Otis and Uncle Fester Say Thanks

 Otis, Ralphie, Toby, Uncle Fester (he seems bored), Dixie, Bogart, & Ava

 Uncle Fester on right with Toby

 Ralphie, Toby, Uncle Fester

Otis and Ralphie

Thanks and warm wishes from Otis and Uncle Fester to their secret Santa's and have a happy holiday.
Love,
The Festa's

Otis Goes to a Rescue Event

Otis pictured above with a rescue pup named Bam Bam.


Otis did a great job at the event I was at over the weekend. He played with 9 4-7 year old kids for over an hour. He adores them. It's too cute. He cried for hours after they left. Broke my heart. He just wants to be surrounded with people and other animals all the time. Precious boy. He can be alone about 2 hours now before he starts digging himself, and he isn't chewing his feet anymore. We are getting there. I think being handled by different people is helping him. Otis is a very special boy. Seeing him become more confident he won't be abandoned and that people come back is so rewarding. He's got the best faces.... He's super expressive.

I can't believe Otis is 29lbs now :) He was 11 when we got him. Now he's a big muscle brick house. Ava should be a doggie personal trainer. She gives him quite the workout. Ava is our 1 1/2 yr old apricot brindle Boston terrier. She was supposed to be 11 lbs, but is 19 lbs of muscle. She is super high energy and is just pure love. She and Otis (& Fernando the dog-kitten hybrid lol) are non stop all day. Gives the rest of the guys a break.

Love you all!
Meredith Festa
Rocky Point, NY

Foster Otis

Meredith and Matt Festa took in a little guy into their care from a very bad shelter where he had been for weeks without them reaching out to a rescue group to help him. We even had to adopt him to get him out of there. He was neglected and covered in sores and his feet bleeding and swollen. He's already on the mend. She and her husband are calling him Otis.