🎉 The call for grant applications is NOW OPEN through March 17, 2025!
Apply for a Grant

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!

Red heeler Amber
Amber
Amber has been her owner’s therapy dog for her entire life. She has always been there for her person, and even helped her mom stay sober for eight years.When Amber ripped a tendon in her knee, she needed surgery to repair it. Due…
Happy the senior beagle
Happy
Beagles of New England States (B.O.N.E.S.) received a Grey Muzzle grant to increase awareness of their Sensational Senior Beagles program. Their goal is more immediate placement of senior beagles into forever homes, thus allowing…
Corgi
Casey & Toby
Casey and Toby arrived together at Austin Humane Society (AHS) after their owner passed away. At 12-years-old, these two dogs had been best friends for most of their lives and AHS was committed to adopting them to a new home…
Gizmo
Gizmo
Muttville
Tere knew her mom needed a companion. But her mom uses a walker and she needed a dog that was not too small, so she wouldn't trip over him. Gizmo was the perfect match -- he and Tere's mom walk at the same speed because Gizmo has…
Brinkley
In Memory
Brinkley
Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas (GRRNT)
Brinkley is a senior who was recently made a Permanent Foster at the Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas (GRRNT) due to cancer. He developed a fibro-sarcoma cancerous tumor that was removed from his nose, leaving him with a…
Merlin
Merlin
Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas (GRRNT)
This month we found out about two new seniors who entered the Permanent Foster program at the Golden Retriever Rescue of North Texas (GRRNT), Merlin and Brinkley. Grey Muzzle helps fund this program.Merlin's former owner released…
Leena, a small, white, fluffy dog, now deceased
In Memory
Lena
OldDog Haven
We all know about the horrible conditions puppy mill dogs endure. But one of the saddest kinds of stories we see all too frequently is a similar level of neglect, or even worse, in an owner’s home. Lena’s elderly owner was not…
Missy
Missy
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
February 2009This sweet lady is Missy, a senior dog about of about 9 years.  She ended up in the county animal control after her elderly owner died. St. Louis Senior Dog Project was told police broke down the front door to…
Diamond January 2009
Diamond
Diamond is a little Maltese, probably about 10 years old. Diamond's owners brought her into a shelter to be euthanized, saying they could not afford her. Posh Pets, a rescue organization in New York City, took her to the vet,…