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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!

German Shepherd Sparkle
Sparkle
Sweet Sparkle had spent ten long years in a puppy mill. Thankfully, she ended up in the care of Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR) in Pennsylvania, where she could get the care and attention she needed to begin her new life.Sparkle…
Brown and black dog on back
Wilbur
Wilbur’s mom was referred to the Animal Care Assistance Program (ACAP) in Virginia by an area animal shelter. Twelve-year-old Wilbur was crying, acting as if he was in pain and drinking lots of water. Eventually, his breathing…
Penelope
Penelope
Love is blind and Penelope would agree. This sweet, 15-year-old Shih Tzu found herself at a shelter in New York because her family could no longer care for her. She needed both of her eyes removed due to untreated issues, and the…
Belle riding in the car
Belle
Carolina Basset Hound Rescue
She’s 11 years old and just had an eye removed, but you’d never know it! Meet the beguiling Belle, an active Basset Hound rescued by Carolina Basset Hound Rescue and given a new lease on life. Belle was suffering when she was…
Tex laying in the grass
In Memory
Tex
Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas
From the Lone Star State comes the inspiring story of Tex, a golden gentleman rescued by Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas (supported in large part by Grey Muzzle grants) in 2007, when he was almost 14. Do the math—Tex will…
Lily loving the camera
Lily
Muttville
A joyous senior life is in store for Miss Lily, an 11-year-old Dachshund, rescued by Muttville in San Francisco. Partnering with assisted living facilities and making site visits to seniors’ homes, Muttville educates senior…
Ebony
Lezlie, Ebony, & Pamela Pepper
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
These three pretty puppy mill girls, Lezlie, a Long-haired Dachshund, and Pomeranians Ebony and Pamela Pepper, are now going to spend the rest of their lives being babied instead of having babies. All are eight years old and…
Val
In Memory
Val and Buddy
Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay
Two beauties in the senior spotlight, though not found together, were taken in by the same foster mom after Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay (DRTB) intervened and helped revive these speckled charmers. Val, approximately 12…
Pookie at the shelter
Pookie
Cumberland County SPCA
Update, April 2012Pookie was adopted! He recovered from his upper respiratory infection, his skin and fur cleared up nicely, and he was successfully treated for heartworms. Pookie is very much loved by his new family. Check out…