The following is an article from T H March where a wee Jack Russel called Piper (now Pip) was adopted from Second Chance, Look how well he's done!

Well done Pip from all of us here at Second Chance xx.

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It’s official - we have found our new T H March mascot! Thank you somuch to all the kind dog lovers out there who took the time to enter their wonderful canine companions into our competition. We received entries from far and wide and we genuinely loved all of them! It was a very close-run competition but eventually Pip, a rescue dog from Scotland, emerged as the winner. Pip’s owner, Iona, told us: "We got Pip (Piper) about 18 months ago from the Second Chance rescue kennels in Fife http://www.secondchancekennels.org

They had his picture on their website, as one of their ‘Homeless Hounds’. When we first got him, he’d try and drink tea from your mug! He also couldn’t walk down the stairs. He could climb up but would end up having to roll back down again. It took a few tries to master a slightly more normal technique! My favourite thing about him is the warm, waggy welcome I get when I come home from work. When anyone’s feeling a bit down, Pip will snuggle into them and try and cheer them up. He loves to play and has endless enthusiasm and energy! He and my son enjoy rough and tumble games in the garden and he loves long walks in the countryside too. Everyone thinks their dog is special, but we all love Pip and know how lucky we were to find him."

We’re so happy Pip has finally found his forever home, and with his new career in show business, his future looks brighter than ever! Well done Pip! Our sincerest thanks to all the wonderful owners and their dogs who took part in our ‘Find Tommy’ competition.

Finally got a total for Bark in the Park.

£2830-50p plus wee Ashley's pocket money £8-85 bless, which makes a total of £2839-35.Just had another £196-00 ( thank you Kairyn & Jen) which makes £3035-35. Thanks to all who donated prizes and to everyone who came along on the day.

Thanks to all our volunteers / to all the firms and the public who donated prizes and to everyone and their dogs who came along on the day to support us. Our heartfelt thanks. Here's to next year !!

Well done to Sasha who won Best Second Chance Dog 2015. To say her folks were over the moon was an understatement. Very happy for them. xx

This lovely young lady came along to Bark in the Park with her family, bless her she had saved her pocket money and brought £8-85 along on the day to donate to the dogs. Thank you very much Ashley x

These are the classes for the Dog Show at Bark in the Park on Sunday 26th July at Lochore Meadows Country Park. Lochgelly.

All dogs welcome but mind and bring your human's lol. You will have a great day family day out if you love your dogs !!

You must pick up after your dogs please bags can be had at the caravan. Thank you !!

K107 will be coming along on the day and doing a live broadcast.

Some things that will be happening on the day.

Balloon Race sponsored by Balloons at Hallmark ( thanks to Yvonne and Debbie and their volunteers for the day) What happens you buy a balloon for a pound your name and address go on one part of the balloon, which is kept safely the other part is fixed to the balloon and at the end of Bark in the Park all the balloons are released, its a fantastic sight I love it. We then need to depend on people finding a balloon and sending it in. Yvonne and Debbie are very kindly donating three vouchers to spend in their Hallmark shops in Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline.£100 / £50 /£25.

Terrier racing with Ore Terriers / agility with Kairyn / Fly Ball with Carnegie Canines and The Flying Scots, wee competition going on here. thanks Michelle. Fun Dog show thanks to Sue Forrester who is running this for us this year.Heelwork to music, thanks Barbara, Police dogs thanks to police Scotland and Remus ponies will be along too thanks guys.There will be shows for the children ( thanks Jim ) Lots of stalls.

Frank and myself would like to thank everyone who donated to our " roof fund " we are so grateful.

Gary and " Ned " worked really hard, thank you both so much.This is them up on the roof !!

Lovely surprise this afternoon Hazel and Vic came along with a donation from Spiritual Light Within, thank you all very much it is very much appreciated.

What a lovely couple, we had a chat and a laugh, really lightened up the afternoon, of course the wee lad had his photo taken as well xx xx

Thanks to Keeley, Eden (both P5) and Miss Wood for bringing in some hand knitted blankets for our dogs. Also thanks goes to the rest of the knitting club (including Miss Spence and Mrs Barlow) for all your hard work.

Here are Keeley and Eden getting their picture taken with Roxy xx

Thanks to Michelle and her team at Sky, for raising £91-00 for the kennels, it is very much appreciated. This is her with Wee Alfie and Leo xx.

DOG OWNERS KIRKCALDY AREA FIFE

For now, due to the sheer amount of dogs I am hearing about with the same/similar illness i.e sickness and diarrheoa virus which goes on to aggressively attack all organs and has resulted in serious illness and death please be very careful where you walk your dog. Some cases have been reported after walking at ravenscraig park and west wemyss beach/coastal path along with other areas. This is a horrible virus and wouldn't wish it on any dog.

Remember any signs please contact your vet for advice.

JUST HEARD THAT THE ENVIRONMENT TEAM OF FIFE COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE as are the SSPCA.

We received a visit from Chic's family who handed in a donation from the funeral collection of Charlie Kane for the sum of £170.00. Charlie loved all dogs and had numerous dogs to keep him company throughout his life. Thanks from all at Second Chance Kennels for thinking of us at this difficult time x

Chic's family came back today 1st June with another £120-00 thank you so very much x

Jamie Milam from Fife Flyers came for a visit to get some hands on with our dogs and puppies, as he misses his own dogs back home. So think he had fun walking Mika and Izzy our Spaniel and had lots of cuddles from the puppies.This is Jamie Abbie and of course Wee Alfie.Was nice to meet him xxxx

Michelle please send our sincere thanks to Burns Pet Nutrition Ayrshire for being so kind and donating bags of Burns dog food to us. This is really so very much appreciated and we thank you for thinking of Second Chance Kennels and the dogs love it !!

Thanks to Caroline and all the members who participated in the relay, they raised £200-00 for the kennels very much appreciated guys. x

Another lovely surprise can't believe how kind people are, we received another cheque for £300 from the Broken Lance Club in Thornton we were one of three lucky charity's to benefit Thanks to everyone who helped raise this money it is very much appreciated and we had a lovely night down at the club, took Frank and myself back quite a few years as we used to run the Wells Fargo CW Club in Sylvesters Dunfermline. So anyone looking for Line dancing Thornton hall every second Saturday, who knows we might see you there.

Frank myself wee Alfie and our wonderful volunteers would like to thank everyone who donated Money/ food / toys / treats, over the Christmas period were overwhelmed by your kindness x

Hope you all had a great Christmas and Wish You All A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR all THE VERY best for 2015 xx

Frank myself Wee Alfie and all our wonderful volunteers, would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and and all the very best for 2015. A huge thanks to everyone who has adopted one (or two) of our residents or who have helped in anyway and we look forward to meeting more of you in the New Year.

Kennels will be closed 25th & 26th December and 1st & 2nd January. xx

Stephanie Davies from Fife council visited tday, with lots of goodie's for our residents here at Second Chance. She was in her element. thank you so very much it is so appreciated, of course she had to have a Wee Alfie cuddle.xxx

We would like to thank Bonzo's Dog Shop in Kirkcaldy from Ant and the rest of our residents. Billy very kindly donated some lovely advent calendars from Lily's Kitchen.Here is our wee lad Ant before he went to his lovely new home. xx