{"id":19857,"date":"2015-03-14T02:31:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=19857"},"modified":"2015-03-14T02:31:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T09:31:04","slug":"seniors-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/seniors-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors for Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/bishn.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"659\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get your hankie ready because this is a heartwarming story. Michele Olivier and Anabelle Cabrera worked in dog rescues for years and saw a need to advocate for the senior community,\u00a0both people and dogs. Michel and Anabelle\u00a0launched\u00a0Bichon Rescue of Orange County \u2013 Seniors for Seniors, targeting senior citizens as adopters and fosters for senior Bichons and other small non-shedding breeds. The animal rescue specializes in placing senior Bichons and other small non-shedding breeds (typically over 7 years of age) in the loving homes of seniors.\u00a0Although much effort is focused on those little fluffs discarded in shelters, many come from families who have experienced a death or other unforeseen circumstances and find they are no longer able to care for their pet. Each dog receives\u00a0veterinary care and grooming before\u00a0placement in\u00a0loving foster care.\u00a0Mellow and well socialized, and these dogs want\u00a0is the\u00a0gentle care of someone who loves them. Each adoption is a triumph that brings joy to the volunteers working tirelessly to find homes for unwanted, older pets. See bichonrescueoc.org<\/p>\n<p>Are you killing your dog with kindness by feeding him or her too much? How can you tell if your pet is overweight? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/health\/overweight-pets.html\">Here are some answers &amp; tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your hankie ready because this is a heartwarming story. Michele Olivier and Anabelle Cabrera worked in dog rescues for years and saw a need to advocate for the senior community,\u00a0both people and dogs. Michel and Anabelle\u00a0launched\u00a0Bichon Rescue of Orange County \u2013 Seniors for Seniors, targeting senior citizens as adopters and fosters for senior Bichons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19857"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}