We provide grant funding to save and improve the lives of at-risk senior dogs across the country. These are just a few of the thousands of senior dogs who got their second chance thanks to the dedication of our grantees and the generosity of supporters like you!

Hetzel
Hetzel is an older gal and has had quite the journey since being rescued by Brother Wolf Animal Rescue (BWAR) last October. She was one of the dogs evacuated from the Marion County Animal Shelter (South Carolina) in advance of…
Coco
At 15 years old, Coco found himself without a family. His owners were an elderly couple - the wife passed away a few years ago and the husband developed dementia. A few months ago, the husband had to move into a facility that did…
Smoke
Smoke came to Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR) in the summer of 2010 with 30 other Chihuahuas rescued from a hoarding situation. Philadelphia’s Animal Control officers pulled more than 100 Chihuahuas from a South Philadelphia home…
Bella, a chihuahua
Bella
Animal Rescue New Orleans
Bella has had quite a year. It’s not often a dog gets to jet off to Paris and London--particularly an elderly dog—but Bella’s golden years have turned out to be just that: golden.It began when the elderly mixed breed was…
Max, the Mastiff, now deceased
In Memory
Max
Mastiff Rescue of Florida
As we greet a new year, we fondly recall one of the great dogs The Grey Muzzle Organization helped last year. Though he crossed the rainbow bridge in 2014, Max the Mastiff is far from forgotten and will always be held dear in the…
Chance, the Beagle
Chance
Penny Angels Beagle Rescue
Surrendered by his first owner, handsome 12-year-old beagle Chance was rescued from a southern New Jersey shelter by Penny Angels Beagle Rescue (PABR). Chance was bewildered and confused by his strange surroundings, and…
Annie, Australian shepherd mix
Annie
Muttville
Adorable Annie, as in Little Orphan Annie, an eight-year-old Australian shepherd mix, was completely blind due to painful, uncontrollable glaucoma. Muttville of San Francisco found Annie abandoned in a shelter,…
Leo and Maria, now deceased
In Memory
Leo and Maria
Blind Dog Rescue Alliance
In 2012 Leo and Maria were rescued by Blind Dog Rescue Alliance (BDRA) from an animal hospice in New York that was closing. Leo was estimated to be about 16 years old, and Maria was approximately 15. Leo, a blind and…
Claire, a chihuahua
Claire
Blind Dog Rescue Alliance
Claire, an estimated 14-year old Chihuahua, was the victim of a Kentucky hoarder, living with 22 other dogs in two rooms, in knee-deep feces, for several years. She’d never been examined when Blind Dog Rescue Alliance (…