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07 Jan Second Chance: The Dog Poem
My name is Frankie and I have the honor of writing the first Pet Column of 2015. (The downside of that is that only homeless pets get to write this column and I would much rather have a home.) The Pet Column format is broad. Each...
31 Dec Second Chance: 20 Great Years & 2015 Glance
The year 2014 was another notable one for Second Chance Humane Society, marking our 20 year anniversary and highlighting how far we have come. Twenty years ago there were no resources available for homeless pets in our region, while today homeless pets are truly provided with a second...
24 Dec Second Chance: The Night before Dog-mas
Greetings readers, my name is Bullet (because I will steal your heart as fast as a speeding bullet) and I am looking for a home for the Holidays. To help make this happen faster, Second Chance is offering half-priced adoptions now through the end of the year....
17 Dec Second Chance: Homes for the Holidays?
G’day mate! I’m Comet and I’m an Australian cattle dog or, as many people around here call us, a Blue Heeler. I’m six months young and although petite for a typical blue heeler, what I lack in size I more than make up for in...
10 Dec CNN’s Hero of the Year: Proving Second Chance Right
We simply could not overlook the coincidence. Timing is everything: this week’s Second Chance column is all about “Pet Parenting for More Meaningful Living” and talks about the profound, often life-changing, life-enhancing bond between humans and their pets. Between soldiers and strays formed during war? That’s the...
10 Dec Second Chance: Pet Parenting for More Meaningful Living
Pets make us more human. That is the simple reason why we include them in our lives. It is not a practical or a tangible reason and in fact it defies logic. When you think about the commitment, the responsibility, the financial costs, etc. of...
03 Dec Second Chance: Lean Pets for Longer Lives
In my experience, most Western slope dogs are “fit.” They walk, run, swim, bike, ski and hike with their owners. They have great circulatory systems, well-toned muscles and admirable respiratory capacity. However, there is a myth circulating about that as long as pets get lots...
19 Nov Second Chance: November, Adopt a Senior Pet Month
November Is Adopt-A-Senior-Pet Month. As one of the more mature residents at SCHS, I would like to tell you all the great reasons everyone should consider giving a senior like me a home. I am JennyLee and while a spry 5 years young, you might think I was...