Second Chance Mushers Rescue/Sanctuary

01/05/2026

01/04/2026

I saw a cardinal on the day of winter solstice and then I saw this gentleman here on New Year’s Day. I know people comment that they’re happy to see I’ve moved on from what my neighbor did but the truth is I never will. It’s still torments me daily, I feel sick every glance I have towards his home, and the more I find out about the type of person he is, the worse I feel that his face was the last thing Shiloh saw. If you want to read what happened to Shiloh it is on the link below. https://www.secondchancemushersrescue.com/never-forget-shiloh.html

01/04/2026

People ask, what do I do with the dog💩 in the winter time.

Well, Amazon had this wonderful deal of getting three different colored sleds, so I grabbed them.

The green sled is so that I can have fun with the dogs.
The blue sled is to haul wood and dog food inside.
The sliver of the red sled that you see in the bottom, left corner of this photo is the dog 💩sled.

There’s too much snow involved when picking up p**p right now. I’d be filling up garbage bags 3/4 full of snow. I would also be filling about 5 to 6 bags per day which I can’t do. Nursing has destroyed my back already so heaving that much weight daily won’t do any good.

I load it onto the red sled and haul it outside the fenced in yard and I just create a mountain throughout the winter.

Come spring time all that snow will melt, and I will be able to remove it and haul it out into the woods. I load it up into the back of my wagon and use the lawnmower to get it to the woods. The lawnmower will not get through the snow right now, which is why I’m not hauling it to the woods.

Come spring I will be using the wagon through out the yard picking up all the surprises hidden under the snow and just haul it all away.

It is a daily activity to pick up here with this many dogs. This has been my easiest solution over the years and it works for us.

Before anyone wants to get their panties in a bunch about a photo, that is fireplace Ash behind the green sled. Bottom right corner is my fireplace bucket.

01/04/2026

Thank you to our GFL driver 💜🐾

01/04/2026

The sounds of impatient Maverick aka Mavie when getting their dinner around. The sounds he makes are that of a seal mixed with a chainsaw 🤣

01/02/2026

The next Pup I’d like to introduce is Dobby the House Husky aka Dobby Dobberoni.

Dobby also came to me from another rescue as his time was up. He came to me in January 2024 and he was estimated to be around three years old. He had a severe limp to the back right leg, which after investigation at our vet clinic he had a torn CCL as well as a shredded meniscus. He had the TPLO surgery on that back right leg a few months after he arrived and within the next year, if he tore the left side CCL. So, Dobby has had two TPLO surgery’s 🤦🏻‍♀️

He became known as the house husky because he was consistently stealing my socks, and I would find them all over the yard come spring time when the snow would melt. At least 20 pairs easily 🤣

He did pass a test at the rescue he was at which was going to allow him to be adopted, but he still had some resource guarding issues. So, with the limp and behavioral quirk, nobody adopted him and his time was up.

I remember meeting his rescue near Grand Rapids (we split the Transport), he growled at me while the lady was walking him on the leash, and then he growled at me again in his crate when I had to get gas to get home. I thought, “well son of a biscuit! He’s a terror!”

His first TPLO surgery he was terrifying. The amount of aggression he had towards myself as well as the vet clinic staff after surgery was alarming. Dobby didn’t really know me as he’d only been with me a few short months. My reassurance brought him nothing. He had the same repeated behavior the next time he had the left leg done just not as severe.

Dobby is a hoarder. He finds things that I can’t even believe he finds to guard them. He is excellent at backing off but high priority items do require the safety of a broom to get them back. That meaning, I pin the object down with the broom and I wait until Dobby backs away. Now, don’t take this the wrong way, it is not every object. Most he gives back. Again, I cannot “fix” every behavior they have but Dobby has come at a very long way with his guarding of items since arriving.

Also, Dobby doesn’t run on the team. Placing a harness on him is extremely triggering. Even muzzling him for safety it causes him severe anxiety hence why he doesn’t run on the team. I try each year to de-sensitize him to the harness but, Dobby has said no and I need to respect that.

Thanks for always loving on the cheesehead 💜🐾 I do love the big lug.

01/02/2026

While thrifting for blankets for the Pups today, I found a great spartan sweatshirt and I thought yup…I don’t buy myself anything…ever. Didn’t even get in the house before they stole it from my truck 🤦🏻‍♀️

01/02/2026

Pups needed some blankets 💜🐾
Headed to Goodwill and also scored 2 inflatable dog collars. One pomsky terror size an one any dog but Frey, Frey size 🤣

01/02/2026

Working from home with Da Quinnie is a nightmare!

“Look at me! Mom! Mom! Stop working. You work all night! Mom!”

01/01/2026

“Hi, everyone! It’s Dobby Dobberoni the House Husky. I want to say thank you to Heather for sending us goodies from our wishlist. We also got some amazing food too from our Chewy Wishlist. She gotta feed 37 of us so we eat a lot 😳. Mom said she have a few more boxes to open but she working and didn’t have a moment so she sorry! Hopefully my beautiful face will do for now 🐾💜”