Dog4U, Inc.

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12/18/2024

Adoption Update for Poppy, adopted in November! This special girl stole the hearts of everyone who met her. "We have recently adopted Poppy into our family! She's settling in nicely and is already coming out of her shell - she's so adorably goofy sometimes, but also a sweet cuddler!" Thank you to her southern foster family for taking such good care of her, and to our friends at Buddy Dog for finding Poppy her forever family!

12/15/2024

Adoption Update for Chomper! Chomper just celebrated his first birthday with his family. Initially rescued in SC as a tiny pup, he has grown into such a handsome boy! "Just wanted to post to say Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet Chomper boy (who lives up to his to his name, no item is safe from him 🤣) and his siblings!! I hope they are all doing well (fka Shortie, Elsie, & Cera). We have been so blessed to have him in our family, he is such a sweet boy and the best cuddle bug! His happy place is outside in the sun ☀️🤍🐶 " thank you to his SC and MA foster families and to Safe With Us for finding him the perfect forever family!

12/03/2024

This please consider donating towards dogs like Pearl, a heartworm positive stray requiring longer term medical treatment, and the many other animals under our care! For the seniors, to the new intakes, to the sanctuary dogs, every dollar makes a huge impact for the rescue!

11/29/2024

Adoption Update for Elodie, oh those ears! - "Harley (fka Elodie) is loving everything about life and learning that a pool cover can become a trampoline! Give mom a heart attack but is also hilarious to watch the zoomies happen! Not only this but loves to cuddle (in the big bed of course) and loves walkies with her new friend"s!This gal showed up as a skinny, wormy stray as a tiny tot in rural North Carolina. She now has a forever home thanks to a great foster home, her medical sponsors, and our northern partners Safe With Us. Team work makes the dream work! Happy tails kiddo!

11/28/2024

Wishing all of our fosters, adopters, and supporters a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

11/27/2024

Too often the good die young. Seuk Kim's plane crashed while transporting three rescue dogs this week. He, along with one of his canine passengers, did not survive. The rescue community lost a hero in a world that has tragically too few of them. Mr. Kim's family has been shattered, please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

11/11/2024

Adoption Update for Pipsqueak - "Sisu (formerly Pipsqueak) did great at her first vet visit - she is almost 20lbs!" Pipsqueak was found as a tiny stray wandering the roads in South Carolina. She was posted on the lost and found pages and with the local shelter, yet no one claimed her. This lucky girl ended up with a wonderful Dog4U SC foster family, then traveled north to find her forever home thanks to Safe With Us Animal Rescue!

11/10/2024

Adoption Update for Murphy, now named Major! This kiddo is one of a litter of 8 rescued in rural North Carolina. This giant boy got to sport his first Halloween outfit, he was looking quite dapper! -"Happy Halloween from Major (previously Murphy)!! He is loving his first Halloween 🎃"

11/08/2024

Adoption Update for Aika! Aika was found as a stray in January in pretty rough shape, recently having had puppies and heartworm positive with some minor injuries. Thanks to a very dedicated long-term foster, the donors who helped her get through her medical needs, and our wonderful placement partner, Buddy Dog, Aika now has a forever home! We received the following update "We can tell Aika was very loved and cared for, she is such a sweety! [My children] are both so happy to have a dog in the house again. Our last dog died 1.5 years ago at age 16 and we’ve missed having a doggy. We live near a river and some trails and she gets lots of walks each day. We head up to more open areas in Maine for getaways and she’ll be heading up there [frequently]. Thank you for your care and treatment of Aika especially with the heartworm, we’re so happy she’s in our lives."

09/27/2024

Update 9/28 - Our infinite gratitude goes to the linemen who worked tirelessly to restore power throughout the night. They continue to work in our area to help the remaining people without electricity. Now the cleanup process begins. Our hearts go out to our friends in the mountains and upstate areas as they deal with unimaginable and devastating losses. Many people we know in that area are still unaccounted for. This storm will leave a permanent mark on thousands of people. Remember to be grateful for what you have and for those you love, it can all be gone in the blink of an eye.

9/27 - We are still without power at the rescue, but we have three small generators running the air conditioning to the kennel buildings thanks to a dedicated volunteer (Mike, you are a Godsend!). We were blessed to have limited damages and trees down, though there is a lot of clean up to do. With more than half of our state still without electricity and the upstate severely impacted due to major flooding, please keep those struggling in your thoughts and prayers. Volunteer and contribute wherever you are able to make a difference, and stay safe.

South Carolina’s electric cooperatives were hit extremely hard by this morning’s storm, and the restoration process for wide swaths of our state is going to take days, even weeks, not hours.

Hurricane Helene knocked out the power for about 425,000 South Carolina cooperative consumers this morning, a little less than half of our statewide system. About 380,000 of those consumers were still without power as of about an hour ago.

• This storm snapped at least several hundred poles, yanked down lines and damaged not just distribution systems, but complex transmission lines and other critical infrastructure.
• Almost 50 transmission lines that supply our consumers were out this morning. Those are the big ones that serve as the interstates of our power grid.
• As a result, dozens of substations and delivery points – which function like interstate exits for those major transmission lines – were knocked out of commission.
For some of our co-ops, particularly those in the Upstate and along South Carolina’s western border, our folks on the ground say this was the most destructive storm they have ever seen.
• Some of those folks have worked at their cooperatives for more than 40 years of experience. They worked through the 2014 ice storm. They worked through Hurricane Hugo in 1989. And this is the worst they’ve ever seen.
• A handful of our co-ops saw almost their entire system – up to 98% of their consumers - go offline as the storm wreaked havoc on our infrastructure.

We are still early in the process of assessing all the damage, but we know it’s substantial. It’s very bad.

Our co-ops have crews working across the state to restore power, and we have called in help from co-ops in other states.

• We expect to be working around the clock this weekend and into next week to restore power.
• It’s important to keep in mind that our co-ops serve some of the most rural areas and the most rugged terrain in our state.
• In order to safely restore power, our crews have to inspect every mile of line leading to your homes and businesses before we re-energize them.
• To do that, our line crews have had to cut through downed trees and blocked roadways just to reach the infrastructure that needs repairing or replacing.
• Our materials and equipment suppliers are having to do the same thing to reach our line crews.
• It takes time to do this safely.
o Just this morning, we’ve had trees fall on at least two trucks that were out working to restore power to our system.
o The workers were OK in both cases, but those incidents underscore why restoring power after a storm of this magnitude takes time.
• We are still early in the restoration process.

We are going to work and work and work until the power is back on, and we need your help. Please be patient, and please be understanding with the folks who are out working and doing everything they everything we can to restore power to South Carolina.

09/22/2024

Adoption update for Bennie! - "Margaret Susan aka Peggy Sue (FKA Bennie) is settling in perfectly. She’s the best puppy ever. My fiancé and I love her so much already ❤️" Thank you to her wonderful foster family here in SC for taking care of this sweet kiddo, and to Safe With Us for finding her the perfect home!

07/25/2024

Congratulations Smokey on your adoption ❤️ may you have the best life ever with your new corgi fur sibling! Thank you to Save A Dog for finding Smokey his forever family!

06/25/2024

$15 microchips at the Kershaw County Humane Society this Saturday! Please chip your pets before the 4th of July, microchips reunite missing pets! Stop by the shelter for the adoption event, food, $15 microchips and grooming!

Stop by the Shelter on Saturday June 29th between 12-4pm.🐾🧡💙

Adoption fees will be half price for any of the beautiful, adoptable and FULLY vetted animals at KCHS, which includes, MICROCHIP, vaccines, up to date on monthly preventatives and spayed/neutered.

Microchips will be $15.00 for any public pets on this day. Please keep them on a leash or in a carrier.

We will also have special guests, The Groovy Groomers and NYC Dirty Dogs

You can treat a shelter pet OR your own pet to a current a quick pamper/groom/nail trim.

All animals can be seen and applications for Adoption/Foster can be found on the KCHS website.
(Meet & greets are required If you have current pets in your household).

If you have any questions please reach out via the TEXT LINE 803-272-8410 or call 803-425-6016

06/22/2024

Sometimes miracles happen, when a senior staffy mix who was part of our program for 14 months finds her forever family - that's one of them. While the shelter/rescue world is collapsing around us nationwide, we cling to the happy moments that keep us going. Maisey hit the adoption lottery with a fantastic family; we waited three months to post her adoption update, waiting for the other shoe to drop. We can officially say Maisey is loved and she is home. This is why we give the older dogs a chance when we can, this is why we foster, this is what we hope for and dream of. Given enough time, most dogs can find the right home. Congratulations Maisey, may you have the most wonderful life ever filled with adoring dog parents and grandkids that come to visit who love you too.