{"id":183424,"date":"2026-02-18T20:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183424\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:38:53","slug":"meet-bridger-from-oceanray-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183424\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Bridger from OceanRay Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Our featured pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Bridger, a six-year-old German Shepherd available for adoption through OceanRay Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Bridger&#8217;s story is one of resilience. He was originally rescued from the Kern County shelter, and they noticed an injury on his ear. Tara Nelson, the co-founder of OceanRay Rescue, says Bridger was shot in the ear and had to have multiple surgeries to repair it. <\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to now, Bridger only requires daily ear drops and is an overall affectionate and happy dog. He is currently living in a foster home, and he does well with their dog and child. He is crate trained, house trained, dog friendly, and a great companion. <\/p>\n<p>Tara says he would do well in a home, apartment, or any environment. His foster family says he goes on daily walks, enjoys playing, and is a good snuggle buddy. He will turn 7 in July, and Tara says she&#8217;s eager to find Bridger his forever home. <\/p>\n<p>You can contact OceanRay Rescue on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oceanrayrescue\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> or <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oceanrayrescue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> to inquire about adopting Bridger. Or, send them an email at oceanrayrescue@gmail.com. To read more of his story, visit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/dog\/bridger-34d13047-975d-4949-853f-6cb96d5a413e\/ca\/bakersfield\/ocean-ray-rescue-ca3115\/details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/dog\/bridger-34d13047-975d-4949-853f-6cb96d5a413e\/ca\/bakersfield\/ocean-ray-rescue-ca3115\/details\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Our featured pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Bridger, a six-year-old German&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-183424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-downtown","10":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","11":"tag-bakersfield-news","12":"tag-kern-county-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}