For over 20 years, our founder has been rescuing dogs in Puerto Rico. After Hurricane Maria in 2017, she formed Project Second Chance, a nonprofit rescue dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and finding forever homes for homeless dogs in Puerto Rico, disaster-hit areas, and other emergency cases. PSC also rescues special-needs puppies and dogs as well as assists overwhelmed shelters. PSC runs feeding routes for feral dogs so they do suffer and die of starvation and dehydration and spearheads spay and neuter initiatives to try and limit the number of puppies born on the streets. And, most importantly, PSC recruits community members to care for these animals as volunteers, feeders, transporters, and fosters. 

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PSC is foster-based only. This allows our puppies and dogs to heal in the comfort of a loving home and avoid the stress of a shelter experience. It also allows the PSC team to get to know the personalities of each rescue and to match them with applicants based on temperament, lifestyle, and activity levels. PSC's return rate is below .01% because of the personal attention and care each PSC rescue receives.   

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PSC rescues receive extensive veterinary care which includes examinations, age-appropriate vaccinations (rabies and DHLPP), deworming, fecal tests, heartworm and flea/tick preventatives, heartworm tests and spay/neuter for all dogs over six months old, and diagnostics, emergency, and specialty care as needed.  Once a rescue receives a veterinary clearance, PSC lists them for adoption. PSC looks for a best fit for each rescue rather than the first applicant. We do not believe that adoption should be a race or competition and that each applicant and rescue should be carefully matched.   

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PSC has been instrumental in saving over 3,500 lives and that work continues because of our team in the DC/VA/MD area and Puerto Rico and our supporters.  ​