{"id":302962,"date":"2026-05-06T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:04:20","slug":"meet-rhoads-from-kern-county-animal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302962\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Rhoads from Kern County Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Our adoptable pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Rhoads, an approximately 4-year-old dog looking for his forever home! <\/p>\n<p>Rhoads has been in the county shelter system for two years, though he has been in a foster home for a lot of that time. Nick Cullen, director of Kern County Animal Services, says not only is Rhoads a gentle giant, but he also saved another dog&#8217;s life! <\/p>\n<p>Around a year and a half ago, Cullen says Rhoads provided a blood transfusion for another dog at the shelter, and that donation saved the dog&#8217;s life. Of course, Rhoads doesn&#8217;t realize he&#8217;s a hero, but it&#8217;s a unique situation that is worth highlighting!<\/p>\n<p>Rhoads is around 100 pounds, but he is a gentle giant. He knows basic commands, is friendly with other dogs and kids, takes treats well, and he recently completed a program with Cesar Milan that helped human dog trainers work humanely with animals. By proxy, he learned some skills, too! <\/p>\n<p>Visit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/24Petconnect.com\/DetailsMain\/KERN\/A1228328\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/24Petconnect.com\/DetailsMain\/KERN\/A1228328<\/a> to learn more about Rhoads. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to help save an animal&#8217;s life, you can participate in the shelter&#8217;s upcoming &#8220;Just One Dog&#8221; day this Saturday, May 9. All adoption fees are waived at the shelter from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The shelter is located at 3951 Fruitvale Avenue in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Our adoptable pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Rhoads, an approximately 4-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-302962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302962","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=302962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}