Grey Muzzle is committed to supporting shelters, rescues, and other nonprofit organizations across the country in lifesaving work on behalf of senior dogs. That’s why we launched The Grey Muzzle Collaborative, a platform to highlight innovative senior dog programs, encourage networking and collaboration, share professional development and funding resources, and much more. By working together and learning from one another, we will not only serve more senior dogs, but also serve them more effectively.
Join the Grey Muzzle Collaborative and get special resources to advance your work on behalf of homeless and at-risk senior dogs. Benefits include priority access to quarterly professional development webinars, our monthly “Director’s Corner” enewsletter, product donations, features in publications and events, and opportunities to promote senior dogs for adoption via Grey Muzzle’s social media platforms. Members will also be eligible for special capacity-building opportunities. Apply today.
Check out some of the resources we offer!
"Director's Corner"
“Director’s Corner” is a monthly professional development enewsletter, featuring funding opportunities, the latest research on senior dogs, innovative programs, and a wide range of resources on best practices in animal welfare. Sign up to have "Director's Corner" sent directly to your inbox.
Or click on the links below to access past issues of "Director's Corner." If there are topics you'd like to see covered, please email Lisa (lisa@greymuzzle) your ideas.
- (April 2022) Community partnerships, a communications kit, and more
- (May 2022) How do you open doors? Accessiblity matters -- to people and pets
- (Feb 2022) What does Black History month mean for the rest of the year?
- (Jan 2022) Kicking off the year with a bit of everything!
- (Dec 2021) Is the power of positivity in your toolbox? Progressive approches to adoption and foster recruitment
- (Nov 2021) Lights, camera, grantees! Shining a spotlight on your work
- (Oct 2021) What does community mean to you? Why mutal aid matters
- (Sept 2021) What do unicorns and used cars have in common? Innovative strategies to increase adoption
- (Aug 2021) We want to see your dogs' name in lights! Getting the media spotlight
- (July 2021) Where do we go from here? Leeson from the past year
- (June 2021) How can we reimagine animal welfare? What the last year has taught us
- (May 2021) How are you engaging your fosters? Reimagining fostering
- (April 2021) What zip code are your fosters from? Maybe it's time to branch out
- (Mar 2021) Optics vs. Equity: How we can do better?
- (Feb 2021) Fundraising tools and tips! How to make your donor the hero
- (Jan 2021) Are you okay? It's okay if you're not
- (Dec 2020) Paying a fee does not = adoption success
- (Nov 2020) Collaboration, Connection, and Covid-19
- (Oct 2020) Preparing for what's to come. What did the recession of 2008 teach us?
- (Sept 2020) Do you have Adoption Ambassadors?
- (Aug 2020) Hot topics and grant opportunities
- (July 2020) Welcome to the Director's Corner
Professional Development Webinar Series
These quarterly webinars are presented by professionals with expertise on a range of topics, including innovative fundraising strategies, marketing harder-to-place animals, creative problem solving, and community engagement.
Lessons from the Learning Partnership
Creative Problem Solving with Jacksonville Humane
Lessons from 2020 & the Future of Marketing Animal Services
Research and Resources
Saving Seniors: A study of strategies to increase adoption of senior dogs
Saving Seniors is a groundbreaking national study sponsored by a generous grant from Maddie's Fund. The study provides an in-depth examination not only of programs to save senior dogs, but also the context in which those programs were implemented, and lessons learned. In fact, this is the first study to examine the state of efforts nationally to promote the well-being of senior dogs, beyond simply assessing live release rates. The study sought not just to understand whether senior dogs’ lives were being saved, but also how and why, and to identify potentially lifesaving approaches. Read more...