Fairfield County Animal Control: Dog Field Trip/Short-Term Fostering Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

This grant helped us get the tools we needed to be able to offer a doggy day out program which we called Doggie Daycation. Thanks to this grant, we have had not just the tools needed but an excellent marketing campaign to push for more involvement with the shelter. We have increased our volunteer participation as well as gained eight new long-term fosters for the shelter. Doggie Daycation is also responsible for four of our dog adoptions since January 2026.

How many pets did this grant help?

100 plus

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

We had a precious female bully mix named Trinity at the shelter. She had been in a home with another dog but a neighbor kept trying to harm her. After the neighbor shot Trinity with bird shot, her owner reluctantly surrendered her to the shelter along with her sister. Sadly, we could not save her sister, but Trinity made it.

Despite the cruelty she endured, she was one of the sweetest, happiest girls! One of our regular volunteers loved her so much, she took her on a Doggie Daycation, which turned into a long weekend. Her outing caused another person to contact us and take Trinity on a doggie daycation.

She was having the time of her life! She was out and about all around the University of South Carolina campus and spent time with the equestrian team at their barn. A few of the parents fell in love and started taking her on daycations; then, finally, one of those people adopted her.