No place like home: Oscar the pug reunites with owner in hospice

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SEVEN NEWS. NOW, A TOUCHING REUNION BETWEEN A PUP AND HIS OWNER AFTER A SCARY MEDICAL EPISODE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. BOB, A MARINE VETERAN, IS NOW IN HOSPICE AND HAD TO PUT HIS DOG OSCAR UP FOR ADOPTION. BUT LITTLE DID HE KNOW, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE LAST TIME HE SAW HIS FOUR LEGGED FRIEND. HERE’S OUR CHRISTIANA RAMOS. OSCAR. WHERE IS HE? COME ON. IT WAS ALL SMILES AND LICKS. WEDNESDAY AT THE VA IN ALBUQUERQUE. LOOK AT THAT FACE. THEY SAY ONLY A MOMMA COULD LOVE THAT FACE. BUT I LOVED HIM ANYHOW. BOB, A MARINE VETERAN AND HIS PUP OSCAR, REUNITING AFTER BOB SUFFERED A BRAIN BLEED DURING CHRISTMAS. HE’S BEEN IN HOSPICE EVER SINCE. I CAME HOME FROM CHURCH BECAUSE I HAD HEADACHES FOR TWO DAYS. BOB HAD TO DO THE UNIMAGINABLE. IT’S HARD TO LOSE A DOG, BUT IN MY SITUATION, I HAD NO CHOICE. AND I’M GLAD HE’S GOING TO A, WELL, FAMILY. IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME HE’S LOST A FOUR LEGGED FRIEND. JUST LAST SUMMER, MY ORIGINAL DOG DIED ON THE 4TH OF JULY, AND I HAD TO PUT HIM DOWN. AND OSCAR WAS FACING CHALLENGES, TOO. HE WAS FOUND BY A RESCUE CALLED THE PUG RANCH. OSCAR WAS FOUND OUT ON THE WEST MESA. WE WEREN’T SURE IF HE WAS DUMPED OR LOST, SO WE BROUGHT HIM IN. HE WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE. HE WAS SKINNY, WAS COVERED IN TICKS. TRACY WEEKS, OWNER OF THE RESCUE, SAYS IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT MATCH. IN AUGUST, THE PAIR MET QUICKLY, FORMING A SPECIAL BOND. HE’S CHANGED FOR THE BETTER SINCE I HAVE HIM. HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO BE A DOG. HE DIDN’T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A TOY. HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND POTTY TRAINING. HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE HELD AND LOVED. I MEAN, HE AND BOB CREATED JUST THIS IMMENSE BOND. ONE TOO STRONG TO BREAK. YEAH. HE’S GREAT. ALTHOUGH OSCAR HAS A NEW FAMILY NOW, HE COMES TO VISIT DAD WHENEVER HE’S IN TOWN. I CAN’T TAKE CARE OF HIM ANYMORE, BUT AT LEAST THE CHILDREN CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHERE HE WANDERS, HE’LL ALWAYS FIND HIS WAY BACK HOME. CHRISTIANA RAMOS KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. A TOUCHING STORY AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PUG RESCUE, WE

It was all smiles and licks Wednesday at Veteran Affairs in Albuquerque. Bob Knevitt, a Marine veteran and his pup, Oscar, reunited after Knevitt suffered a brain bleed during Christmas. Knevitt has been in hospice ever since. He recently had to do the unimaginable and put Oscar up for adoption. "It's hard to lose a dog, but in my situation, I had no choice, and I'm glad he's going to a good family," he said.It wasn't the first time he had lost a four-legged friend. Just last summer, a month before meeting Oscar, he had to put his dog down. Oscar was facing challenges of his own; a dog rescue based in Albuquerque called The Pug Ranch had found and taken Oscar in."Oscar was found out on the West Mesa. He was in rough shape; he was skinny and covered in ticks," Tracy Weeks, owner of the rescue, said. She said Knevitt and Oscar seemed like the perfect match, and in August, she introduced the pair, who quickly formed a special bond."He didn't know how to be a dog, he didn't know a toy, he didn't understand potty training, he didn't understand how to be held and loved until he and Bob created this immense bond," Weeks said. "He's changed for the better since I've had him," Knevitt said. It was a friendship too strong to break. Although Oscar has a new family now, he still comes to visit his dad whenever he's in town because no matter where he wanders, he will always find his way back home. "Maybe I can't take care of him anymore, but at least the children can take care of him. That makes me happy," Knevitt said.

It was all smiles and licks Wednesday at Veteran Affairs in Albuquerque. Bob Knevitt, a Marine veteran and his pup, Oscar, reunited after Knevitt suffered a brain bleed during Christmas.

Knevitt has been in hospice ever since. He recently had to do the unimaginable and put Oscar up for adoption.

"It's hard to lose a dog, but in my situation, I had no choice, and I'm glad he's going to a good family," he said.

It wasn't the first time he had lost a four-legged friend. Just last summer, a month before meeting Oscar, he had to put his dog down. Oscar was facing challenges of his own; a dog rescue based in Albuquerque called The Pug Ranch had found and taken Oscar in.

"Oscar was found out on the West Mesa. He was in rough shape; he was skinny and covered in ticks," Tracy Weeks, owner of the rescue, said.

She said Knevitt and Oscar seemed like the perfect match, and in August, she introduced the pair, who quickly formed a special bond.

"He didn't know how to be a dog, he didn't know a toy, he didn't understand potty training, he didn't understand how to be held and loved until he and Bob created this immense bond," Weeks said.

"He's changed for the better since I've had him," Knevitt said.

It was a friendship too strong to break. Although Oscar has a new family now, he still comes to visit his dad whenever he's in town because no matter where he wanders, he will always find his way back home.

"Maybe I can't take care of him anymore, but at least the children can take care of him. That makes me happy," Knevitt said.

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