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!

Hopie
Debby never intended to keep Hopie for more than a few days. He was given to her by a dear friend whose circumstances changed suddenly. She knew he needed a forever home and was just pondering what to do for him when she and her…
Mr. Poppers
Mr. Poppers, a 13-year-old dachshund, is able to stay in his home with his person and has a clean bill of health, thanks to a grant from the Grey Muzzle Organization and the work of the Diana Basehart Foundation.He recently had a…
Jack
Jack
Jack was found lying in a ditch. His fur was matted, too long, and he was so weak, he could barely stand. No one knew where he came from or how long he’d been alone. Luckily, a Good Samaritan found him and took him to the Animal…
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 (…