DoRe Ranch and Rescue

12/13/2025

🐾 Dolly

Our 13-year reigning monarch of the “I might nip you if the stars align” throne.

If bite-risk were a tabletop roll, she’s definitely rocking that natural 20 energy—tail twitching, eyes squinting like she’s calculating advantage.

But she’s also clearly got a soft side buried under the sass.

🐾 Daisy

Your easygoing, country-road sweetheart, who is just thrilled to have a cozy dog bed and probably assumes everyone else is, too.

And then—plot twist—the Queen B herself decides to snuggle up to Daisy on the new beds?!

That’s like…

A solar eclipse 🌒

A rare Pokémon spawn ✨

Or Dolly rolling a critical fail on her “keep my distance from the peasants” check.

❤️ What it really means

Even the spiciest pups mellow into surprising sweetness with age, security, and the right companions. Sometimes a new comfy bed is all it takes for a détente in the canine monarchy.

12/11/2025

We had a box plus of pop corn that was close to be "sell by" so I made all 11 bags and gave it to the piggies, goats, turkeys, chickens and donkeys...it was a hit!

12/10/2025

✨ A Little Rescue Magic Today… ✨

In today’s video, you’ll meet Mr. Magoo, our special-needs kitten who may be blind, and Daisy Mae, the sweet pup we rescued from a lonely country road.

When we found Daisy Mae, she was covered in motor oil, had plastic melted behind her ears, was heartworm positive, and came with a past we could only guess at. We didn’t know how she’d react to cats… or really anything.

But today, we introduced her to Mr. Magoo — and this is what happened. 💛

Despite everything she’s been through, Daisy Mae showed nothing but gentleness and curiosity. And Mr. Magoo, in all his brave little glory, walked right up to her like he knew they were meant to be friends.

Moments like these remind us why we do what we do. Healing happens in so many forms — sometimes it looks like a kitten trusting, and a dog choosing kindness.

🐾 Thank you for supporting our rescue and giving animals like Daisy Mae and Mr. Magoo a second chance. 💕

12/06/2025

✨ Mr. Magoo: Then & Now ✨

We wanted to share a little transformation update on Mr. Magoo — the tiny kitten we were asked to help a couple of weeks ago.

When he came to us, he was fragile, underweight, and showing signs consistent with calicivirus, which can make eating incredibly painful for young kittens. Today, he’s brighter, stronger, and full of the sweetness that won our hearts from day one.

Caring for a medical case like Mr. Magoo is deeply rewarding, but it’s also time-consuming and requires a lot of focused attention. It’s important to remember that when we take on kittens with medical needs, it often means we can’t take in non-medical cases at the same time — our time, energy, and resources go directly toward helping the most vulnerable little ones stabilize and heal.

One thing we want to share — because it truly made a difference — is how we supported Mr. Magoo’s appetite. Calicivirus can cause painful gums and palate inflammation, leaving kittens unwilling or unable to eat. For him, Stage 1 chicken or turkey baby food (specifically Stage 1 because it’s smooth and gentle) was a lifesaver. It helped him keep his strength up when he couldn’t tolerate anything else.

Thanks to that support, and lots of love and care, Mr. Magoo is now happily eating kitten pâté and kibble, with baby food still mixed in as needed. Watching him progress has been such a gift.
Thank you to everyone who follows, supports, and shares these journeys with us. Kittens like Mr. Magoo remind us why rescue work matters — even when it means long nights, careful feeding, and tough decisions about who we can take in. ❤️🐾

A very special thank you to Mr Magoo's kitten god mother, Casey!

12/02/2025

11/30/2025

We got a new electric fireplace/tv stand for the living room. I wanted something to store our electronics, to keep them away from the cats. Also having an infrared heat source to help on chilly nights.

Excuse the couch, we have a bunch of projects going on…all the time.

This picture, is monumental, usually there are 2-3, maybe 3-4 cats on the couch at one time…7 though, is unheard of.

Farthest away to closest: Fluff, Trick, Van, Pizza, Nugget, Fruity Pebbles, Judy is on the back of the couch. Joey Bag of Donuts, Journey, and Chicken are the only cats missing.

Susie, remember the spicy flame point Siamese we got from you, that’s Pizza 😊

11/24/2025

🐾✨ We're excited to announce the opening of our new merch store! 🎉 Every item you purchase helps support the care of the animals at our rescue. All proceeds go directly to giving our furry friends the love and care they deserve!

🐷💖 Shop our collection and you'll be proud to show off your support! Plus, you'll helping to make a real difference for every animal at DoRe Ranch and Rescue.

Check out our store today and help us spread the love! 🛍️❤️

Visit our store at https://www.doreranchandrescue.org/merch/

Shop for DoRe Ranch and Rescue merch! All proceeds go directly to support our mission.

11/22/2025

Mr Magoo doing his marching biscuits 😊

He’s going to make someone a really great companion!

11/20/2025

Yesterday was a day, it ended up being a great day...with a few hiccups mixed in.

We took Yoshi (formerly Rain), our newest Frenchie, to be neutered. I always put our Frenchies or any long backed dog (Bassets, mini wiener dogs) in a harness...this is important. The harness is on Yoshi, put the leash on, get out of the truck, and he starts walking toward the grass at Kershaw County Humane Society. I notice that he has his one leg out of the front of the harness, I panic and pick him up. I'm walking toward the sidewalk and there is a lip between the parking lot and the sidewalk...I'm holding a furry meatball, don't see the lip and my big arse goes splat. I realized I was falling and tried to football Yoshi, I landed with almost all of my weight on my left knee. Yoshi bit his tongue, he's ok :-). He also stayed right next to me. I get him into the surgery suite and Erin gives me 2 ice packs for my knees.

I had previously spoken to Rich at Bay Branch Farm, in regard to going down for our last load of pumpkins. So I drove from KCHS to Timmonsville and proceeded to load up Marge (our Tundra) with our 4th and final load of the season of pumpkins! I can't thank our buddy, Marion, for putting us in contact with Rich and his family! Rich, thank you x1000! The piggies and goats love all of the gourds :-)

I stop at KCHS on the way back, I get the scoop on Yoshi's surgery, all went well, he is negative for heart worm, however, he coded on the table from the anesthesia. Dr D needed to intubate him a second time to get him breathing again. He's all good today. Was I scared, nope. Frenchies, by and large, are super sensitive to anesthesia. We had a similar incident when we had Link neutered. I promise, Yoshi is his normal chaos goblin himself today!!!

I also stopped by our feathered friends rescue at Majestic Wings Rescue with another small load of pumpkins. I know the feathered kids enjoy it...especially when they can make a mess and get to the pumpkin seeds. lol

My knee is sore, but other than that I'm ok, nothing that Tylenol and Motrin won't fix :-)

11/17/2025

Day number 5 of caring for Mr Magoo :-)

We are going to keep doing the eye drops and ointment (they are helping!!!). The great news is that his URI seems to be almost gone, the raspy breathing has abated! He's also got little to no nose boogers. We keep cleaning his ears, it's almost to the point of no gunk anymore! Through all of this Mr Magoo just purrs and purrs and purrs. Watching him navigate around his 7500 is impressive. He easily moves between his bed and the floor of his enclosure. Even when he has out time, usually this is on the bed so that it's safer and softer in case he tries to leap or something, he's investigating his surrounding and exploring...which is all great news to share :-)

11/16/2025

We gave Mr Magoo a bath this morning, we were going to do it the other day, but we had a lot going on.

The bath started out fine, until the soap hit him. Mr Magoo was still purring, however, he was purring with his murder mittens out and trying to climb my fingers, palm, forearm, and everything else he could grab to get away from what I can only assume he thought was some type of exorcism.

I gently scruffed him to get all of the suds off of him, Tom needed to help. Then Tom swaddled him while I got his morning meds together. He got out of his swaddle and climbed onto Tom's shoulder. This is where it gets funny.

Tom, "I think he is peeing on me."
I look over, Mr Magoo is on Tom's shoulder, sure enough, I'm laughing, Mr Magoo is letting it rip, and he sure as anything is peeing (waterfall style) on Tom's shoulder.
I pick up Mr Magoo, re swaddle him, Tom goes to get cleaned up and changed.

This was a first. I was going to try and film his first bath, I would need to be an octopus to do that. lol

Mr Magoo purred the whole time...THE WHOLE TIME. lol