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!
Annie
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,…
In Memory
Leo and Maria
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
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 (…
Jack
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
April 2011Jack has been adopted!Jack, a 9-year-old English Setter, was turned in to a local Humane Society in Missouri because his owners were moving somewhere they could only take two dogs. They gave up Jack, their oldest…
In Memory
Cassie
Carolina Basset Hound Rescue
Welcome Cassie! Cassie (8-10 yrs) is the first beneficiary of our new funding to Carolina Basset Hound Rescue. Cassie came in as a stray from a County Animal Shelter and developed a bad case of kennel cough there (always a…
Sweets
Saint Louis Senior Dog Project
October 2011 Sweets has been adopted! Little senior Sweets ended up in Missouri County Animal Control during a winter onslaught of cold and snow in Missouri. AC told St. Louis Senior Dog Project (SLSDP) that the little dog they…
Fella
Muttville
We received the story of Jim and Fella from Muttville, a senior dog rescue in San Francisco. Jim is a retired doctor and Fella is his second Muttville rescue dog. Jim was lonely when his first dog passed away, so…
In Memory
Dudley
OldDog Haven
Grey Muzzle's grant to OldDog Haven paid for the medical care for six hospice dogs in 2010. Dudley was a very old Golden Retriever who showed up stray at a shelter, with a huge malignant tumor on his chest. He joined…
Princess
Greyhound Pets of America-Wisconsin
We received the following note about Princess from Greyhound Pets of America-Wisconsin. Grey Muzzle has approved funding for Princess' vet bills.Princess was living with her racing owner since the time she was born. In…