About Us

Second Chance Cocker Rescue

Elizabeth’s very first dog was a cocker spaniel named Jesse. He
moved in with her while she was in college in 1978. She has owned
cockers ever since. Elizabeth has worked as a groom in
professional stables, trained horses and dogs, volunteered at the
zoo, done pet sitting, raised goats, chickens and ducks, had almost
every kind of pet there is and still cocker spaniels are her
favorite. She now is the proud mama of two SCCR alumni, Reilly
and Duffy, living with her incredibly supportive husband Mike,
four cats, two horses, a flock of chickens and a various foster dog
or two. In addition to the work she does with SCCR she is also
volunteers at the Santa Barbara Animal Shelter rabbits and with
the cats in the "wild cat room".

Melody first got involved with cockers when she decided that she
wanted a smaller dog to go with her two Aussies. She visited the
shelter and there sat the most beautiful dog she had ever seen.
Her name was Molly and she captured Melody's heart. Molly was a
3 year old American cocker spaniel. Melody went back to work
but could not stop thinking about Molly. The next day she went
back to the shelter to adopt her and to her dismay Molly was
gone. Melody was crushed. She keep going back and looking at
more dogs but none came close to Molly. About a month later
Melody went back to the shelter and there sat her "Molly By
Golly" girl. Melody adopted her on the spot. That was over 15
years ago and she has had cockers ever since. Molly has since
passed on and now Melody shares her home with several rescued
cockers, Sammy, Skippy, and Beau, 2 cats and usually a foster
dog.

Elizabeth Mazzetti and Melody Acres founded SCCR in July of
2003. It started out when Elizabeth introduced Melody to the
petfinder.com website and Melody became an addict. One day she
saw yet another cocker in a Los Angeles animal shelter that only
had one day before he was to be put down. She could not stand it
anymore. She called Elizabeth and asked if she would help place
him if Melody would drive to Los Angeles to pick him up.
Elizabeth said yes and SCCR was born.

Joann Reagan's love of cocker spaniels started many years ago
when she adopted her first cocker named Shaver. He was a
wonderful boy and gave her immense happiness. Since then she has
rescued many other cockers and other breeds as well. Joann has
been a volunteer at the Sacramento SPCA for over 10 years. At
the SPCA she has taught dog handling classes, mentored new
volunteers, fostered many dogs and is one of the volunteers who
takes photos of the dogs for their website.

Joann met Elizabeth and Melody when she wanted to rescue a
cocker at the Sacramento SPCA. They said yes and the
Sacramento branch of SCCR was created.