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Things to Consider Before Adopting a Special-Needs Dog
Adopting a special-needs animal is a noble act of compassion like no other, but understandably, it’s not for everyone. Taking care of a nondisabled pet is a journey enough. Adopting pets with special needs requires your utmost patience and willingness to give them a loving home despite the challenges that come with it.
Sowmyan
No words can describe what you, Checkers, meant to this family. You made me a better man, you made us laugh, light our life up, gave us great memories, love, affection and lots of heartaches. You were a sunshine who instantly bought a smile to our...
Paris
Paris is the most precious! This sweet senior lady arrived to Lucky Dog Animal Rescue heartworm positive. Lucky Dog's Grey Muzzle grant allows them to provide diagnostic and medical care for senior dogs living in foster homes.
Rita & John Ashton
In memory and honor of all our dogs who have touched our life. Cookie you were our first. We miss them all, but will always continue to save another beautiful life.
Treena
Treena was picked up as a stray and taken to Stray Hearts Animal Shelter (the Humane Society of Taos) in New Mexico. While it’s sad that this gentle nine-year-old didn’t have a home to call her own, it was quite fortuitous she ended up in the care of Stray Hearts.
Dr. Pia Salk
Dr. Pia Salk specializes in social justice and the human-animal bond. You may also recognize Pia as a frequent guest on The Martha Stewart Show and as the spokesperson for www.Adopt-A-Pet.com
Bertha
Bertha wound up in a Long Island municipal shelter as a stray. As an 11-year-old bully, she spent several months there before being pulled by Get a Bull, Inc., a two-time Grey Muzzle grantee.
Aiden
When he first arrived at Stop the Suffering, Aiden had a long road to recovery ahead of him. This handsome, ten-year-old lab mix was heartworm positive, had terrible teeth, a suspicious mass and a double ear infection.
Skyler and Genna Hackley
We adopted you at 10 years old from the humane society, in October 2015. You died on April 11, 2020. You brought a ton of love and value into the world. Where your love, devotion and personality once was, there is a vast, quiet empty space now. I am...
Shirley
Shirley is a wonderfully sweet ten-year-old pitbull rescued by Young At Heart from an open admission shelter. Upon her intake exam, she was found to have a multitude of medical issues, several of which would require surgery.
Advisory Board Member Gives a Home to Special Needs Dog Amidst COVID-19
Grey Muzzle Advisory Board member and American Rescue Dog Show co-creator Michael Levitt took action in the wake of the corona virus pandemic and decided to foster a dog during his extra time at home. “I spoke with my partner about fostering and he agreed that now, more than ever, we need to step up and do it,” he told TODAY.
Wendy Diamond
Wendy Diamond is Founder/Editorial Director Animal Fair Media and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Premier Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Advocate, Social entrepreneur, Humanitarian, Best-selling Author, and TV personality.
Susie Q
What little we know of Susie Q's past is that she was surrendered during a C.R.I.S.P. (Chicago Rescue Intervention and Support Program) shift while volunteers from our grantee Second City Canine Rescue (SCCR) were there.
Tasha
Tasha was in a Central Florida shelter and was “too scared to move or even look at anyone with all the noises around her” according to shelter staff. Poodle and Pooch Rescue of Florida (PPR) knew they had to save this 11-year-old girl from such a...
Oliver
Eight-year-old Oliver came to The Animal Foundation (TAF) in Las Vegas from Death Valley — some 150 miles away! A Good Samaritan found him wandering the desert landscape on a cold February day, lost, unkempt and confused.