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!

maltese dressed as an elf under the Christmas tree
Tinkerbell
Eight-year-old Tinkerbell arrived at the Sacramento SPCA this past summer with several inoperable masses in her chest. Fortunately, Sacramento SPCA’s Pawspice program will ensure Tinkerbell has the care she needs to keep her…
pit bull dog smiling
Lolli
Lolli’s road home hasn’t been easy. She first came to the Palm Springs Animal Shelter (PSAS) in 2018 as a stray. She was adopted two months later, but this summer PSAS received an urgent call for help from a regional animal…
older woman and dog
Lovely
Little Lovely was found wandering on a busy street, in urgent need of medical attention. She was brought to the local animal shelter, and though her previous family was located, they chose to surrender her because they could…
Angel and Bam Bam
Angel and Bam Bam
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
Angel and Bam Bam, two 11-year-old Italian Greyhounds, were turned into a shelter when their former owner went into a nursing home. Shelter staff told St. Louis Senior Dog Project Rescue they were fading fast and becoming ill…
Nicholas at the beach
In Memory
Nicholas
German Shepherd Rescue and Adoptions
Grey Muzzle supports German Shepherd Rescue and Adoptions “Moment in Time” program so that senior dogs like Nicholas can experience their final years feeling loved. In their yearly grant report out this month, we learned about…
Sammy, the toy poodle
Sammy
House With a Heart
If you received our 2010 annual printed newsletter, you might remember the picture of Sammy and Harriette of House With a Heart on the cover. Sammy is a tiny 13-year-old toy poodle who was surrendered with a harness grown into…
Taffy, looking rough, upon her arrival
Taffy
Young at Heart
Taffy, a 10-12-year-old female sheltie/chow mix, was surrendered to a rural animal control in Illinois when her 81-year-old owner could no longer take care of her. Stressed out by living in the shelter environment, Taffy was…
Jack looking at the camera
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…
Sweets at animal control
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…