Second Chance for Homeless Pets - Salt Lake City, Utah

Carrie Williams

I love this place! They are a small overflow no-kill shelter which means they help other shelters in the area minimize overcrowding. It is astounding what they accomplish with a staff of only 3 people and a handful of volunteers. I started volunteering here about 6 months ago and they are very flexible with their shifts. If you are thinking about helping with pets, this is a great place to get involved. You can spend time with the animals but also help with a million other operation things that always need to be done. Volunteering behind the scenes I see how much they care and the work required just to operate a small rescue like this. Daily cleaning of all the animal spaces. Daily cleaning of everything else. Daily feeding and scooping poop and changing litter and washing bowls and sanitizing everything all the time! And they run a vaccination clinic!
If you are thinking of volunteering, do it here. If you are thinking of adopting, do it here. If you are thinking of donating to an animal rescue organization, do it here. (They are too small to qualify for many of the animal welfare grants available.) This place is great and worthy of your time!

Whitney Hancock

First time visiting, and I walked out with a puppy.
Knowledgeable, friendly staff who were happy to answer all my questions.
My fiance and I have a dog at home. They offered us the opportunity to bring our dog there to see how he would do with a puppy.

Upon purchase, they gifted us the same dog food our puppy had been eating. They told us to mix it with the food we wanted to start her on to help her stomach.

Puppy was up to date on shots. I do have to take her back for another one soon, which is discounted and administered by the certified veterinarian there.

Overall, I had a wonderful experience and would buy a puppy and/or older dog from there again.

Kay Tomlinson

I am shocked that I didn't rate this awesome shelter before this. We adopted our dog, Sassy, 2.5 years ago from them. Highly recommend!! They are so very dedicated to all of their animals. When we were looking for a dog, they were the most knowledgeable about each dog that was in their care. I really appreciated that when we did adopt a dog from them, that they took the time to talk to me about what to expect with my particular new dog. They even gave us a free bag of dog food to help with the transition to whatever brand of dog food we had at home.

Jennifer Coburn

Was a great experience. I was greeted & checked in, they have great alternatives to rawhide chew bones and best of all my pup didn’t flinch or even feel his combo vac shots because the tech was so gentle and quick- will be making a donation and purchase soon! Thank you

Angelica Granja

Staff is absolutely helpful and nice, they gave me a great guidance when I adopted this cutie. Even after his adoption, I called them again with some questions, and they were very helpful 🙂
We are going to be forever thankful to Second Chance for Homeless Pets for allowing us to meet this little guy. Utah is part of our family and he has brought so much love and joy to our lives.
I highly recommend this place if you are considering to rescue a pet, you won't regret it!

Korinne Mortensen

I have only the greatest things to say about this shelter. My husband and I adopted a dog from them in January. His name at the shelter was Ken, but we named him Mac. With how many dogs you have you probably don't remember him, but he had SO much energy when we met him and decided to adopt him knowing he would be a handful and difficult. As soon as we adopted him it's almost like he knew we were his people and always would be. He ended up being the easiest dog in the world to train. He was potty trained within a week, crate trained super easily, and was trained off leash the first 24 hours. He now hikes peaks with us, backpacks and camps with us, mountain bikes with us, etc. He has traveled with us to Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Canada, all over Utah. He's our perfect dog. For all the energy he has as soon as he's around children he becomes the calmest dog you've ever met. I am eternally grateful for Second Chance for Homeless Pets for saving our Mac. I'm hoping to find some time to volunteer here to repay them for what they've done for us. They take care of everything for you; neutering, vaccinations, microchipping, etc.

Victoria Stern

We came just to "look" and found a puppy that was everything I wanted...next day I came back to get him haha 🙂 The woman who helped me, who is also the owner I believe, was so amazing. We came kind of late, 45 mins before they closed, and she was patient and did not make us feel rushed. I definitely recommend coming here for your next furry friend!!

Pat Newhouse

We were looking for a kitty after our 17 year old Maltese dog passed away. We discovered Sacond Chance Homeless Pets online and went to check out their cats and found a black and white kitty named Stone. We were ready to take him home but ran into a snag when we were informed that he was under quarantine for 14 days because he bit the person who was attempting to give him a rabies shot. So we anxiously waited the 14 days and came back and adopted Stone. He has turned out to be a delightful and very loving cat and the best part is he doesn't shed! Thanks to the folks at Second Chance for the great care they take with their cats.