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Ozark Freedom Drivers

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Ozark Freedom Drivers

We provide transportation for abandoned or abused animals that have rescues or homes waiting. Do we do adoptions:
Yes! Adoption fees will apply.
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Partnering with local shelters, rescues and owner surrenders, we move animals to areas that have the ability to adopt them in their community. Who we are:
Started by Cheryl Lucius and Romaine Kobilsek, Ozark Freedom Drivers mission is to connect animals that have few opportunities for forever homes in Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma and southern Missouri with receiving rescues in other state or by di

rect adoptions. These animals are often abandoned or abused and we provide necessary medical care to stabilize their health prior to transport to other agencies. Why the need:
Often these are animals that are the result of accidental litters ( we insist that mothers be altered when we agree to take the puppies) or have elderly or deceased owners who can no longer care for their pets. How does this work:
Once animals are identified as needing placement, we work directly with our partners to secure a receiving date. We provide the current owners with vaccines, deworming and food if necessary to keep the animals safe. If we feel the animal’s welfare is at risk, we ask our local fosters to house the animals until transport day. If we feel we have an opportunity to place animals locally, they will be highlighted on our page. All animals will have age appropriate vaccines, be microchipped and spay or neutered. The link to our dog application is above! Do we partner with local rescue or shelters:
Absolutely. Often we have local rescues or local shelters that have an abundance of animals that need to be moved to other rescues. We are happy to provide the ride for these animals to communities where they will find their forever homes. What we are NOT:
We are not a rescue. We have no facility to house animals on a long term basis. The vast majority of dogs within our network are "tagged" by receiving rescues and we act as the bridge between their original home and the receiving rescue. Current status:
During the first year of Covid-19, the demand for dogs in northern states was at an all time high. Since the spring of 2021, the demand has slowed significantly and thus the number of transports has slowed as well. We appreciate the opportunity to assist as many animals as possible by providing transport to a better life. What can you do to help us?
1. Raise your hand to foster. We provide puppy pads, food, kennels or exercise pens. Remember fostering can be done on your schedule. The average length of stay is 10 days or less, often just a few nights! You provide the love, we'll supply the rest.

2. Consider becoming a financial sponsor. Our trips are to Rolla Missouri, Collinsville Illinois ,Des Moines Iowa, Rochester Minnesota and Davenport Iowa. A single roundtrip costs on average $120 in gas. We expect 3 trips per month along with making trips locally to evaluate and care for these new recruits. Basic vaccines, deworming and a health certificate has an average cost of $15 per dog. Thanks to great partnerships, we are provided dry dog food at no cost. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=FC2XHX99VL68E If you are able, please donate by choosing Friends and Family on Paypal. This will allow us to have the full value of your donation without fees. Would you prefer to shop for us? We have wish lists at both Walmart and Amazon. Their links are below. Walmart
https://www.walmart.com/lists/shared/WL/920daa6a-9a2b-4c16-afae-c50dcf7ce589

Amazon
https://a.co/jfAVEoI

Would you like to join us in saving lives? Please complete this application and we will give you a call to best match your time and skills with opportunities we have available. https://form.jotform.com/221698258205158

If you would like to donate by check, you may do so by mailing to us at 49 Cargill Drive Bella Vista Arkansas, 72715. Attention Romaine Kobilsek

We are a 501(c)3 charity and your donation is deductible to the extent provided by law. Our EIN number is 88-2392930. Thanks for being part of our life saving organization! Cheryl, Romaine, Paula and Kaye
Board of directors, Ozark Freedom Drivers

08/27/2024

This weekend we transported 15 dogs that needed a ride to Louisiana. 3 more traveled to Minnesota and yesterday. We helped a Rottweiler rescue with a sweet little girl that was at danger of being put to sleep.

08/24/2024

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated the incredible Dr. Priya yesterday! Her dedication and expertise are a shining example to us all. Let us come together and wish her a Happy Birthday!!! 🎈

08/13/2024

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08/13/2024

Way to go Fort Smith!

Hundreds of pet owners have taken advantage of the program as surrounding clinics have sterilized 850 pets.

08/11/2024

‼️Join Us in Making a Difference‼️

I’m Your Huckleberry Rescue is actively seeking passionate volunteers from the McDonald and Benton County communities. Whether you have a love for animals or simply want to give back to your community, we’d love to have you on our team!

We’re excited to announce that we’re finalizing plans for a monthly volunteer training session at our shelter in Jane, MO. Keep an eye on our page for updates on the first session—we’ll be sharing the details soon.

There are several ways you can get involved:

🐕 Adoption Events: Help us by transporting dogs to our weekly adoption events or volunteering at the events.

❤️‍🩹Fostering: Open your home to a dog in need. By fostering, you’ll be giving a dog the love and care they need to prepare for adoption while freeing up space at our shelter.

🏥 Spay and Neuter Clinics: Support our low-cost clinics that help reduce the number of homeless animals.

🚶🏾Dog Walking: Enjoy our beautifully manicured trails while giving our shelter dogs some much-needed exercise and socialization. This is a great way to help them develop leash skills and prepare for their future homes.

If any of these opportunities sound like a good fit for you, please click the link below to fill out our volunteer application or reach out to us directly. We’re incredibly grateful for your support and can’t wait to welcome you to the team! 👏🏻

https://www.huckleberryrescue.com/volunteers-needed.html

✨Athena pictured below is one of many of our adoptable pups✨

08/11/2024

For those folks who may have missed out on our last wire haired terrier, we have a pretty close “cousin”. Wonderful kind dog that we believe would be good with kids aged 8 and older.

Ryder is an adoptable Dog - Wirehaired Terrier searching for a forever family near Bentonville, AR. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

08/10/2024

21 dogs are making their way north this morning as many of us are sipping our coffee. We are pleased to be offering a ride to 7 dogs from the Humane Society for Animals in Rogers as well as one from I’m Your Huckleberry rescue and Lone Pine Animal Shelter. We’d also like to give our thanks to Toni Fitzpatrick for coordinating the rescue of two lab dane pups in the town of Rogers. Of course the shelter there is full so the only thing that is suggested is to let them keep wandering. Folks this is not a solution, it’s a recipe for disaster. Toni gathered them up, we got their vet work done at Best Friends and we networked them to Camp Companion. Thank you Toni; you are these dog’s guardian angel. So many others to thank for this group including Debbie Nash and her friend Jennifer, Janell Brashers, the folks at Village Pet Hospital, Kitties and Kanines, along with our two drivers Tracy and Vi. Rescue is a team sport!

08/07/2024

As usual there’s always dogs coming and going to vet appointments or “field” work. Monday we “freed” Gus from his matts and 2 inch long toenails and today we vaccinated and provided dewormer to 9 great danes born as an accidental litter in Centerton. Thanks to Lone Pine Animal Shelter 3 adult danes on the property will be sterilzed to prevent this from happening again. Thank you to all of our benefactors who help us purchase vaccines, flea/tick product and assist with veterinary bills. We couldn’t do this work without you.

08/06/2024

Who needs a mid size middle age literally perfect dog? Someone was asking about adopting a dog like this( over 20 lbs but not large) and we can’t seem to remember who! She found herself on a street in Bella Vista covered in ticks and the nice neighbors have taken her to the vet to get her updated on vaccines etc and now she needs a home. Beautiful blackish with brown undertones, this settled girl is ready for a new home. She’s about 25 lbs.

08/06/2024

Why are we up late? To share the news that the Duke of Noel, Hero, Elmer Fudd and beautiful Daisy Mae, all OFD dogs found their homes this week thanks to our friends at Camp Companion!

08/05/2024

Congratulations to this lovely family from Springdale who adopted our sweet schnauzer today at our adoption event at The Best Friends Resource Center. 6 rescues presented dogs this weekend in this space which allows us to showcase our dogs in a safe environment. We appreciate it very much.
And now onto preparing 21 dogs for travel on Saturday.
Have a great week everyone and please put out water for our feral cats or random wildlife. Their lives could depend upon you!

08/04/2024

From our friends at Nova Star. Be kind to wildlife and community cats by putting out containers of water for them as well.

08/04/2024

Thanks to all for signing up to get your animals fxed at the next spay neuter clinic. WE ARE FULL for both cats and dogs. These rescuers are happy for all the animals that won’t be born because of your decision to get your pet fixed! Please share that this is full!

08/03/2024

Tomorrow from noon until 2 at the Best Friends Animal Resource Center we will have this outstanding group of little dogs. See photos for ages and s*x

08/02/2024

PLEASE READ the entire announcement to see if you qualify!Now accepting dog registrations for the August 16 and 17 Pineville spay neuter clinic.
1. ****** This clinic is for large breed farm style or blocky headed dogs and general hound mixes. We encourage pups to be fixed if they are 3 months or older. Pregnancy can occur as early as 6/7 months.
2. Our capacity is 20 dogs each day broken up into large and small( under 40) with a cap of 10 each s*x. Females fill quickest. Dogs must not weigh more than 85 lbs.
3. Cost is $50 for under 40 lbs, $60 if over. Includes a rabies and distemper parvo vaccine.
4. Triple dewormer $2 for every 20 lbs of body weight, microchip $10, flea tick Bravecto one month $18.
5. ***Please text ****
Your name
Your address with zip code
Name of dog
S*x of dog
Age
Breed
Color
To 479-409-1262. A return text or call will be made within a few days by a volunteer. Please be patient we get alot of inquiries. No registration is complete until you get a confirmation.

So in the end if you don’t want to end up with a mess of sleeping puppies like this….GET THEM FIXED

08/01/2024

Happy boy Orion is looking for his forever home! This sweet guy loves everyone he meets and his tail is always wagging. He enjoys going for walks, treats, and is housebroken. To find more information on him or schedule a meet and greet, please email [email protected]. If you would like to adopt, please fill out our adoption application on our website http://www.lowellarkansas.gov/departments/animal-welfare/

08/01/2024

14 year old male terrier mix available for foster/adoption. Owner has been in a nursing home for 2 years with a family member supposedly looking after it but after a visit to the home by another friend, it’s clear this dog is terrified and being neglected. We will see to it that his teeth are cleaned and thats he’s brought up to date with necessary vaccines. Can you help give this senior a peaceful kind home?

07/30/2024

Two more of our dogs found homes courtesy of our friends at Camp Conpanion. Check out Charlie and Thomas!

07/28/2024

Have you heard people say you can’t find a good dog in the shelters ?
I’ve heard it plenty of times.

🌸May I present evidence A - Sylvia from Granby dog pound. 🌸

Started out as a stray, ended up with a working title of Therapy dog ( in training.)
We have heard she’s passing her classes with ease.

07/28/2024

1000 days. Holy smokes. Nope nope somebody go get you a dog!

Happy boy Cable has been waiting over 1000 days for his forever home and he doesn't understand why! He's a good boy, knows how to sit and shake, is food motivated, and loves going on walks. He has had a dental this year, is current on his vaccines, neutered, microchipped, and his adoption fee has been sponsored. To find more information on him, please email [email protected]. If you would like to adopt, please fill out our adoption application on our website http://www.lowellarkansas.gov/departments/animal-welfare/

07/27/2024

Thanks to our awesome volunteer Tracy Muniz, Rebel got his freedom ride today also to Camp Companion. We sprung this 4 month old heeler mix from the Southwest Missouri pound and thanks to our relationship with Centerton Animal Shelter, he was provided a kennel while we waited for today his ride today. Another example of how we can save a life by simply working together. From life behind the bars, to being exhausted last night and today’s smile, Rebel’s the reason we will keep doing what’s right for our communities animals.

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Update. We doubled our fun and now have 8! Well we almost made it to transport on Saturday. We remind ourselves to be flexible 😳so here we are. With good luck we plan on meeting the rescue in Des Moines Tuesday. Current count is 4.

Megan is spending her last night in the Ozarks and heading north to our friends at Camp Companion tomorrow. She and 3 other abandoned pups leave our friends at I’m Your Huckleberry Rescue along with 12 other pups who came from the McAlester Oklahoma area and are staying overnight with Huckleberry. Working together with our dedicated fosters, this week we have 22 moving onto rescues who can place them much more quickly than what is available in our area.

We’ve been counting…we love math by the way. March is almost behind us and our first quarter numbers will be complete with the transport of one more dog for our friends at the Humane Society of the Ozarks in the next day so. We are tracking at a number similar to last year ( that’s good news) and so far 197 dogs will have will have enjoyed their freedom ride thanks to Ozark Freedom Drivers. We hope Cracker, who we rescued from a home in Decatur 3 weeks, will be on a future transport after we continue showing him a life much different than the one he was born into. Two weeks ago he was untouchable and with some coaxing and going at his own pace, he’s making good progress. #dowhatyoulovelovewhatyoudo #WhateverItTakes #spayandneuter #DoNotBeAfraid

Away they went on two vans today; 24 dogs onto better lives. Normally everybody just sleeps and it’s so quiet you don’t even know there are dogs on the van. Not today; we supppose this choir will have you all raising your hand to drive three hours in the dark and rain. Puts new meaning in the phrase “are we there yet?”🙋🏻‍♀️😂🤦🏼‍♀️

Tonight we introduce Echo, a less than one year old collie who has lived a hard life. Such a loving boy and apparently hit by a car causing his left leg to have severe nerve damage. Sadly he will loose this leg next week. If we have any collie lovers in our group or you know of someone interested in adopting you will find no better gentler dog than Echo. Please say a prayer as he travels this road and if you are so inclined you may call Village Pet Hospital at 479-855-3057 and make a donation to pay for his amputation and post operative care which is an estimated $500. Thank you to his foster momma Carolyn for making his sling so he is no longer dragging his leg. You are the best!

Stay tuned these beautiful girls are arriving soon.

You’d never know these two and their 5 brothers and sisters took the no more litters pledge at Best Friends Animal Resource Center in Bentonville today! These are the litter of 7 pulled from the Centerton Animal Shelter earlier this fall.

This sweet family is having dreams of a rescue that has a wonderful foster family to nourish them mentally and physically. Big thanks to the family that has helped them fund a soft dry place until rescue is secured.

Sweet babies say inside is so much better than outside.

It has been a hard day for our group. We lost a sweetheart of a dog and we also got a call on 5 great Dane mix puppies that are two weeks old. Of anyone would like to help with formula, bleach ,paper towels, puppy pads. Please let us know.

These cuties got their freedom ride🇺🇸 today thanks to Janell Brashers, Toni Fitzpatrick, Scott Durma, Courtney Perrin, Emily Enslow-Berg, and Tracy Muniz. Sadly our number was cut in half due to exposure of some pups to parvo. We insist that vaccines be given on time and will never knowingly transfer exposed dogs in our vehicle nor allow them to travel with other dogs where we might infect them. We are hopeful they will go in two weeks.

Our friend Dr Karson Gregory is asking our assistance in helping her find a home for this young 1 year old male GP. He is altered and fully vaccinated. He’ll come groomed too! If you are an urban dweller; you’ll need to have a wooden privacy fence be because he will jump a chain link fence. His demeanor is sweet abd we think he’s more of a house dog rather than the mind set of a livestock dog. His adoption fee is sponsored too!

Our work continues today on NWA Gives day.

Milo here bringing you a goodie if you adopt him. At just 30 lbs and fully grown, this 1 year boy is dog and family friendly. Not too big, not too small, he’s the perfect dog for traveling or a quick run! He’ll be on petfinder tonight.