Animal Welfare United States Project #51759

Keep 250 Pets Out of Shelters

by Second Chance Animal Services, Inc.

Project Report | Jun 25, 2025
Thank You for Helping Joey

By Diane Tillotson | Marketing Director

Joey

Joey’s family faced a terrifying emergency. Their beloved pup had vomited up three rocks and was still very sick. Fearing another rock was stuck, they rushed him to an emergency clinic, but the cost of care was out of reach. Desperate to save their beloved pup, they turned to Second Chance. All Second Chance Community Veterinary Hospitals offer affordable care to everyone and those that qualify can receive additional subsidies to ensure access to care for all.

Within hours, Joey was in surgery at our hospital. Our team removed a large rock lodged in his small intestine.

Thanks to affordable, accessible veterinary care, Joey is on the road to recovery and back home where he belongs—safe, loved, and healthy.

Your support makes stories like Joey’s possible. Together, we keep pets and their people together. Thank you!

The rock that doctors removed to save him

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