and I have been working with a rescue dog residing with us for two weeks, who will leave this week for his forever home with an individual suffering from manic depression. WE ARE SO EXCITED...

The pictures below are an earlier photo of Oscar, and a recent photo of Buddy, who just came out of our climate controlled greenhouse being used temporarily to house rescues & made a beeline into a restricted garden area of the yard (thank God Spencer didn't see this, but it's OK as this little garden has died back for the season & full of unwanted grass & weeds...lol). I also included a pic showing Buddy's completion of our two week course in emotional support coaching,

congratulations

on your graduation Buddy! Buddy is still a little shy and I will work with him some more before he goes to his forever home this week, it could be because he just got back earlier today after receiving all of his shots...