Second Chance Dogs

Dogs are as individual as people, and like people all dogs deserve a chance at a happy life. It's important to adopt dogs because they deserve to know that someone cares. Rescued dogs make great pets and loving family members. The ASPCA is presented as a highly organized, efficient, and caring organization that uses solid science to develop rehabilitation techniques. Encourages other communities to implement rehab programs for rescued dogs by pointing out the tremendous need. There are negative messages about the terrible conditions dogs endure in puppy mills and with individuals who hoard dogs, and that buying puppies at a pet store or flea market supports a cruel industry. 

No depictions of physical violence, but newsreel-type footage shows dogs suffering in cages and pens in deplorable conditions, injured, and frightened. A couple of injuries are shown when talking about crowded conditions leading to fights and injuries like missing ears, and how sometime fur can become so thickly matted it tears at the skin. The poor conditions and cruelty endured by breeding dogs in puppy mills is mentioned several times along with footage of puppy-mill rescues. Mention of a litter of nine born in a puppy mill with only one puppy surviving. Ending credits have an RIP to the director's beloved dog, and that one of Kristen's personal pet dogs who's used as a "helper animal" in an extended scene has since passed away.