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News
Latest News Items:
Thanksgiving Video -- Sunday November 23rd, 2008
Please copy and paste the attached link to see an informative video concerning your pet and Thanksgiving.
http://www.petvideo.com/play.cgi?showId=8636
"School Daze" A Success! -- Saturday August 2nd, 2008
Manning's School District Two held their "School Daze" event on Thursday, July 31st at the Early Childhood Development Center on Raccoon Rd.
The event coincided with School Registration. Along with other local businesses, the Animal Shelter was invited to set up an educational booth at the event.
Shelter staff: Rena, Pam, Michelle and Shelby were on hand to discuss the Shelter's Mission and to provide answers to the many pet care questions that were asked.
Two families also went home with new family members! Two kittens and One puppy were adopted directly due to the exposure provided by the "School Daze" event. Please see our photo gallery for pictures of these and other adoptions.
A heartfelt Thank you to event organizer Tammi Wynne and Good Job to the ASCC Staff.
Shop to Donate -- Thursday July 31st, 2008
ASCC has registered as a funds recipient on the iGive.com website.
Shop online at over 680 brand name stores and a portion of your purchases will be donated to our Shelter.
The link to begin shopping is located on our Donation info page. Thank you and please feel free to share this site with family and friends.
Updates to Website -- Wednesday July 30th, 2008
I've added a links page to our website. If there are any organizations, etc that you would like me to link to please send us an email with their web address. Thank you!
The Lizard's tale -- Monday July 28th, 2008
Several weeks ago the Shelter received a call from a family in Summerton, SC. Their elderly neighbors called them over to help kill a large lizard in their shed. Fortunately, the family are animal lovers and talked the neighbors into letting them take it instead of kill it. They were able to catch it and put it in a dog kennel. They had no idea what type of reptile it was - they thought it might be an Iguana. They called the Shelter for help and the Shelter called a member familiar with reptiles. Their description of the animal led us to identify it as a Savannah Monitor. The family wanted to keep it so were given detailed instructions on how to house and feed it. That lasted for about 10 days - Our reptile loving member ended up with the task of keeping her until she could be rehomed. A email was sent to the Edisto Serpentarium where a young employee replied that he was more than eager to "adopt" her. She was taken to the Serpentarium on 7/19/08. "She's beautiful", he exclaimed as he gently removed her from the transport box and cuddled her like a baby. This rescue certainly had a fairy tale ending.
Just for fun -- Sunday July 27th, 2008
Jasper and the Unbaked Yeast Rolls.
We have a fox terrier by the name of Jasper. He came to us in the summer of 2001 from the fox terrier rescue program.
For those of you, who are unfamiliar with this type of
adoption, imagine taking in a 10-year-old child about whom you know nothing and committing to doing your best to be a good parent.
Like a child, the dog came with his own idiosyncrasies. He will only sleep on the bed, on top of the covers, nuzzled as close to my face as he can get without actually performing a French kiss on me.
Lest you think this is a bad case of 'no discipline,' I should tell you that Perry and I tried every means to break him of this habit including locking him in a separate bedroom for several nights. The new door
cost over $200. But I digress...
Five weeks ago we began remodeling our house. Although the cost of the project is downright obnoxious, it was 20 years
overdue AND it got me out of cooking Thanksgiving for
family, extended family, and a lot of friends that I like
more than family most of the time.
I was assigned the task of preparing 12 of my famous yeast dinner rolls for the two Thanksgiving feasts we did attend. I am still cursing the electrician for getting the new oven hooked up so quickly. It was the only appliance in the whole darn house that worked, thus the assignment. I made the decision to cook the rolls on Wed evening to reheat Thurs am. Since the kitchen was freshly painted, you can imagine the odor. Not wanting the rolls to smell like
Sherwin Williams #586, I put the rolls on baking sheets and set them in the living room to rise hours.
Perry and I decided to go out to eat, returning in about an hour. The rolls were ready to go in the oven. It was 8:30 PM. When I went to the living room to retrieve the pans, much to my shock one whole pan of 12 rolls was empty. I called out to Jasper and my worst nightmare became a reality. He literally wobbled over to me. He looked like a combination of the Pillsbury dough boy and the Michelin
Tire man wrapped up in fur. He groaned when he walked. I swear even his cheeks were bloated. I ran to the phone and called our vet. After a few seconds of uproarious laughter, he told me the dog would probably be OK, however, I needed to give him Pepto Bismol every 2 hours for the rest of the night. God only knows why I thought a dog would like Pepto Bismol any more than my kids did when they were sick. Suffice it to say that by the time we went to bed the dog was black, white and pink. He was so bloated we had to lift him onto the bed for the night.
We arose at 7:30 and as we always do first thing; put the
dog out to relieve himself. Well, the dog was as drunk as a sailor on his first leave. He was running into walls, falling flat on his butt, and most of the time when he was
walking his front half was going one direction and the other half was either dragging the grass or headed 90 degrees in another direction.
He couldn't lift his leg to pee, so he would just walk and pee at the same time. When he ran down the small incline in our backyard, he couldn't stop himself and nearly ended up running into the fence. His pupils were dilated and he was as dizzy as a loon. I endured another few seconds of laughter from the vet (second call within 12
> hours) before he explained that the yeast had fermented in his belly and that he was indeed drunk. He assured me that, not unlike most binges we humans go through, it would wear off after about 4 or 5 hours and to keep giving him Pepto Bismol.
Afraid to leave him by himself in the house, Perry and I loaded him up and took him with us to my sister's house for the first Thanksgiving meal of the day. My sister lives outside of Muskogee on a ranch, (10 to 15 minute drive). Rolls firmly secured in the trunk (124 less 12) and drunk dog leaning from the back seat onto the console of the car between Perry and I, we took off.
Now I know you probably don't believe that dogs burp,
but believe me when I say that after eating a tray of risen unbaked yeast rolls, DOGS WILL BURP. These burps were pure Old Charter. They would have matched or beat any smell in a drunk tank at the police station. But that's not the worst of it.
Now he was beginning to let off gas and it smelled like baked rolls. God strike me dead if I am not telling the truth! We endured this for the entire trip to Karen's, thankful she didn't live any further away than she did. Once Jasper was firmly placed in my sister's garage with the door locked, we finally sat down to enjoy our first Thanksgiving meal of the day. The dog was the topic of conversation all morning long and everyone made trips to the garage to witness my drunken dog, each returning with a tale of Jasper's latest endeavor to walk without running into something.
Of course, as the old adage goes, 'what goes in, must come out' and Jasper was no exception. Granted, if it had been me that had eaten 12 risen, unbaked yeast rolls,> you might as well have put a concrete block up my behind, but alas a dog's digestive system is quite different from yours or mine. I discovered this was a mixed blessing when we prepared to leave Karen's house. Having discovered his 'packages' on the garage floor, we loaded him up in the car so we could hose down the floor. This was another naive decision on our part. The blast of water from the hose hit the poop on the floor and the poop on the floor withstood the blast from the hose. It was like Portland cement beginning to set up and cure. We finally
tried to remove it with a shovel. I (obviously no one else was going to offer their services) had to get on my hands and knees with a coarse brush to get the remnants off of the floor. And as if this wasn't degrading enough, the darn dog in his drunken state had walked through the poop and left paw prints all over the garage floor that had to be brushed, too.
Well, by this time the dog was sobering up nicely so we
took him home and dropped him off before we left for our
second Thanksgiving dinner at Perry's sister's house. I am happy to report that as of today (Monday) the dog is back to normal both in size and temperament. He has had a bath and is no longer tricolor. None the worse for wear ... I presume.
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> I am also happy to report that just this evening I found 2 risen unbaked yeast rolls hidden inside my closet door. It appears he must have come to his senses after eating 10 of them but decided hiding 2 of them for later would not be a bad idea. Now, I'm doing research on the computer as to: 'How to clean unbaked dough from the carpet.'
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> And how was your day????
Eve is home! -- Saturday January 5th, 2008
The power of the press was evident in the swift return of Eve to her Foster family. Someone recognized Eve's photo and called the police to say they knew where she was. Eve's "Mom", along with two of our Staff, picked her up Friday night. Eve lost 4lbs during her ordeal (all indications are that her diet consisted of only corn), but was otherwise unharmed. Grateful to be back home, Eve has yet to leave her Mom's side. Friday night was spent sleeping safely and peacefully in the big family bed.
Surgery Heartbreak -- Friday January 4th, 2008
Wednesday, December 26th was a heartbreaking day for our Shelter. Three young female puppies died on the operating table. After reviewing all the details it has been determined that these pups (all siblings) probably had a congenital heart defect.
Our donated EKG machine has never functioned 100% of the time so no one got excited when each puppy flat lined during surgery. It was during post-op when the tragedy was revealed (the pups never revived). We're not sure if a fully functioning EKG machine would have helped save these pups but it brought to light the fact that we desperately need an EKG machine that will accurately monitor the animals during surgery. The cost of a new EKG machine is in the neighborhood of $2000 which our Shelter can not afford. If you would like to donated toward the cost of a new EKG machine, please remit your donation via our paypal account and indicate that you would like your monies to go specifically toward the machine - or you can contact us directly for more information (803) 473-7075 or adoptascc@ftc-i.net. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Soldier's Dog Disappears -- Friday January 4th, 2008
Please copy and paste the following link to read the story of Eve and her Soldier in Iraq.
http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/ITNEWS01/861100650
Heartworm Positive Dogs -- Tuesday December 11th, 2007
Thank you to those who have donated to our heartworm positive dogs. Your donations have enabled us to finally schedule treatment for some beginning in January O8. We still need to rely on the generosity of the public to help defray the cost of these treatments. Won't you please give the gift of life to our wonderful 4-legged companions.
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