News & Events

Below is our latest news and the events which are planned at the moment. These events are a very important part of our charity. All monies raised go directly towards the upkeep of the dogs and helps to ensure that the Second Chance Kennels are maintained adequately for the job. We hold regular fundraising events and always welcome new ideas and/or helpers. If you think you can help in any way with our events, please contact us.

A big thank you Katie >>

Posted: Sat 22nd March, 2008 This is Katie who decided last night she was bored so she made cakes ect and sold them to her neighbours Then collected towels and brought toys / leads for the dogs. She raised £25-00 for us. Well done Katie thank you very much for thinking of Second Chance.

We are so grateful to this young girl >>

Posted: Wed 19th March, 2008 Well done and many thanks to this young lady who raised £25-00 to help with the dogs at the kennels. Much appreciated.

Thankyou very much Hannah >>

Posted: Sun 2nd March, 2008 This young lady Hannah Barretto from Dunnikier Primary school, wanted to help the dogs at the kennels and came up with the idea of selling tablet ect: Hannah also made book marks to sell.She raised £39-26p. and spent some money on dog food and the favourite doggy treats pigs ears. She brought them and the rest of the money to Second Chance this morning the 2nd March. Thank you so much Hannah it is really appreciated by all at the kennels especially the pigs ears the dogs will love them.

Dalgety Bay Sailing Club >>

Posted: Sat 19th January, 2008 On Christmas Eve, Dalgety Bay Sailing Club had carol singing. Sandy McPhail took his Husky's along and raised £180-00 for Second Chance. Thanks very much everyone it really is appreciated.

The Scottish Rottweiler Club donate £136.05 >>

Posted: Fri 21st December, 2007 This is Margaret Thomson on the right and Joyce from The Scottish Rottweiler Club.Sharon Brown organized a fun day and the club has very kindly donated £136-05 to us. This is much appreciated and thank you very much. When the girls arrived this morning we had two Rotties at the kennels, one was Haley who has been in her home for a while and whose owner has just adopted Tyson ( now Tyler) This is Margaret and Joyce having just handed over the cheque, getting a Rottie fix.Joyce and Margaret also hold a training class in Dundee and the club members have been very kind in donating food / treats /toys / beds ect:: for our residents here at Second Chance.We feel very humble to think at such a busy time of year people still take the time to help the less fortunate dogs.

Thank you Inverkeithing High School >>

Posted: Fri 5th October, 2007 Inverkeithing High School very kindly donated £500-00 to the kennels we would like to thank most sincerely all staff and pupils.

Thank You and Well Done Kevan and Mhairi >>

Posted: Fri 5th October, 2007 Our heartfelt thanks go to Mhairi's family. This is Kevan her husband and wee Mhairi her daughter. They did a 25 mile sponsored cycle run in Dundee and raised… wait for it… £703! It was one of the few hot days we had so very well done!

Thank you Aileen and Brian >>

Posted: Sun 19th August, 2007 This is Aileen & Brian with Skye (Westie) and Harris (Westie mix), both Second Chance dogs. It was Aileen's birthday recently and they had a barbeque to celebrate. Fantastic news is she raised £202, of which half came to Second Chance and the rest went to breast cancer. Well done to you both and thank you, it is really appreciated!

Thank you Mr Howell and Jane >>

Posted: Sun 19th August, 2007 Mr Howell and his daughter Jane have been saving all their pennies and there was the fantastic sum of £130.67p We would like to thank you very much to both of them! P.S. Isn't Benji looking great?!

Bark in the Park - Pics Now Online! >>

Posted: Sun 12th August, 2007 Check out all the Bark in the Park 2007 photos (you may even spot yourself in one of them!) We would like to say thanks again to everyone who made the day the great success that it was and we look forward to seeing you next year!

Bark in the Park >>

Posted: Mon 6th August, 2007 We would like to send out a big thank you to our sponsors Wiltravel, Speedysnaps, Barking Mad and to all the firms ect who kindly donated raffle prizes and everyone who came along and made Bark in the Park such a brilliant success! (Even the weather stayed nice for us!) Keep an eye on the site for piccies from the day, you never know, you may spot yourself in one of them!

Thank you to Carol & Hugh McLelland >>

Posted: Thu 26th July, 2007 We'd like to say a sincere thanks to Carol & Hugh McLelland from Edinburgh who very kindly donated £500 to the kennels in memory of Hugh's late mum Joyce. Joyce adored dogs, especially Border Collies.

Thanks to Fiona and all at Tranquility, Freuchie >>

Posted: Thu 26th July, 2007 We'd like to say a big thank you to Fiona of Tranquility (Restaurant in Freuchie garden centre). The food is excellent there, in fact the highlight of the week is our Sunday roast there! Fiona has a collection tin in place for Second Chance and we'd would like to thank everyone who has donated this month, there was £82.47 in the tin!

Thanks to Scottish Caravan Club >>

Posted: Thu 26th July, 2007 Another big thank you, this time to the Scottish Caravan Club Highland Centre who were on site at Edinbane on the Isle of Skye. A big thank you for thinking of us down here in Fife and for the very welcome cheque for £46.34

Bark in the Park 2007 >>

Posted: Sat 23rd June, 2007 Bark in the Park 2007 will be held on the 29th July at Lochore Meadows. There will be: - Sled dogs - Agility - Fly ball - Obedience - Fun dog show - Bouncy castle and shows for the children - Pony rides - and much more... Thanks to our Sponsors John from Wiltravel, Dunfermline (coach hire), Ian from Speedy Snaps, Kirkcaldy ( for all your photographic needs) & Barking Mad (caring for your dog while you're on holiday). We had a great day last year and met many of our past residents it was lovely to see you all, hope to see you all again this year! We will update the website as we find out more so keep an eye out!

HBOS donate £500 to the kennels >>

Posted: Sat 12th May, 2007 This is John McInstray (from HBOS bank) with his son. They were very kind and brought us a cheque for £500-00! Thanks very much John and all involved, it's very much appreciated.

Race Night Raises £500 + Good News for the Kennels >>

Posted: Sun 4th March, 2007 This is John & June with their lovely papillon boys. They had a race night in their home last August, thanks go to all their friends & neighbours who went along and supported them and had a great night by all accounts. The fantastic sum of £500 was raised and donated to us at Second Chance. When June and John came along with the money we had a wee Bichon Frise puppy, who had been brought in by her owner to be rehomed. June was in love but as they didn't come looking for a puppy they went away home and obviously thought about Meg but were back before we shut! John said on a scale of 1 - 10 how sure were you we would come back and of course it was a 10!! Home visit was done and wee Meg, who had quite an allergy to fleas so was missing some hair, went to the best home we could ever have found for her. This is late being posted as Meg's owner who signed the wee soul over to us wasn't happy where we rehomed her and took us to the small claims court in February. We are highly delighted to say with help and support from James, June & John and a few other people WE WON!!!! The 2nd pic is of Meg when she arrived at the kennels.

Edinburgh Airport Staff Raise over £600! >>

Posted: Sun 11th February, 2007 This is Caroline with "our Woody", John & Craig, Woody's owners. Woody was just such a wee soul, with wee wonky legs when John & Craig took him into their home and hearts and just look at him now! Thanks lads! These very kind people all work at Edinburgh Airport and had a silent auction on behalf of Second Chance Kennels they raised the excellent sum £601.58 Thanks go to all who contributed, we are building an isolation kennel and this added to what we had will enable us to finish building the kennel, fencing, roof, ect.

Photos now online - BARK in the PARK 2006 >>

Posted: Mon 25th September, 2006 You'll all be glad to hear that the photos from BARK in the PARK 2006 are now online! Have a browse through and be sure to keep an eye out for anyone (or anydog!) you know, you might even spot yourself in there! Click here to view the gallery P.S. Keep an eye out for news on BARK in the PARK 2007

BARK in the PARK >>

Posted: Tue 1st August, 2006 As some of you may know, BARK in the PARK was held at Lochore Meadows on Sunday 30th July. Well, the months of preparation and hard work was definitely worth it, it was more successful than we could have ever imagined! The sun was shining, the atmosphere was buzzing and we got to meet lots of former Second Chance dogs. It was great to see lots of familiar faces and new ones alike. We would like to thank everyone who made the day as fun and successful as it was, that includes organisers, volunteers, visitors (human and dog!), and anyone else who took part!! Your help, support and generosity is very much appreciated. P.S we will be updating the website with photos from the event soon, so keep and eye out!

Buy a Brick and help build our isolation kennels >>

Posted: Thu 20th July, 2006 We are currently in the process of building a new isolation block at the kennels. This will be for all those dogs who come in sick or injured or who can't mix with the other homeless hounds for whatever reason. Now we need the materials to build with, and that's where you come in! We're asking all our website visitors and supporters of our work at the kennels to 'Buy a Brick'. They are only £1.00 each and you can buy as many as you like. We will keep everyone updated on the prgress of the build, so you can see where you're much appreciated donations are going to use. See our Buy a Brick page for more information or simply click the button below to get started:

Online donations now accepted! >>

Posted: Sat 15th July, 2006 Some of you may have noticed already that we have added a new feature to our website, online donations. Because we are a charity, we rely solely on donations from our supporters for the day to day running of the kennels, and now you can donate online using PayPal. See our How you can help page for more information or simply click the button below to make a donation now: We are grateful for every donation, no matter how small and you can be assured that every penny goes towards the care of the dogs.

Successful fundraising at Knockhill! >>

Posted: Sat 20th May, 2006 This is Carol & Scott doing some fund raising for us at Knockhill racing circuit last weekend, they raised over £500. Carol says she doesn't do photo's so Mhairi took a sneaky one !! sorry Carol but you do take a good pic. Thanks to Carol, Andy and Scott for giving up their weekend to help Second Chance it is really appreciated.

Nancy raises £240 by not smoking! >>

Posted: Sat 6th May, 2006 This is Nancy (who is mum to the lovely Breagh the Rottie girl who came up from Warrington) with Kyra, Tess & of course Sandy. Nancy did a sponsored stopped smoking for the month of March and raised £240-00 which she has very kindly donated to the kennels, thank you very much, The good news is she is still of the ciggies well done Nancy, gives you more breath to walk Breagh!

Well Done Foulford Primary School! >>

Posted: Thu 6th April, 2006 This is Jean accepting a cheque for £225 from Liz who is a teacher at Foulford Primary School Cowdenbeath. The pupils had a dress down day, they had already sold cakes for which they raised £60-00 for the kennels, so all told a total of £285 was raised for the kennels. Thank you all very much and well done!

Thank You to HBOS Dunfermline! >>

Posted: Thu 6th April, 2006 This is John McKinstray, a bank manager with HBOS Dunfermline, who along with some colleagues, have very kindly donated a cheque for £1000.00 to the kennels. This is greatly appreciated and will go a long way to help with the general running of the kennels and also to help us help Chance on the road to recovery. Chance who is a Rottweiler mix who needs to be on special medication for the next few months as he came into us in such a terrible state poor soul. He never once complains he is such a sweetheart. His coat ears eyes were all in a chronic state, but with lots of TLC which he will get in abundance and his medication I'm sure we will see a different dog in a few months. So, thanks once again to everyone involved! P.S. John, I don't normally do photographs, the web designer has been trying to get me on here for a long time!

Leanne guessed right! >>

Posted: Sun 12th February, 2006 This is Leanne from Dunfermline, who is the winner of our Guess the birthday doggy, looking very happy with her prize! Well done Leanne, and thanks to everyone who joined in!

BARK in the PARK >>

Posted: Mon 6th February, 2006 Make a space in your calendars! We will be holding "BARK in the PARK", a fund raising fun day on Sunday 30th July. Look out for more information popping up on the website in the next couple of days with details about what's on offer and how you can help.

Paul O'Grady show donates £500 >>

Posted: Thu 26th January, 2006 We very kindly got a donation of £500 from ITVs Paul O'Grady show. We would like to thank all concerned, it was very much appreciated.

Cummings store, Leven donate £200 >>

Posted: Fri 13th January, 2006 This is Pamela Hamilton from Cummings store in Leven, who came along and kindly donated £200-00 to the kennels, thanks to all who helped raise the money, this is very much appreciated, and will really help in the day to day running costs of the kennels. Pamela has a wee Yorkie herself and as you can see our Sandy has taken a shine to her as well!

Thank you to the staff at MGT >>

Posted: Wed 21st December, 2005 We've just had a visit from three young ladies up from MGT in Kirkcaldy with a donation of £100-00. plus washing up liquid / paper towels, dog food / paper for the computer ect: We would really like to thank them most sincerely for thinking of Second Chance Kennels.

Society donate £400 >>

Posted: Wed 7th December, 2005 After the Amalgamated Society of Shovellers, Scroungers and Kindred Trades Successful Annual Dinner earlier this month, Members are proud to continue their support of Second Chance Kennels Thornton. Second Chance would very much like to thank Bill Mackintosh and all concerned for the very handsome donation of £400-00.

Thank you to Avon dog agility club >>

Posted: Sat 26th November, 2005 Avon dog agility club very kindly sent us a cheque for £75-00, which was very much appreciated. Thank you so very much!

Royal Bank of Scotland raise £467.66 for the kennels >>

Posted: Fri 18th November, 2005 We would like to thank everyone at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Group Technology Division. They managed to raise £467.66 through their "Dress Down Day", where staff come into work in casual wear and donate at least £1 to the nominated charity, and this month they chose Second Chance Kennels! So, thank you everyone and well done!!!

Changes to the website >>

Posted: Sat 5th November, 2005 Some of the regular visitors might notice some changes to the website. First of all, the 'Happy Hounds' that used to be on this page now have their very own section, click here to see them. Also, we have another new section called 'Rainbow Bridge' where we will put photos and stories in memory of beloved pets that have passed on. Click here to see them. We also have a new page called Our Aims which you may like to read. Well, that's all for now!

Friends of Second Chance Kennels >>

Posted: Sat 27th August, 2005 Jean (Wee Man's mum) from Windygates & Jean ( Amber's mum) from Carnock, came up for a visit last week and guess what, they are now both involved in fund raising for the kennels, which is great! This week they have held a raffle with two huge cuddly Teddies (Thank you George, Brodie's dad for donating them) which raised £100-00, then today the 27th August they did a car boot at Kinross and raised a further £102-00. Would like to say a big thanks to them for getting up at about five o'clock on their day off to do it, it's very much appreciated. Cheers girls!

Guestbook now working! >>

Posted: Wed 29th June, 2005 Good news! The guestbook now seems to be back in working order. Your comment may not appear right away, but it should show after a few days. Thanks for your patience!

Problems with the Guestbook >>

Posted: Thu 28th April, 2005 The website that hosts our guestbook are having some technical problems which means that new entries are not being added. They are working to try and fix the problem and it should be up and running soon!

Brand new website launched! >>

Posted: Sat 19th March, 2005 Well, this is our brand new website! We've tried to make it nice to look at and easy to use at the same time. Tell us what you think in our guestbook, we hope you like it!

Broxi the Rottie >>

Posted: Sat 19th March, 2005 Broxi the rottie arrived at the kennels in January with serious hip problems. A visit to the vet confirmed that he would need am operation to fix the problem. Well, on the 1st of March, he had his operation and all went very well! It will be a while before he is back on all 4 paws, but he is handling it very well. He is a star! We would also like to thank a very kind lady who gave an extremely generous donation of £1000, which will help very much in covering the cost of Broxi's operation.