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!

Dappled Dachshund
Paw Paw
Sweet Paw Paw came to Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue and Adoption, Inc. in Georgia from a puppy mill bust. He had spent his whole life living in confinement and used as a breeding dog. Not surprisingly, this adorable, eight-year-old…
Brown and white Cleo in front of flowers
Cleo
Before being brought to the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA (CASPCA), Cleo was used for breeding and spent her whole life chained outside. Despite not being cared for most of her life, Cleo is the sweetest dog. She is so full of…
Black pit bull mix Brewster
Brewster
Brewster was seen being dumped on a corner in South Florida. A Good Samaritan followed him to a parking lot and was then able to scoop him up and bring him to Broward County Animal Care as a stray.Lucky for Brewster, Broward…
Mooter, matted, on his chain
Mooter
Saint Louis Senior Dog project
Mooter, a spaniel mix, spent his nine years of life on the end of a chain, like many other dogs at a rural property in North Carolina. Community Partnership for Pets worked with Grey Muzzle to find homes for Mooter and several…
Cabot
Cabot
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
Cabot was rescued from animal control by St. Louis Senior Dog Project, and Grey Muzzle paid for his medical care.  He is a Pekingese boy about 12 years old. How he ended up as a stray picked up by animal control we'll never know…
Molly
Molly
Southwest Pennsylvania Retriever Rescue (SPARRO)
Sweet senior Molly was turned in to Southwest Pennsylvania Retriever Rescue (SPARRO) by her owners, because they were not able to care for her properly. She had a full body yeast infection, as well as infected ears, and had lost…
Angelica
Angelica
German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California (GSRNC)
Angelica, 12 years old, was picked up as a stray, most likely dumped because of her physical condition—advanced myelopathy. She was scheduled to be euthanized when a volunteer from German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California (…
Sebastian sitting in a car, now deceased
In Memory
Sebastian
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue
This month we met Sebastian, one of the senior Goldens being helped by our new grant to Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue. Here's the story that DVGRR sent us:Sebastian’s original family wrote on a Tuesday in June to say…
Shelly
Shelly
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
St. Louis Senior Dog Project was at a local animal control facility when they pointed out a senior schnauzer who was likely to be euthanized soon because she was both old and sick. The management there asked if the Senior Dog…