Hurricane Matthew Pet Friendly Resources for Evacuees

October 6, 2016

Milk before Hurricane Matthew

***New pet friendly shelter and boarding locations will be added as we receive information!!***

Oh Pupsters! The beginning of October is bringing FL, GA, SC, & NC another potentially devastating disaster just one year after the 1000 year flood that hit these states, and my home in Charleston, SC hard! Hurricane Matthew is approaching SC quickly and I want to provide resources for hurricane evacuees with pets with information for pet friendly evacuation shelters, housing accommodations, discounted housing and animal boarding, and other pet friendly hotels and options that may be available for you and/or your fur babies! Many of our animal shelters in South Carolina have been already been evacuated and many pups are in need of places to stay! Here are some of the places I have found helping pups and their hoomans in need!

SC Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelter Charleston County, SC

Burns Elementary School: 3795 Spruill Ave, North Charleston 29405 All pet friendly shelters require current vaccinations, food, water, leashes and/or crates. Animal Control will be on site for assistance with pets. 843-746-3900 #hurricanematthew

Animal Friendly Hurricane Shelter Berkeley County, SC

Cane Bay High School: 1624 State Road, Summerville, SC. All animals must be caged. (843) 826-5895

Animal Friendly Hurricane Shelter Dorchester County, SC

None available (843) 832-0393

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Spartanburg, SC

Spartanburg Expo Center: 6655 Pottery Road, Spartanburg, SC 29303

Animal Friendly Hurricane Shelter Aiken, SC

Aiken Fairgrounds: 561 May Royal Drive, Aiken, SC. Angie at 803-646-2983

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Augusta, SC

Augusta County Fairgrounds fairgrounds is open for evacuee intakes. Augusta Animal Services is prepared to shelter pets of evacuees. Local residents who wish to help are asked to bring crates and pet food to the Animal Services shelter at 4164 Mack Lane.

Animal Friendly Hurricane Refuge Colleton County, SC

Pets are NOT allowed in human shelters. HOWEVER, for hurricane shelter evacuees staying in Colleton County hurricane shelters that have pets, those pets may be taken to the Colleton County Animal Shelter for free boarding during Hurricane Matthew.

Pet Boarding for SC Hurricane Matthew Evacuees:

Animal Friendly Hurricane Pet Boarding Lexington County, SC

Pet a coat junction: 3379 Emanuel church road Lexington SC 29073 (803-951-PETS) – offering discounted rates to evacuees

Animal Friendly Hurricane Housing Accommodations SC

AirBNB offering discounts and/or free pet stays to evacuees. Many home owners willing to negotiate normal pet terms

Animal Friendly Hurricane Pet Boarding Greer, SC

Upstate Dog Training and Pet Resort on Hwy. 14. 864-895-5355.
- FREE boarding for evacuees with proof of vaccines (rabies, distemper combo, and bordatella).

Animal Friendly Hurricane Pet Boarding Greenville, SC

Greenville County Animal Care: 328 Furman Hall Rd Greenville, SC
- FREE boarding of dog or cat for Charleston County evacuees.
- Includes FREE shots and microchip necessary for boarding

GA Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

Animal Friendly Hurricane Pet Boarding Richmond County, GA

Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds, 301 Hale Street, Augusta, GA 30901
- A pet friendly shelter for dogs, cats, birds, livestock, and horses

Animal Friendly Hurricane Shelter Chatham County, GA

None available
- Public shelters will not. However, there will be designated pet shelters nearby in each of the host counties where there are public shelters. Owners will be informed of these locations upon reporting to the reception centers. They will be expected to sign Waivers and properly register their pet. Exotic pets (e.g., reptiles) will not be accepted. Evacuees who need public transportation to reach host county shelters (i.e., Category 3-5 storms) will be allowed to bring the pets on buses if they are in travel carriers. Evacuees using public transportation to local shelters (i.e., Category 1-2 storms) will have to leave the pets behind or make other arrangements.

FL Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Brevard County, FL 321-637-6670

Port St. John Community Center, at 6650 Corto Road
Viera Regional Park, at 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Ted Whitlock Community Center, at Palm Bay Regional Park, 1951 Malabar Road NW, Palm Bay

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Flagler County, FL

Bunnell Elementary School (Pet Friendly), 305 N Palmetto St., Bunnell. In Bunnell, 2 blocks north of SR 100, via Orange Street

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Osceola County, FL

Kissimmee Middle School at 2410 Dyer Blvd, Kissimmee, FL
Harmony High School at 3601 Arthur J Gallagher Blvd, St. Cloud., FL
Liberty High School at 4250 Pleasant Hill Rd., Kissimmee, FL

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters Volusia County, FL

Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. State Road 44, DeLand
(SpNS) Atlantic High School, 1250 Reed Canal Road, Port Orange
(SpNS) Creekside Middle School, 6801 Airport Road, Port Orange
(SpNS) Heritage Middle School, 1001 Parnell Court, Deltona
Hinson Middle School, 1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach
(SpNS) Galaxy Middle School, 2400 Eustace Ave., Deltona
NOTE:Small animals only, must be crated and cared for by owners (leash, food, water must be brought and will not be provided); will be housed in a separate location at shelter. Only the Volusia County Fairgrounds houses people and pets in the same location

Pet Boarding for FL Hurricane Matthew Evacuees:

Livestock Shelter Marion County, FL

Southeastern Livestock Pavilion at 2232 NE Jacksonville Road , Ocala, FL. $10/day. All livestock will be accepted during 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Owners will need to provide food, water buckets and care for their animals. There are 188 stalls available. For more information call 352-671-8600.

NC Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelters:

Pet Friendly Hurricane Shelter Carteret County, NC

Newport Middle School, 500 E. Chatham Street, Newport, NC 28577.
- Companion Hurricane Shelter pet area manned by PAWS Volunteers.

Pet Boarding for Hurricane Matthew in NC:

Buddy’s Bed and Biscuit, home of FurBabies Animal Rescue in Indian Trail, NC
- Will need records of vaccines (rabies, bordatella, distemper/parvo)
- Limited space available. Please call ahead if possible (704) 977-5197
- Discounted rates; 501c3 Rescues board FREE.

Equine Boarding for Hurricane Matthew Evacuees:

FENCE has opened up its stabling.828-859-9021, admin@fence.org, Tracie Hanson, ED at 828-817-3594 to reserve a stall.

As of 10pm Tuesday we have 100 stalls still available. Stall fee is waived and bags of shavings at $6 each.

Pet Friendly Hotels

Search for pet friendly hotels here: http://www.pet-friendly-hotels.net

****Stay tuned for pupdates and fundraising efforts by My Name Is Milk****

Wanna help me raise supplies for the pups and shelters? Click here to help donate towards my shelter fundraiser!

Adopt A Bull for Adopt A Shelter Pet Month

Clear the Shelters 2016

July 23, 2016

It’s National Clear the Shelters Day and that means wonderful things fur you and our furry furiends that are stuck living in shelters! Today, and this weekend, NBC & Telemundo news media & PetCo are teaming up with local animal shelters across the country with a huge goal in mind – to clear every single last adoptable animal out of the shelters!! It’s the biggest animal adoption initiative in one day ever!

What does this mean fur you, the hoomans? Many shelters are able to offer fee-waived (free) or fee-reduced adoptions to you when adopting a new cat or dog. This means you can saves some bones to get new toys or treats fur your newest family member. It’s like getting a toy at Christmas that needs batteries – you wouldn’t forgets those. So go meet your new bestest furiend, and use those saved bones to get some natural treats and chew toys. If you’re fortunate enuff to not worry about bones, maybe you can pass your saved bones to help another furry furiend finds it’s new home – many shelters call these angel adopters – and you still WIN! You gets a new furfamily member, AND you gets to know you helped another hooman AND another dog or cat find a furever home.

How about the animals?? Well, I don’t really think I needs to answer this question, cause I think we ALL know what it means! At least us furry and scaley ones do. It means that every animal that finds a new furever home gets to break free from jail! It’s a get out of puppy prison for free pass! It’s an escape from pergatory card! It means a new leash on life! It means furever wuv, food, cuddles, and playtime. It means FREEDOM!!!!

And what’s in it fur the shelters? It’s certainly not a money thing, cause it costs alot to take care of an animal in a shelter, even the shelters where animals only get minimal treatment. Reduced or free adoptions certainly don’t help a shelter cover their bones. Media sponsorships can help, but it’s often in publicity trade versus bones (dollars). BUT, what it does do is several good things! By working with local media, more awareness is brought to the shelters – this way hoomans know where they are located, can offer volunteer time, donate, and hopefully adopt! It also creates space. Much needed space. You see, the animal shelters across the country, even the bestest and the worstest, are ALWAYS full. And if they are full, that means many animals are turned away and left on the streets. For high kill shelters, it means precious puppies, kuddly kitties, pawsome pitbulls, and many more are euthanized. Of course the first to hit that list are the old, the sick, and the pitbulls. For no kill shelters, it means they turn away animals and put them on a wait list, which can then lead to hunger and abuse. So…when dogs and cats are adopted from a shelter, and if a shelter can adopt out all of its adoptable dogs and cats, that means they can take in more animals that need help, shelter, and homes.

Adelyne is an adoptable pitbull at the Summerville SPCA Clear the Shelters 2016 event

So what can you do to make a difference? Share the word! Tell your friends and furiends its Clear the Shelters Day! Even if your local shelter is not participating, call to see if they have adoption specials – share this informaiton even if you can’t adopt. And if you have more time on your paws fur more than a quick phone call and social media share, GO TO THE SHELTER and see how you can help by volunteering your time.

Let’s #SaveThePupppies everypawdy. It’s gonna take all of us and Clear the Shelters is a great program creating awareness to help save the lives of dogs & puppies, cats & kittens, iguanas & lizards, bunnies & guinea pigs, and yes even horses, cows & pigs!

Click here to see if your area is shelter is pawticipating

Local SC Pupsters!!! Francis R. Willis SPCA in Summerville (the Dorchester County animal shelter) IS pawticipating today! Go adopt a dog today and then send me a foto so I can share!

2015 Year In Review

January 1, 2016

2015 was a busy year and I wants to thank everypawdy who volunteered, donated, or sponsored the events we held and took part in!

Fostering:

We fostered 2 litters of kittens totaling 8 kitties.
We fostered 2 litters of puppies totaling 5 puppies.

Rescue Pulls:

We were able to pull 1 senior dog from a shelter and are permanently fostering him.
We were able to pull 1 pitbull dog from deathrow at a kill shelter, fundraise, and place into foster/rescue.

Fundraisers:

Valentine’s Fundraiser for Water’s Edge Mardi-Paws – raised $200+ bones
Fall Auction to raise bones for my 501c3 fees
Flood Drive to help shelters affected by the mass flooding – we sent boxes to 7 SC shelters
CAS Chili-Cookoff – we raised over $700 for Toby’s fund by selling tickets and booth donations
Howliday Auction – we raised $300 bones for my Howliday Toy Drive.
Howliday Toy Drive – toy drops in 15 locations; delivered toy boxes to 8 lowcountry shelters & rescues.

For 2015, we have been able to raise money via a Valentines drive as a sponsor for the Mardi Gras Pawrade benefitting WEDGR, pull 2 dogs from death row, support a permanent foster, and foster 2 litters of puppies and 2 litters of kittens. We also organized a drive to help the animal rescues affected by the South Carolina flooding in October, and are currently working to raise money for the annual Chili Cook-Off in November to support the Charleston Animal Society.

Milk’s 2nd Barkday!

November 27, 2015

Hiya Pupsters! Today is the day we celebrate my second barkday! My gotcha day is in January, and we celebrate November 27 as my barkday cause that’s what the VetMan thinks based on when I was rescued by my local shelter. Tomorrow I am going to have a Barkday Pawtay at Famous Joes on Savannah Hwy at 1pm – come celebrate with me! Hoomans are welcome. Of course I would wuv a card or pawsent, but it’s not required. Just show up and let’s play! You can also donate to my training fundraiser or Howliday Toy Drive, too 🙂

Milk's 2nd Barkday Pawtay

Howliday Toy Drive & Bazaar

November 23, 2015

Hiya Pupsters! It’s that time of year for Santa Paws to come visit everypawdy, and he’s asked me to be a PupsterElf and deliver toys and treats to the furbabies waiting in a shelter or rescue for their furever homes! We want to make sure the kitties and puppies and dogs have a holly jolly howliday! I can’t do it alone, so I need your help!

I’ve organized a couple events to raise toys, supplies, and bones($):

Facebook Online Howliday Auction – a portion of the auction proceeds will go to buy toys and shelter supplies!
Howliday Toy Drive Event Page – keep reading for the deets!
Amazon Wishlist Howliday Toy Drive – purchase from my list or find your own items and have them shipped!

Toy Box Locations West Ashley:

Famous Joe’s – 4pm-12am Mon-Sat
Cobwebs – 10am-6pm Mon-Sat
Fetch Doggy Daycare – 7am-7pm M-F, 9-5 Sat, 8:30-10 Sun

Toy Box Locations James Island:

VFW Post 445
American Legion Post 147
Cha Cha’s
Smokey Oak – 11am-2am Sun-Mon

Toy Box Location Charleston:

Toy Box Location Daniel Island:

Daniel Island Grill (DIG)
Lucia’s Pet

Toy Box Location Mount Pleasant:

Toy Box Location North Charleston:

Fetch Doggy Daycare – 6am-7:30pm M-F, 8-6 Sat, 3-6 Sun
DIG In The Park

Toy Box Location Summerville:

First Citizens Bank – 1801 Trolley Rd.

Toy Box Location Ravenel:

Po Boys

Toy Box Location Folly Beach:

Folly’s Best Rentals

Not sure what to contribute? Anything cat or dog that includes toys, treats, food (canned and dry kibble), baby blankets, dog beds, leashes, collars (all sizes cat and dog), harnesses, peanut butter (no xylitol!), ropes, crates, kennels, canned pumpkin (pure pumkin, not pumpkin pie mix), cat litter, puppy pads, teething toys, antlers, gift cards (tractor supply, petco, petsmart, walmart, lowes, home depot, amazon, doolittles, Charleston pet stores). PLEASE NO RAWHIDE!

Bark N Boo

October 29, 2015

Oh Pupsters I’m so excited! I’m pawing up for an exciting event on Saturday to help raise kibble for the Charleston Animal Society! Kia Country of Charleston is hosting Bark N Boo and I will have a table set-up for you come bark hello, get smoochies, and learn more about what I’m planning to help #SaveThePuppies! Admission fee is pet food for dogs, cats, or bunnies, and will go to help the efforts of CAS and their food bank. Of course, it’s Howl-O-Ween, so come dressed in your best to pawticipate in the Halloween costume contest, and come see me for some yummy treats!

I will be doing a drawing for a pawsome GoPetBento travel bowl – just sign up with your email and you have a chance to win!

Miss Maddies will be on site with their handpainted dog treats too!

Bark N Boo is this Saturday October 31, 2015 from 11am-1pm. 2361 Savannah Highway Charleston SC 29414

Want to help contribute to pups in need? Come to the Bark N Boo with some kibble, visit my amazon wishlist and order pet food of any type so I can deliver, or donate to my paypal and I’ll go pawchase the food to take with us!

Adopt a Shelter Pup Month!

October 7, 2015

Pupsters! October is such a pawsome month! It’s Adopt a Shelter Pup Month, and Pitbull Awareness Month! Today I want to share a couple pitties in need here in my home state of SC. As many of you have seen on the news, we have been hit hard with rain and flooding, which has devastated many of our state shelters. So, here are a few pups that could use some extra love and sharing.

MONTANA

Montana is a smaller, one year old sweetheart pitbull who would wuv to come live in your home! He is heartworm negative and gets along great with other pups, but finds kitties a bit too exciting. He was taken to Darlington County Animal Shelter after his “owner” abandoned him and 5 other pups! He is eager for training and furever home. FREE transport is available!

Click his foto for his YouTube video premiere!
Adopters pawlease visit www.darlingtonhumane.org Rescues, contact KimDCHSTiedemann@gmail.com.

BOCEPHUS

Bocephus is a pitbull mix about 2 years old and is pawsome with both pups and cats! He is heartworm negative (yay!) and a super fun pup!

Click his foto for the Friends of Orangeburg Animal Shelter page!
Adopters pawlease email rescuemesc@gmail.com.

MACK

Mack is a bully breed pup that is a 60lb, 2-3 year bundle of wuv! He is heart worm positive but the Sinbad-Sadie Rescue can raise treatment funds – first he needs out of a rescue-pull-only shelter. Mack has a great personality, very laid back and lovable, A foster home or an adoption home, either will work.

For foster or adoption contact kym.sinbad.sadie@gmail.com

Click here for SC Flood Victims Animal Resources & how you can help donate!

Milk’s 501c3 Auction Fundraiser Event

September 4, 2015

THE AUCTION IS NOW OPEN! Please take a look around and check out the items! Ends September 13th, 2015 6pm ESTAuction…

Posted by My Name is Milk on Tuesday, April 28, 2015

International Assistance Dog Week

August 8, 2015

OH my doggy! I’m learning about IADW, or International Assistance Dog Week late, but I caught it just in time for the last day 🙂 This years IADW is August 2-8, 2015. Thank pawness I’ll know for next year – maybe we will do something special. Did you know there is a whole week dedicated to pups who assist their hoomans?!? How pawsome is that?!?

According to the IADW website, this week is dedicated to:

Recognize and honor assistance dogs
Raise awareness and educate the public about assistance dogs
Honor puppy raisers and trainers
Recognize heroic deeds performed by assistance dogs in our communities

This weeks dedication means alot to me and my Mommers cause I am training to be a service dog, or assistance dog for my Mommers (in addition to my therapy dog training!) And guess what, just this week, we were studying a new (to us) form of positive dog training called shaping, and I learned 2, yes 2, new tasks! A task is something that specifically mitigates a disability issue. I learned to pick up my own food bowl and bring it to Mommers AND I learned how to open a drawer by tugging on a rope that’s attached to the knob! I was even able to generalize my ninja drawer pulling skills to another drawer, and am starting to build strength on opening the dreaded heavy freezer drawer! It’s a lot of training, but I’m starting to have fun with the different things I am learning cause we play games and I get treats and lots of praise (ok, sometimes too much praise Mommers – I’m smarter than you think!)

I’m just in the beginning stages of learning tasks, so I’d like to give high paws to all my fellow assistance pups who work for their hoomans everyday and make sure they can live more normal lives and navigate society. Service dogs or assitance dogs are working dogs that deserve the most respect ever! And ‘member, pawlease be aware if a dog is working – we can be easily distracted and ask that you do not touch without asking our hoomans!

<3 MilkSDiT

p.s. I hope to pupdate soon with some fotos of me working 🙂

Charleston County Park Pet Fest 2015

April 11, 2015

Oh boy! Oh boy! I had an amazing time during Pet Fest today at the Palmetto Islands County Park! There were lots of activities and a never ending supply of FREE treats! Yuppers! You heard me! Treats, treats, everywhere!

The event was today and tomorrow from 10am-4pm and sponsored by the Charleston Animal Society (the shelter that rescued me!), Ikon Law who offers pet trusts in case a pet outlives it’s hooman, Crews Subaru (what a fun name!), and Southern Eagle Distributors. There are demonstrations, water to splash in, vendors, treats, pup activities, and more! Pawfect for pups and hoomans, even the little tykes!

I even entered one of the pet contests – the one for cutest dog of course! I didn’t win, but I sure did rock that stage! The three winners were all small breed dogs – what’s up with that?!? I was for sure there would be a big dog represented! But that’s okay 🙂 The big dogs all represented their breed well and we had lots of fun. There were some cool great danes that competed with me. We even had lots of kiddo fans under the stage reaching out to touch us! And we all know that I wuv kiddos!!!

If you can make it tomorrow, here are some of the activities (from the CCPRC website) you get to join in on while listening to live music:

Happening each day…

Milk at Pet Fest

Swift Paws Lure Chasing – let your dog race for a $10 donation
Veterinarians, trainers, groomers, and pet suppliers
Dog washing station – Get your pup clean for a $5 donation
Rescue groups and centers with adoptable animals
Children’s activities and jump castles
Food, beverages, and beer for sale

Event & Activities Schedule

K9s in Flight Frisbee Dogs & Dock Diving (11, 1 & 3 p.m. daily). Your dog can dive for a $10 donation!
Pet Contests: Best Trick, Owner Pet Look-Alike, Face Only a Mother Could Love, Musical Sit, Best Dog Costume (times will be posted on site)
Charleston Kennel Club’s “Meet the Breed” Family Dog Show (Sunday, 12 p.m.)
Live music by JamiSun on Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
STARR (Search, Tactics, And Rescue/Recovery) Team Demonstrations

Some of the vendors and their giveaways at PetFest:

Banfield: bags with items such as tennis balls, poop bags, food scoops, or stickers
Veterinary Specialty Care: carry bags, coozies, dog bowls, and drawing for gift baskets
Paces Watch: poop bags and treats for dogs and cats
Going to the Dogs: treats and drawing for giveaway
My Three Dogs: treats, coupons, and drawing for giveaway
Advanced Animal Care: toothbrush, treat and food samples, coupons, pencils
Moonshadow Kennel: treats, reflective dog tags, frisbees, drawing for giveaway
Ikon Law: frisbees, treats, pocket calendars and chapstick for hoomans

*I was in no was compensated or asked to paw this entry in my #MilkBlog. This was my experience from attending the first day of Pet Fest 2015 and I wanted to share! I received treats and some of the products listed above for being in attendance and all of the products were for visitors to the vendor tables. This entry is not meant to be all inclusive of the vendors and companies present.

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International Assistance Dog Week

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