Fostering Success
While CCA does not have an official foster program, we in the Pickens County chapter have had a lot of success fostering and placing rescued animals in loving forever homes. Here are a few highlights:

She showed up at a fellow volunteer's already very full house on a recent cold and rainy night, all by herself. Once again, due to very generous people who were willing to foster her, CCA was able to place her into a loving home with new playmates of the two AND four legged kind.

These littles guys were left on a door step when the temperatures were in the teens. Fortunately CCA was able to team up with a very generous veternarian's clinic to get all these little ones started on vaccinations and deworming. All these puppies found loving homes and are safe, healthy and WARM :-)

Oreo's caregiven suddenly passed away. CCA learned that he was on his own at the home, waiting for his person to come home again, obviousy not understanding that wasn't going to happen. A CCA volunteer managed to convince Oreo to get into her car so he could be taken to a local vet's office to be checked over. Word spread that Oreo was in need of a home and quickly and lucky for all, that's exactly what happened.

Gabriel walked out of the woods and into the front yard of a Pickens County volunteer who already has six rescued dogs. Those dogs greeted Gabriel VERY loudly and with great agitation. But Gabriel just stood there calmly, head to one side, tail wagging. He accepted a bowl of food and then hesitantly climbed into a car to be taken to the vet. His patient and sweet nature has paid off, as he's a foster dog no more! He now lives in Atlanta, where his adoptive Dad works from home, so he'll get all the love and attention he deserves!!!!

Portia
This beautiful long-haired Tabby found a friendly porch and had two sweet kittens. The family who lived there fed and looked after this little feline family, but couldn't keep them indefinitely. They contacted us, and now Portia has been vaccinated and spayed, and she and her kittens have been adopted!

Abigail
This beautiful Border Collie / Bernese Mountain Dog mix was in foster care less than a week after we rescued her from a neglectful environment. Her beautiful look and sweet demeanor caught the eye of a family in Pinehurst, NC, and she was adopted on January 1, 2011. Now that's a super way to ring in the new year! Congratulations to Abigail and her new family!

Tripp
We are so proud that we were able to save Tripp! He was actually on the euthanization list at Greenville County Animal Service and his days were numbered. Fortunately, a CCA volunteer agreed to pull and foster Tripp. And a couple of weeks later, he met his new forever family. Tripp now lives in Taylors with a beautiful Australian Shepherd big sis named Gracie.

Sweet Little Lucy
Lucy is one smart puppy! She was discovered when she tried to run into the Emergency entrance at Easley Baptist Hospital. She was turned away, so she simply went around the corner and came in the main entrance! A wonderful woman who adopted a CCA Shelter dog contacted a Pickens Co. volunteer, who drove to Easley & picked up Lucy. From there, she was vetted and we worked with Phoenix Rising Border Collie Rescue to get Lucy into a foster home. She is now in a permanent home in North Carolina. Her new family includes two active little boys!

George & Martha
For the second time in as many months, two precious beagles were brought in to the Clemson Animal Hospital. The staff all recognized the unaltered male and female, each approximately three years old and in good health though a little skinny. They had already been rescued once, but had broken free of a temporary pen. True to their little beagle natures, they wanted to roam!

Enter CCA. We arranged to have the animals vaccinated, spayed and neutered. A Pickens County volunteer came to Clemson Animal Hospital and took pictures, posting them to Facebook and emailing them to a wide network of contacts. That was on August 20, 2010. On August 22, a member of the Clemson community expressed an interest in fostering the beagles. On August 23, the foster family met the beagles for the first time. That event can be described in two words: PUPPY LOVE! After only two short months of fostering, the family was ready to make it permanent. They even had the privilege of naming these two treasures: George and Martha.

Biscuit, Bear & the Puppies
Imagine two young female dogs, about 1 1/2 years old, on chains and, despite having been given certificates, not spayed. Of course one (and fortunately only one!) became pregnant. An extremely dedicated CCA volunteer had been aware of the situation and spending time with the caretaker in an attempt to improve the lives of these two dogs by providing food, shelter and water. With puppies now on the way, incredibly generous people donated kennel panels. This allowed Bear to have a 10’ x 20’ space free from a chain where she could tend to her puppies.

Five puppies and two adult dogs were too much for the caretaker. The CCA volunteer had spent time garnering trust, and was able to persuade him to surrender all but two puppies. Once surrendered, all were immediately vetted. Bear was found to be heartworm positive and severely underweight. Biscuit was in good shape and was spayed. The puppies were vaccinated and placed in loving forever homes. Bear, through the coordinated efforts of CCA, Speak for Animals and Foot Hills Golden Retriever Rescue was spayed, treated for heartworms, fostered and then permanently placed where she is now treated like a princess. Biscuit was fostered until placed in a permanent home where she too is treated as a treasure, as she should be…