Odin’s Oasis Sanctuary

08/06/2024

Today under his favorite tree, my best fluffy boy fell asleep for the final time.

He had hamburgers and sausages. He had more love than he could know what to do with.

I’m in pain. I’m hurting so much. The only thing that helps is knowing that he will never hurt again.

His legs will never give out on him again. He will never feel weak again.

He is back to vibrance and strength. He is whole, happy and comfortable again.

I am blessed to have been able to be loved by him. To have been given sass and instruction on a daily basis by him and how he believes all should be.

I wish I could say that all of that leaves me with comfort, but my heart is shattered.

I can’t believe a part of my heart is no longer here next to me.

To have known Odin, is to have loved Odin.
He has touched more hearts than I could ever possibly truly know.
Thank you to everyone who has shared in his journey with me.

15/06/2022

We’re having issues with Steele having GI bleeding again.

We’re trying conservative measures with medications and supplements right now hoping we can get control of this.

If not, we’ll have to see what aggressive measures need taken.

For now, he is in good spirits and is still prancing around and will yell at you for pizza if he sees it.

10/06/2022

Maizlee, little bit and blue are on their way to their new homes.

I’m going to miss them very much. I hope this is their forever homes and they live a wonderful life with their new families.

Maizlee came here pregnant. Her babies all found homes except her.

Little Bit was taken from a high euth shelter just in time and has been with us a while.

And blue was actually born here from a starved dumped senior mom. He was adopted and returned due to their child having allergies. At one year old, he is the last of his litter including his mom to find a forever home.

29/05/2022

I wanted to share some of our adoptions since January this year.

While we are not taking in anymore dogs, we are still working to find the last dogs here homes.

These aren’t in order of adoption and if I forgot you and your newest family member I am sorry and can add you in! I just was scrolling through my phone clicking on dogs that were in adoptions since January.

We have several more adoptions that are already planned for the next few weeks, and I didn’t include them in this post.

I appreciate everyone’s support.

We will still be functioning as we have as a sanctuary home for many dogs. Just a lot less than a rescue also has❤️

08/05/2022

We had six dogs leave for their new homes today and hopefully another adoption tomorrow. ❤️❤️

My heart is sore, but I am very happy for them.

07/05/2022

Sugar. I know momma loves you but I swear I don’t remember inviting you onto my bed while you are muddy and wet and blowing your coat all over the place 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

I had to change the blankets and sheets anyway so 😂

29/04/2022

I’ve been getting a lot of dogs ready for transport so they can be adopted. Which is a huge ordeal for me. A lot of paperwork and things to fill out and vet visits, time and lots of lots of money.

Anyway, I was making a sheet of the dogs and their pictures. A few times I was scrolling through all my pictures I was like wait who is that husky? It took me a second to process who I was looking at during their healing process.

Uki, Sugar and Spice have come a long way this past year. I’m very proud of them.

16/04/2022

There’s no way to sugar coat it, we’re broke broke.

If you have been following my personal life you’ll know that I have been down now for some time. I fractured my heel and the bone got infected. I have had a PICC line in place and been on IV antibiotics. Because of this I have been unable to navigate my daily normal chores here which as you can imagine is a lot. I owe a lot on my own medical bills... several mris, the iv meds that make me nauseous and exhausted are $3000, the admission fees, PICC fees, infusions at the hospital fees, all the random make believe fees added in by the hospital. Throughout this I have only taken a few days off my exhausting work as a resident, still working long and grueling hours.

I’ve had no choice but to pay for help to care for the dogs.

And I have been working as hard as I can to get our adoptable dogs accepted on transport.

** I will no longer be accepting new dogs into our rescue.** do not ask me. I am unable and if I was you know I would in a heartbeat save any animal or person that I could.

My efforts from here forward are to get the adoptable dogs adopted and continue to provide a sanctuary for those here that need it. Which in itself is very expensive.

I have already spent thousands trying to get these dogs ready for transport to find forever homes.

I still owe thousands for their food bills, med bills.

I’ve fallen on a very hard place and I’m mentally in a very sad place trying to organize this all by myself.

The way you can help is to help us be able to pay all these bills. If you have an extra $5 today it would be appreciated. Cut down on your ci******es and donate. Cut down on your going out to eat bill and share a desert. Maybe skip one of your Starbucks drinks. ❤️

PayPal: paypal.me/OdinsOasisRescue ; Name is Sydney Saldino on account

Venmo: Can be found at -Saldino

16/04/2022

Uki ❤️
One of my senior huskies.

She is losing her vision. She is still able to get around fine, and she is very happy. Recently she has been dealing with a skin infection. We got some meds the other day, and I think I am noticing some improvement.

I’m glad I have been able to be involved in her rescue and that she has a safe place to live out her days.

09/04/2022

Peanut butter and Stella were playing and it was so cute. It took me so long to pull up my camera I didn’t get them side by side which would have been a great pic.

Stella is one of our ferals here. She does not let humans touch her, pet her or cuddle her. She keeps her distance. We occasionally can get her to touch our fingers if she thinks there is a treat in our hand which is about the most human interaction she tolerates.

She loves the other dogs though. And she lives a safe life here. We love her, just from a distance

25/03/2022

When I was carrying Polly around in my purse a few people asked me if she was a real dog.

No. She is stuffed animal. Obviously. I mean, look at her. 

23/03/2022

Polly pocket and Francine who both don’t ever respond to their names 🤣

Just had a bath and need to be brushed

Still having issues with that discoloration of the fur. If anyone has tried anything in particular that has helped. I think I need to start giving medicated baths more frequently

23/03/2022

23/03/2022

Dulce.. I miss you so much. 💔😭

Atticus and Dulce ❤️🐾❤️🐾

06/03/2022

Steele just a happy boy

01/03/2022

Axel made it out of the hospital today. This guy has been through so much and I’m happy he gets a good home.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

If only all our dogs were so lucky

25/02/2022

25/02/2022

Update: Axel is staying the night at Wisdom Animal Clinic.

We already have a family who is wanting to adopt him. This family had known Axel before and wanted to take him in, but they didn't know if they could. Now we know that he has had a lot of trauma and neglect so it will be okay.

He was owned by an elderly man who was not containing him and Axel was running loose. Some other neighbors shot him and bragged about it. They then apparently must have dumped him. So he had been wondered for a few weeks.

You can see the fragments of the bullets in him in these Xrays. He also was shot or somehow injured in his testicle (as pictured,, if you can stomach images like this)

So an update:

His injuries:
- gun shots
-mangled testicles
- mangled paw

The plan so far:

- debride the sc***um and close it.
- debride the foot and do wound care to try to salvage it. Otherwise he will need an amputation
- proper nutrition for his emaciated state

Right now, this family reports that they do want to adopt Axel. So hopefully he will have a family to go home to after his hospital stay for some extremely intensive care.

Which is awesome. I really hope he is adopted this quickly.
We have plenty of other dogs here with stories very similar to Axel that need good homes to adopt them. And we appreciate all donations to help us continue to save lives like Axel.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to help him!
I will continue to keep posting updates as I am given information

And of course will continue updates of our other dogs staying here.