DoRe Ranch and Rescue

09/02/2024

As we've mentioned, we love getting updates on cats adopted thru our rescue!

Lilith was one of eight kittens and two mom cats left in a duffle bag outside the Columbia Petsense store. The staff at the store immediately contacted us, and we took in all ten of them.

Lilith is doing great in her new home, and you can see from the pics that she is well-loved by her new family. (Pictures used with permission from Lilith's adopters.)

09/02/2024

Quick follow up to the dogs and puppies we helped out on Saturday night.

I spoke with Clarissa from Kershaw County Humane Society and we set up a plan. I spoke with both the property owner and owner of the puppies and dog and the concerned neighbor who initially contacted us. Clarissa got her team together and we met at the property earlier today.

All of the puppies were given vaccinations, they had been given the flea meds and tapeworm meds previously, and Clarissa and her team will be going out tomorrow to de worm the puppies and work with the property owner on further vetting of the younger puppies! The momma and papa dogs, and the juvenile pups that were there were transported by Clarissa's team back to KCHS to be vetted and given a physical work up.

It takes a village y'all!

Big and giant thank you to Clarissa and her team from KCHS!

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09/01/2024

Ok, this is a long one, but I'm adding context.

We were contacted late Saturday evening by a concerned neighbor. Her neighbor had roommates that left him with two very pregnant dogs, the roomies bolted, and left him with the two mommas and over a dozen puppies. They also delightfully saddled him with a previous litter of German Shepherd mix puppies. The GS puppies are several months old. The other puppies look like they are a hound mix or possibly a shepherd mix of some sort.

We were contacted and informed the concerned neighbor that we intake cats and farm animals and that we do not intake dogs/puppies. She took notes from me on rescues I know personally and I offered a little bit of assistance. Tom and I drove to the other side of Lugoff yesterday and gave them tapeworm meds, Capstar and Lufenron for the puppies. She was really concerned because of the fleas. We spoke with the gentleman that the puppies are currently residing with and told him we would bring the flea meds and tapeworm meds over. We also brought over snacks and about 150lbs of food, plus bowls.

We met the puppies, the 3 adolescent puppies were all super sweet and the younger puppies...there are 2 litters...are 10 weeks old and 14 weeks old. All of the puppies are super duper sweet. They follow their current custodian around like he's the pied piper.

I instructed the concerned neighbor and the current custodian to contact AC. I also personally informed AC of what is going on and to expect a phone call from them on Tuesday. I also asked both the neighbor and the dog's custodian to contact the following rescues: Ozzie To The Rescue, We Are Zeus, Kershaw County Humane Society, Danny & Ron's Rescue and Fostering Foster Animal Rescue.

I'm tagging the rescues in hopes you can see the video and offer some sort of assistance. There are 3 juvenile GS mix puppies, and 13 of the 10 week and 14 week old hound mix puppies. If any of the rescues have any questions, please reach out and I will put you in direct contact with the neighbor :-)

08/29/2024

We love getting updates on the kittens and cats that we've adopted 🙂

We had a litter of kittens we pulled from the animal shelter in Gaffney. These kittens were so sick. We had them to the vet multiple times, they were on just about any antibiotic you can imagine and went through a bottle of famciclovir. There were 3 boys, P, B, and J (Peanut, Butter and Jelly) and 3 girls, B, L, and T (Bacon, Lettuce and tomato/Roma). They were some of the sweetest cats we had, even with being medicated as frequently as they were. Anyone out there that has medicated cats and kittens knows exactly what I'm talking about.

We received an update on Jelly. We were both chuckling about the one picture and we asked his new family if we could share the pictures; they gave us their blessing and permission.

08/28/2024

08/27/2024

I know there are pictures out there, I just didn't take any personally.

Today was our first farm visit! The always fabulous and talented Dr T from Topgun Veterinarian Service, LLC and her 3 staff members were here.

The two adult KuneKune pigs we got from AC, they were from another rescue who needed the room for their intake, are officially barrows!!!

The means the Notorious PIG and Billy will be in with the rest of the herd and after Pork and Chop have healed from their procedure today, they will be mixed in with the other pigs and goats as well!

We here at DoRe can't thank Dr T and her staff enough for doing what they do :-).

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08/17/2024

08/16/2024

Every night the goats, donkeys and pigs get a snack, along with their respective feed/hay.

My personal unhealthy choice of snack is the chocolate and peanut butter trail mix from a certain store that Paris Hilton realized doesn’t actually sell walls. Anyway, the same exact color packaging contains the undesirable cranberry and nut trail mix. Imagine if you will, you are 4 episodes into binging The Good Doctor and you go crack open your chocolate and peanut butter trail mix only to have your taste buds start screaming obscenities at you and your brain is super confused. Then you realize what you did. So, lemonade out of lemons, all of the farm animals got some extra crunch with their fruits and veggies last night.

And why yes, I course corrected and grabbed the correct trail mix. Sean and Leah are together!!!!

08/13/2024

Some of you have been to the farm and have met all of our residents here. Our barn is home to some of our dogs and some of our pigs and goats.

We had two Great Danes, Jesus and Joseph. They are 8 and 7 years old, respectively. Some of our close friends and family knew that Joseph, aka Stinky Binky, JoeJoe, JoeJoe Binks, was battling chf. He’s been on heart meds and puppy lasix and canine cardiac supplements for about 6 weeks. Over the past week or so his meds weren’t being therapeutic, he lost a bunch of weight and was sounding awful again. The hard part in deciding to have JoeJoe euthanized earlier today was that he was still eating, playing and being his normal self, albeit a little slower. I sent a video of him to another rescue friend and our vet and everyone agreed that it was “that” time.

JoeJoe was a royal pain in the ass as a puppy, up through the age of 3 or so. I threatened to bring him to the pound on more than one occasion. He ate electrical cords, molding, drywall, studs, insulation, flooring, the middle section of our couch. He ate a 3’ stuffy that needed to be removed digitally from his pucker.

Then we moved down here. He had the barn, he could sleep anywhere, he could run anywhere, he had over an acre to run, play and frolick…and he did. He did this with his best buddy, Jesus. They always had their little brother, Garth, trying to keep up too. JoeJoe loved it down here. He would do that Great Dane lean and he would almost knock my big ass over.

Tom and I drove up to Topgun Veterinarian Service, LLC earlier today and they gave JoeJoe a final snack plate with a bunch of goodies. He ate everything except the healthy snacks. Lol. Dr T and all of her staff were super great with him and with us.

JoeJoe, you crazy ass big moose, please cuddle with Theta, Masso, Luma and all of the kitties that have passed through here and over the rainbow bridge.

Gawd damn onions.

Give your pups, kitties and other critters a hug from us in memory of JoeJoe.

07/28/2024

This is a huge ask...a huge, giant ask...

We were contacted by someone looking to re home their herd of cows. The cows comprise of Holstein, Limousin, and Longhorn. There are 30+ cows needing to be re pastured. The person who contacted us wants them to go to farms that will not butcher them. Every cow in the herd has a name, every cow listens to their name, comes for snacks, there are some that are halter broke, and overall the herd is pretty friendly.

She is looking to find placement for them sooner.rather than later.

Our big ask, we do not have a 16' trailer. We would need to either rent one or ask someone to do the 4+ hour round trip from her property to our ranch for 5 of the cows; we are able to accept 5 cows (2 adults, 1 juvenile, and 2 calves). If anyone out there has a trailer and would be willing to donate your time and driving expertise, it would be greatly appreciated! I did say this was a giant ask :-).

She has commitment for 4 more cows, but that still leaves 20+ cows looking for new pastures to spend the rest of their days.

If any rescues are looking to add a few large farm ornaments to their property, please let me know. If you are a farm sanctuary, even better. I have not yet contacted Goatdaddys yet, I have asked the property owner if it was ok to offer assistance with placement.

We will put you in direct contact with the property and herd owner if this is a fit for you. We will not entertain any flippers.

If anyone knows of someone with a 16' trailer that can help us out, please message us here.

Thank you all!

EDIT #1: The property where the cows are currently is located in Hampton County. My rescue is based out of Kershaw.
EDIT #2: I wish all of my cat and kitty related posts got this much traction :-). lol
EDIT #3: Kim, the property and herd owner, has asked me to please put people in touch with her via email. If you message me or ask me for more information, her email address will be provided to you!

07/24/2024

Tomorrow is a huge day for us!

If donating using Zeffy, we have no fees taken out of the actual donation. Other payment platforms take out 1-3% (on average) to cover their fees.

We are bringing 22 kittens and 3 momma cats to be spayed, neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and checked out at our favorite vet, DR T at TopGun :-)

Any amount will help us out!

🌟 Donate Today to Help Us Spay/Neuter 25 Cats & Kittens and Reopen Our Intake! 🌟At DoRe Ranch And Rescue, we rely on people like you. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can prevent unnecessary litters o...

07/23/2024

07/12/2024

Officially got everything sorted into their respective group piles. WAZ is getting almost 3 pallets, TMH is grow van full and H is getting a trailer full!

Katie, Tom and I are sweat buckets, it’s all for great causes!

I can’t thank the hubs, Katie and the Amazon team enough for this😊

07/12/2024

Who just spent the better part of 3 + hours sorting the Amazon donation pallets? This guy :-p

I'll take photos in a little bit.

Huge shout out to the folks at the Amazon distribution center that make this happen. It was our first time getting an Amazon donation; it was also the first for the new coordinator! Everything at time of pick up was smooth sailing. Security took almost as long as unloading and loading up!

This go around there was a substantial amount of dog food, a little over 4,000 lbs! We definitely do not need a fraction of that. I reached out to our rescue buddies We Are Zeus and my rescue buddy Katie Brennan and another rescue group...essentially each convo went something like, "Hey, we are about to get several thousand pounds of dog food, how many thousands do you need/want?"

I just sorted everything into a ours, theirs, theirs and theirs piles...this Sasquatch is a hot and sweaty mess...it's all good though!

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07/08/2024

Hey everyone if you are in the area, please come to this event. The baskets have some pretty nice things in them and if you are a customer of Tractor Supply, there are some nice gift cards being offered in the baskets too!

This Saturday, July 13th at the Tractor Supply in Camden (next to the Walmart).

See you there :-)

07/06/2024

So, we did a thing :-)

Sitting on nearly 10 acres of land in the town of Kershaw, Do Re Ranch and Rescue is owned and operated by a charming couple

07/03/2024

It's Wish List Wednesday!

Y'all, we can really use your help. With 22 pet/indoor kittens currently in our rescue, we are going thru 10 cans of Fancy Feast Kitten pate every day.

Please consider a donation from our Amazon or Chewy wish lists. Monetary donations are always greatly appreciated as well. Visit our Linktree page at https://linktr.ee/doreranchandrescue for links to our wish lists and donation platforms.

Thank you in advance for your support!

06/27/2024

3 of our minis with 2 of our rescues.

Reba, is sleeping with Van. Cash and Nugget (the mini) are in the same bed. Nugget (the cat) is in his own bed.

Yes, we have a cat and a dog both named Nugget. lol

06/25/2024

Farm photo bombs.

I’ll name all individual animals on their respective photos 😊

06/24/2024

This…I lifted this from a TNR page.

06/22/2024

We received another donation from our Chewy wish list today, so we just want to say thank you! With 30+ pet/indoor cats and 75 barn cats in our rescue, we would not be able to do what we do without your generous donations.

06/21/2024

Today was another great day here!

We met up with our rescue partners at the Lancaster PetSense store to help them adopt out 4 cats. Our buddy Katie Brennan met us there and fell in love with FireFly…FireFly is an absolutely adorable purring calico kitty. Katie asked if she could adopt her, I asked if she had the 100% thumbs up from her hubs. lol

We received 4 cats from our rescue friends, 2 were intended for the Lancaster store and 2 were intended for the Columbia store.

While driving from Lancaster to Columbia a text came in from Katie’s husband giving us the green light for Katie and her family to adopt FireFly!

We set up the one kitty at the Columbia store and headed back to Katie’s, with a quick stop at the Camden Tractor Supply.

We got to Katie’s, there were happy squeals from her 2 youngest children and Katie was beaming too!

We got home and there was a chewy.com donation on the porch… these are always 100% anonymous…so to whomever donated, thank you very, very much!!!

We stopped by the post office and also had one of our monthly donation envelopes waiting for us, thank you to Kathy and Gail, and to everyone that donates monthly…when we say every bit helps, we truly, truly mean it and truly appreciate it!!!

06/16/2024

There are a lot of things that happen behind the scenes at and for any rescue... a lot. We've been working on building our GuideStar profile for a bit. GuideStar pulls a lot of information directly from the IRS.gov website. GuideStar is also where a lot of grant makers pull their information, check that you are in fact a 501(c)(3), and that you are a nonprofit in good standing. It's also where companies like Facebook and PayPal verify nonprofit status.

To the general public, if someone tells you they are an animal nonprofit, looking for x, y, and z, and you have doubts, you can always ask that particular nonprofit for their GuideStar profile or their GuideStar rating. Does this mean everyone that is a rescue needs to be a nonprofit, no, no it doesn't. To get 501(c)(3) status, one needs to go through all of the steps with their particular state, the IRS, and make sure that GuideStar and the IRS are in sync.

We officially have Platinum status on GuideStar! We couldn't be more excited about this. This is DoRe being as transparent as we can be.

https://www.guidestar.org/profile/shared/9d9f204d-03a3-450c-a3a4-8be113d65d0e

DoRe Ranch and Rescue works at rescuing small, medium and large farm animals. DoRe Ranch and Rescue is also heavily involved with TNR (trap, neuter, re...

06/14/2024

We helped a little bit with the hoarding house in Gaffney. A huge and giant chunk of the cats and kittens were all vetted through our rescue friend Shanin who runs and operates Violet's House Cat Rescue.

Almost every cat, or a vast majority, were vetted through Dr T Topgun Veterinarian Service, LLC.

There were a few cats that were too aggressive and borderline feral to be adopted out, so they are part of our clowder here.

We were able to adopt out several cats and kittens and this girl is going to her new home tomorrow! We helped the hoarding case by taking in 6 adoptable cats and kittens and 5 feral/mean as hell/aggressive/want to heavily pet you with their murder mittens. Out of the 6 adoptable cats, Bullet is the only one left. She was previously adopted, returned 2 days later, and will be adopted by a great family tomorrow.

We always try and talk about the Rules of 3 when bringing in a new cat or kitten. 1: it can take 3 days for your new kitty to decompress. 2: it can take 3 weeks for your new kitty to get used to your routine. 3: it can take 3 months for your new kitty to finally settle in.

Why do I mention the Rule of 3? Most, if not all of the cats we have here, were pulled from shelters, surrendered to us or to other rescue partners, had their previous owners pass away, a whole host of reasons. We, as rescues, never completely know the full story, almost never. Giving the new kitty grace, space and love is the fastest way to earn biscuits, head butts, purrs and unconditional love 😊

Here’s to Bullet and her 3rd chance!

06/13/2024

Today was one of those rescue days. Where things don’t quite go as planned. I was helping another rescue buddy out with transporting 4 puppies to be flown from Lancaster, SC to Poughkeepsie, NY. I was early to the airport, the terminal was locked and unmanned. On the way back to my vehicle, I noticed the one puppy had pooped and done the chacha and stopped, dropped and rolled. Drove to PetSense, puppy was given a bath and his travel crate cleaned up. Back to the airport. Waited with the pilot for a little over an hour then loaded all of the puppies up in the plane.

06/12/2024

Notice something that doesn’t belong? Tacoma is the in the office with Tom, and he just turned around to see this!

06/08/2024

Today was an awesome day!

We were invited by our rescue buddies We Are Zeus to join them at an adoption event at the Tractor Supply in Columbia.

We were able to adopt out not one, not two kitties! The family that adopted both cats are super excited and the two kitties are already spoiled!

What makes this extra special, Triscuit and Ritz, are from the Gaffney hoarding house that we were able to help with, even if we just helped a little.

This truly is a case of teamwork makes the dream work!