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05 Feb Second Chance: Pet Food Recalls & Safety
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 3,600 pets to become...
29 Jan Second Chance: Great Balls of Hair
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...
15 Jan Second Chance: 20 Years of Saving Lives
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) forward with faith and jubilation because fortunately for...
08 Jan Second Chance: How Well Do You Know Your Pets?
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, up from 53.9 from...
01 Jan Second Chance: 2014 Predictions
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 kitty litter snacks for...
25 Dec Second Chance 2.0: George Clooney Is Drooling Again
Kelly Goodin, executive director of Second Chance is taking a well-deserved time out for the Holly Daze. However her column is so popular, we felt her fans, gonzo dog and cat lovers, would miss their weekly fix. Hope this blog about furry friends from the...
18 Dec Second Chance: Why We Love Pets
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 less enthusiastic half of...
11 Dec Second Chance: Aconcagua & the Dog Den
“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 the Seven Summits;...