Second Chance's Jetta licked together this purple, yellow, and turquoise masterpiece with love! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Jetta, a 1-year-old sweet and spirited girl, is an energetic dynamo and absolute delight with a heart full of love and a wagging tail that never quits. Unfortunately, she was also heartworm-positive when we rescued her from a county shelter in June and is currently undergoing treatment to get her back to top form. She thrives on socializing with other dogs and is always up for a romp in the park or a game of chase in the backyard.

This purple, pink, yellow, and blue painting was licked with love by Second Chance's Strawberry Jam and Glitch. Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Glitch is a social butterfly and loves to be around people. He is the life of the party. Like all kittens he loves to play. You will almost always find him chasing a toy around the room or wrestling with one of his roommates. He is also very cuddly and enjoys being held, and because of all this it should come as no surprise he was officially adopted on 9/11/2023!

Strawberry Jam is 8 months old and has had quite the life so far. She was found with a huge wound on her abdomen. It went all the way across her belly and was extremely infected. The nice people who found her took her to the vet, who could tell she wanted to fight. Second Chance agreed to take her, help her heal, and find a forever home, but she was extremely underweight, and it would be several months of antibiotics and monitoring. Strawberry Jam was determined to show us her little body was strong enough. She slowly started to put on weight, her belly healed, and her fur started to grow back. She is one of the sweetest kittens ever, and is now in her fur-ever home after having been adopted on 9/11/2023--with Glitch!

Perhaps inspired by her own name, Acorn licked a beautiful painting with a fall-inspired motif. Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Acorn evaded capture for many months while living at a local dump; she would hide all day and eat garbage at night to survive. She and the rest of her pack, who were essentially feral, had been shot at, so it's no wonder they feared people. She and others were ultimately caught and now she's working on her social skills at Second Chance!

This lick painting masterpiece was truly a group effort, as Albie, Ralphie, Arwin, Claira, Diego, and Coconut all worked together! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Siblings Albie, Ralphie, Arwin, and Claira were pulled from a shelter 4/27/23 as 3-week-old bottle-feeding kittens.

Diego was rescued as a stray 6/3/23 as a 6-week-old kitten, and Coconut was rescued from a shelter 7/31/23 as a 4-month-old kitten.

Ariel licked this bright, symmetrical beauty with energy and excitement! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Surrendered in June, Ariel and three other grown dogs were living in an F150 truck with her owner, who had lost his job and home. After Ariel gave birth, her owner brought Ariel and the SEVEN puppies she'd been hiding under one of the seats into Second Chance for help. He had had her for five years and was heartbroken to leave her, yet knew it was for the best. Ariel, a sweet, affectionate girl, is now looking for a new forever home.

Barrie is the artist behind this colorful and chaotic meow-sterpiece! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

At just over 2 years old, Barrie joined the Second Chance family after one of our volunteers brought him in after seeing him hanging around her house. He really didn't seem to want to be an outside cat anymore and wanted a loving family of his own. While a little nervous in new places, Barrie warmed up with the help of toys, and he absolutely loved to nap in the window and was the first to greet you at the door after a long day of work! He found his fur-ever family and was officially adopted on 9/13/2023!

Colman is the enthusiastic licker behind this paw-sterpiece! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Back in 2015, Colman's mom was one of seven dogs in her household and had a little too much fun with the fellas, so after we rescued her, Colman and his littermates were born into our program. Colman was quickly adopted and had been happily home all these years... until Mom and Dad had a new baby and Colman decided their baby was HIS baby. He guarded the kiddo from the parents, so they had to surrender him back to us in November 2022. He is an energetic 7-year-old boy who loves to play in a fenced-in backyard with a tennis ball, which is one of his favorite toys. Although he can be shy at first, if you throw a tennis ball, he will quickly become your best friend, and even though he loves to play, he can also be known to be a cuddle-bug and loves lazy days around the house.

Hooch Jr. put all his heart behind this heart-shaped painting. Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

We rescued this guy from a county shelter in August and now he's awaiting his forever home! Could it be with you? He's at the event; find him in a tux!

Nacho and Chadwick put in some brotherly love for this gorgeous abstract painting. Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Nacho (the orange fellow) was surrendered along with Chadwick in April and is looking for a place to call his forever home. He is a very sweet and cuddly 1-year-old boy; while he's not the most outgoing of kitties, he is the biggest baby and loves to be held and cuddled and would be a great work from home buddy. He does great with other cats, but would LOVE to be adopted with Chadwick!

Chadwick (dapper black dude), surrendered with Nacho, is a very sweet and cuddly 1-year-old boy; he is the most outgoing of the duo and loves to play, with catnip mice being his favorite. He is very affectionate and does great with other cats, but would LOVE to be adopted with his brother, Nacho!

The fabulous Feather put together this dramatic work of art! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Feather was rescued along with others from someone who could no longer care for the sheer volume of dogs they had. They had used Feather for breeding and had her living outside. Now she's enjoying all the comforts of foster care and will ultimately find a loving family to call her own for all of her days (and will never have to give birth again)!

The delicateness with which Penny licked this painting is almost as delicate as the painting's design itself! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Penny, now about 1.5 years old, was rescued along with her siblings as kittens when they were just a few weeks old. While it's not uncommon for kittens to get sick when they've been homeless, Penny got REALLY sick and had an extra-long recovery. Thankfully, she was able to recover in the comfort of a foster home, and now that she's all better, she found her fur-ever family and was adopted on 9/1/2023!

Nilla Wafer has a personality as bold as this beautiful painting she licked together! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Little Miss Nilla Wafer has been through so much in her short life! Less than a year old, she and her canine family were found abandoned in a home; animal control authorities brought them all to the shelter, and one by one, they got their freedom rides--until Nilla was the last one there. We rescued her in March and then she promptly got VERY sick with parvo. Thankfully she made a full recovery in the hospital and now she's a little fireball! As a puppy, Nilla is still a mouthy girl with very little sense of personal space, so she jives best with other young, playful dogs and cats who know how to put her in her place. She is, however, fully crate-trained (quiet as a church mouse) and learning more things every day!

Peach licked this painting about as sweetly - but with gusto! - as her name implies! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

In February 2022, Peach was found running stray with another dog in Oxford. She was taken to a rural county shelter and while she appeared healthy from the outside, it turned out that she also had heartworm disease, which could cost around $1,000 to treat. By late June 2022, no one had adopted Peach, so we rescued her from the shelter and enrolled her in our Heeling Hearts program, through which we cure dogs of potentially-fatal heartworms and place them for adoption at no additional cost to the adopters. Now healthy, Peach is an absolute gem, radiating elegance and charm wherever she goes. At 4 years old, she adores car rides and leisurely walks, and while she revels in moments of independent play with her beloved toys, her true desire is to be close to her humans whenever she's at home.

This little lady needs no introduction--we couldn't leave out the Second Chance mascot, miss Chiquita Banana! And yes, she DID paint a tropical banana! Click "Show Video" to see the making-of!

Many of you know Chiquita, Second Chance's resident "lobby cat" who greets everyone at the door. This sassy senior gal rules the roost and isn't afraid to show you how she feels, especially when she's in the mood for extra rubs and head pets. Having lived at the center for 9 years, she was adopted out as a kitten and then came back to us when her owner passed away, and has been with us ever since. I think she would say she belongs to Second Chance just as much as Second Chance belongs to her, and the staff and volunteers wouldn't have it any other way!