This past week, Second Chance Pet Network delivered another 135lbs. of dog and cat food to the local food bank. We are now over 1100lbs in total that we have delivered to the food bank for those in need. Another big thank you to those that have donated food, Canadian Tire and Extra foods monies.

 Friday was our first ever open house at 2nd chance pet network and by the number of children and adults coming in, it was a success.  Thanks to Candace and all the young volunteers for their work and to those that made a food donation.

On another front, we have had a number of puppies come to us. The first batch of 5 were adopted in less than a week. We now have 8 puppies we received from the Siuox Lookout area. 10 puppies were actually born and found under someone’s porch. The tennant  shot the mother(not his dog) and left the puppies to die. The finder kept 2 of the pups and we have the other 8. I’m not sure how someone can do this! All the pups are in the back of our outlet until they are healthy enough to be adopted. Hopefully in 3-4 weeks.

We have also started a Build a Shelter Brick by Brick campaign. Donations of $25 per brick are then placed on our campaign board in the outlet. They can also be purchased as birthday/christmas presents and a ‘donor card’ would be made up to be given to that individual. We are hoping that in the future we can have our own building to keep all the cats and dogs we receive.

To everyone that have pets, please remember to spay/neuter them so that no unwanted pets are born. We have from kittens to Tina, an 8-year old cat all waiting to be adopted, so if you are still looking, drop in and you may find a cat you can’t resist to give a home to.

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…..MEET BERT

Every so often I will be giving a short story, history that we know,  about one of our older cats that desperately needs a forever home.

So this week, meet Bert.  He is about a 2 year old all white cat brought to us by pet control. We ended up fostering this cat in our home for about 3 months until he was brought to the outlet so people can view all our cats.  We seem to think that he was an abused young cat. He would hide in the back of the kennel under a big cushion. Wound up into a tight ball, he would shake if you tried to pet him. After a couple of weeks of talking to him, spending time in the kennel with, he started to come around. 3-4 weeks later you would not know it was the same cat. He loves to sit in your lap and have his head and neck scratched, purring all the time. Sudden movements and loud noises still make him jumpy though.  He needs to be in a home where he is the only cat, as he does not like other cats at all. Found that out the hard way as we do have a cat. Maybe he could come around, I’m not sure. He tolerates bigger dogs and would play with our small dog. I’ve noticed at the outlet that he seems to be quite lonely so I hope someone reading this will adopt him.

If you would like to adopt Bert, or any of the other cats or kittens we have, please come down to the 2nd Chance Pet Network store beside Triple F to view them. Anne at Triple F can also be phoned at 807-223-3335

 Just over $300 was raised in the 2nd Chance Pet Network’s first ever bottle drive this past weekend. A big thank you to everyone that donated, and to Candace for all her hard work. We will have  both a continuing bottle drive and ‘garage sale’ at the outlet beside Triple F. If you haven’t yet, drop by and see all our cats/kittens available for adoption.

Inside 2nd Chance

Candace and a load of bottles

The 2nd chance pet network outlet beside Triple F is now open. The hours are 10-4 Monday to Saturday,  so drop by and see all the cats in their kennels. Hopefully with the cats in one place we can find a home for all of them. A continuous ‘garage’ sale is on so anyone with something to give please drop it off at the store. Donations of all kinds are graciuosly accepted. We are also looking for volunteers to man the store. If you can even spend a couple of hours please drop by and see Candace. Please remember that the animals can’t do what we can, to make their lives better. What they give us in return is their undenying love and affection and you can’t ask for more.

As of this week we will have all the animals for adoption in the store beside Triple F  till at least the New Year. The times of operation etc, will depend upon the number of volunteers we can get to man the facility. Right now we are thinking of 10-4 during the week, all day Saturday and closed on Sunday. The actual date of opening will be soon so we’ll keep you posted.

by Don Compardo