Wine & Whiskers Weekend means fun, fashion, food & fur There are fundraisers and there are fun-raisers. Second Chance Humane Society’s 7th Annual Wine & Whiskers Weekend indeed raises funds for a great cause – but it's also more fun than a basket of puppies or...
With all the fervor over the current construction of our new Dog Den we felines, far superior beings to the slobbering obnoxious dogs, have been feeling a bit cast in the shadows. Although cats did get a huge upgrade when Second Chance moved out here...
Second Chance's Wine & Whiskers Weekend takes place Thursday March 20 (opening mixer) & Saturday March 22 (gala) [caption id="attachment_38482" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Spot strutting his stuff at the Telluride AIDS Benefit student fashion show.[/caption] Are dogs a fashion statement? Many would say "yes." And as a dog,...
Soot deposited from a torch lighting the way dated the event to about 26,000 years ago. A boy of about 10 walked alongside a large canid, likely half-dog, half-wolf, inside the Chauvet caves in the Ardeche region in France, the site of some of the...
On World Spay Day, Second Chance Humane Society is offering $110 Spay/Neuter Vouchers [caption id="attachment_38335" align="aligncenter" width="404"] Avalanche[/caption] In its commitment to fighting pet overpopulation, Second Chance Humane Society is not only promoting World Spay Day on Tuesday, February 25, we are also offering an affordable means for spaying...
[caption id="attachment_38133" align="alignright" width="300"] Macho[/caption] For today’s Second Chance Pet Column I wanted to share a great article by Francis Battista, co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society. Her story really resonated with one of my purposes in life: mirroring the people around me. It highlighted one...
[caption id="attachment_37911" align="alignright" width="225"] Felipe[/caption] For those who have not yet heard about the January recall of various jerky pet treats (sold as jerky tenders or strips made of chicken, duck, sweet potatoes and/or dried fruit), we recommend you avoid those treats. Disturbingly, exactly what caused...
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)...
