Did you know that 391 Pet Columns have been pawed since the Second Chance adoptable pets began taking to animal-journalism to educate people about the joys and responsibilities, as well as the pertinent and not so pertinent aspects of pet parenting? That all started about...
[caption id="attachment_37319" align="alignright" width="268"] Molly, by Andrew Grant, for the third edition of "Rover," a book and initiative to rescue "rescues."[/caption] In the run-up to the Big Event at The Peaks, a casting call on Wednesday, January 22, for inclusion in the third edition of Andrew...
[caption id="attachment_37273" align="alignright" width="272"] Puppy SIREN needs a home[/caption] My name is Siren (and not because I sound like one). I am a homeless dog – bleh. At only four months old, I was kind of expecting more out of life. But, I am bouncing (literally)...
[caption id="attachment_37105" align="alignright" width="291"] Lolita[/caption] The pet industry is booming. Home-cooked specialty meals, afternoons at the spa, bling collars, green built dog houses, people are creating lives of luxury for their pets. In fact the U.S. pet industry has reported overall sales at $55 billion dollars,...
[caption id="attachment_36994" align="alignright" width="300"] Ladybug[/caption] The first Second Chance Pet Column of 2013 promoted making positive and empowering resolutions – as opposed to resolving to NOT doing something, which rhymes with just setting yourself up for failure: for example, last year Boris resolved "I will not eat...
[caption id="attachment_36840" align="alignright" width="300"] Dogs given celebrity names at shelters in the hopes of attracting adopters include, clockwise from top left: Connie Britton, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Bill Murray, Cat Deeley, Rod Stewart, Diane Sawyer and James Earl Jones. (From The New York Times article...
[caption id="attachment_36665" align="alignright" width="200"] Boris[/caption] Recently, here at the Second Chance Shelter, a nice couple was checking out the other adoptable cats. And we, well, we were all were preening and purring and secretly crossing our toes hoping to be The Chosen One. I heard the...
[caption id="attachment_36529" align="alignright" width="199"] Shay[/caption] “The Hills are Alive….With the Sound of Muuuusic…!” My favorite song from my favorite movie musical, "The Sound of Music" and the first thing that entered my head when I heard about the dude climbing the BIG mountain in Argentina (Aconcagua, one of...
As is always the case during the holidays, adoptions have slowed down significantly at Second Chance Humane Society. Understandably, people don’t consider this busy season a good time to adopt a pet because they are on the go or traveling. But I am writing today...
[caption id="attachment_36188" align="alignright" width="200"] FOX[/caption] A recent survey, conducted by Best Friends Animal Society, the Utah sanctuary that's one of the leaders in the no-kill movement, shed light on pet owners' attitudes toward the sources of pets. The study focused on people 18 to 34 years old...
