Second Chance Salem Information

Second Chance Salem has many wonderful volunteers but here is a little bit about my skill set and background. I have been working in and around shelter/rescue work for about 25 years (some time off for child rearing). I have worked in Humane Societies in California and Oregon. I have been employed by them as everything from Spay and Neuter Receptionist to Adoptions Counselor to Euthanasia Technician. I have fostered for multiple rescues and worked with countless dog trainers. In my current volunteer position with Second Chance Salem, I wear many hats and work closely with many people. I am a very hands on person and I take this work seriously. I am especially fond of giant breeds, pitties, and terriers. My son has a special skill with Dachshunds and my daughter prefers to work with the bigger dogs. I walk my dogs on lead and practice basic obedience and finer house manners on all my dogs every day. I have a number of my own dogs in a very balanced pack. All of my dogs are crate trained house dogs with supervised access to a large securely fenced backyard. Our rescue dogs live in homes with families, dogs, cats and kids. We have about a dozen foster families we work with. All have undergone our application process (home visits etc.) and all are required to work with their foster dogs through obedience and training, housebreaking, etc. All have different strengths and specialties. SCS like many rescues has limited resources so in order to make the best use of the ones we do have, we are very careful about the dogs we take. We do not believe in passing them around from rescue to rescue. We take dogs that we think we can help and that we have room, time and financial medical support for. All dogs are evaluated for temperament, fully vetted, vaccinated and spayed/neutered (no dog leaves us unaltered). A dog will be in rescue with us a minimum of ten days and even rarely 9 months. The typical time a dog is with SCS before they are adopted, is 6-10 weeks. All of our adopters are required to fill out our online ...