We host mission driven community events year round, scroll below to see what's next.
5th Annual Bow Wow Film Festival - Sunday July 21st
Don't miss this premiere event kicking off the nationwide tour:
- Bow Wow Film Festival - which celebrates, educates & inspires all things doggie via the art of short film!
- Stellar silent & live auctions
- Yappy Hour with Nibbles & Cash Bar
Your financial support of this fundraiser helps achieve our mission of Saving Lives and Promoting the Human-Animal Bond!
Memorial Gardens & Equine Empowerment
If you missed this event please come by and see the Memorial Gardens during our public hours (Tuesday through Sunday 11AM - 6 PM). It is a beautiful space and we want our whole community to experience it.
Learn more about our Memorial Garden or Equine Empowerment.
It is not too late to create a lasting remembrance to your faithfully departed pets (or loved ones who were dedicated to their pets). Engraved plaques and granite markers for placement in the garden are available all year.
We are excited to Announce the Winners of the 2nd Annual Furry Flicks & Fashion Amateur Photo Contest
Third Place - Most Creative: "Crash Course" by Alissa Crandall
First Place - Best Representation of the Human-Animal Bond: "Yin Yang" by Iva Jahlichkova
Second Place - Most Artistic: "Patience & Trust" by Rebekah Rogers
Second Chance's Touring Art Sale
Paws for Art is a touring sale of the best artwork donations to our Thrift Shops. This allows art collectors, or those just looking for something new for their homes, a better opportunity to view these amazing pieces. It also allows us to get better prices for these donations - which go directly toward our life saving animal welfare programs and services.
Paws for Art is always seeking a new venues to take its traveling art sale of donated art. Contact us if you would like to host this life-saving fundraiser of fabulous art at fabulous prices!
Giving Great Art & Homeless Pets a Second Chance...
Second Chance Featured on Animal Planet's Dr. Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet
1.3 million people nationwide were able to take a look at some of Second Chance Humane Society’s outreach services when the most watched series on the Animal Planet Channel, Dr. Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet, partnered with Second Chance to provide free spay-neuter and medical clinics in Nucla and Ridgway. The episodes (links below) aired this past summer.
78 pets went through the spay/neuter clinics and additional pets also received special medical care (from pulling rotten teeth to removing masses and treating ear infections). All services were provided free of charge with the exception of a $5 charge for vaccinations.
It was a pleasure to work with this team of veterinarians who clearly embrace an incredible passion for saving lives through spay/neuter programming.
View Episode 1 View Episode 2
Thank you for a Successful 2nd Annual Furry Flicks & Fashion!
Featuring:
- Bow Wow Film Festival - which celebrates, educates & inspires all things doggie via the art of short film!
- Furry Fashion Show - starring Second Chance shelter dogs modeling the latest fashion trends from Chow Down Pet Supplies
- Stellar silent & live auctions
- Second annual amateur photo contest
- Yappy Hour with Nibbles & Cash Bar
Your financial support of this fundraiser helps achieve our mission of Saving Lives and Promoting the Human-Animal Bond!
Click here to Watch the Bow Wow Films Trailer
Event Sponsor Auction DonorSome of our animals
Recent Pet Columns
The Pet Parenting Philosophy
My name is Bailey, an energetic one year young homeless Heelixer (Heeler mix) puppy. Today I write about what it really means when you make a decision to bring a pet into your life. I don’t want to preach but I do want to promote the pet parenting philosophy that my friends here at Second Chance Humane Society believe in. They agree with me that if this philosophy were embraced by all there would no longer be a need for animal shelters.
Kids & Kittens
Kitten season has arrived here at Second Chance, yay for kids who love kittens! And yay for me because Second Chance has reduced their kitten adoption fees as there are so many of us here! While we wait to be adopted we are receiving lots of kid visits. Kids love kittens but sometimes they love us too much. So I wrote some guidelines to help you teach your child that kittens are not toys but fragile creatures that can become injured by a curious well-meaning child that wants to hug tiny bodies and tug cute tails and ears.
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