The Second Chance staff and volunteers are running around like manic bobbleheads this week murmuring words like “whine (or is it wine?),” “whiskers,” “auction,” and “fashion” instead of “sit” and “stay.” I am not sure what is going on but they are saying it is all being done for...
My name is Hercules, a homeless pet here at Second Chance and a student of the Second Chance Enrichment Program. Many people are unfamiliar with this program, unique to our area and to animal welfare in general, so I wanted to introduce it in this...
Dear Pet Column, We are a group of Telluride Middle School students who have chosen Second Chance as the nonprofit organization we want to support through our service learning project. We really connect to the part of your mission that promotes the human-animal bond and wrote...
Dear Pet Column, I was trying to clip my dog’s toenails and clipped too short and caused some heavy bleeding. I panicked and despite the very late hour, called my veterinarian who was not happy because the situation turned was really not a late-night emergency. So I need...
Dear Pet Column, My dog gets kind of freaked out whenever I have to leave him – what can I do to get him to chill out and know I will be back? - Anxious Doggie Daddy [caption id="attachment_48640" align="aligncenter" width="367"] Eva[/caption] Dear Anxious, Despite being a recent author...
Dear Pet Column, can you recommend some good Valentine gift ideas for my animal loving boyfriend? - Sincerely, Drifty Gifty [caption id="attachment_48516" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Mae West[/caption] Hi Drifty, Ahhhh, Valentine’s Day the perfect day for snuggling, petting, kissing, and purring – but really so is every day. I...
Telluride is obsessed with its pets. Our four-legged friends are treated like members of the family. And Second Chance Humane Society, a no-kill shelter based in Ridgway, gets major support through this community at its Thrift Shop and then some. (Second Chance also posts weekly...
I was asked to be in charge of the Second Chance Pet Column today. And I was like, “Cool, does it taste good?” Then I learned that sadly you don’t eat a column, you have to punch little keys with your paws to make words… Sigh. But...
Among the pet lovers in America, the world seems to divide between dog people and cat people – with dog people outnumbering cat people. And that is an issue since there are more homeless cats than dogs in the country. Thus, my interest in authoring today’s Second Chance...
I love puppies. I love their roly-poly little bodies, their teeny, tiny, waving tails, and their milky sweet puppy breath. So seeing them in the Critical Care Unit at CSU when I did my clinical rotation always made my gut hurt. There were only two...
