Meet the Dogs
Meet some of the dogs helped by The Grey Muzzle Organization. We provide grants and other funding to pay expenses, such as medical care, so the wonderful organizations that give these dogs a second chance can focus on their care. To learn more about these organizations, see organizations we have approved for funding. The dogs on this page are just a sample of the elder dogs that have benefited from our grants to these organizations.
How we helped: Medical expense grant for hospice/long term care
Date: January 26, 2012
Meet the amazing Tex, a Golden Retriever from the Lone Star State who is thriving at 18 years old, with help from Grey Muzzle and GRRNT.
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How we helped: Medical expense grant for adoptable dogs
Date: January 25, 2012
Lovely Lily, an 11-year-old Dachshund, met her match and now lives comfortably with her foster mom through Muttville's "Seniors for Seniors" program
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Ebony
How we helped: Medical expense grant for adoptable dogs
Date: December 21, 2011
Meet three pretty puppy mill girls—Lezlie, a Long-haired Dachshund, and Pomeranians Ebony and Pamela Pepper, who are now going to spend the rest of their lives being babied instead of having babies after being rescued from a commercial breeding facility by the St. Louis Senior Dog Project.
Find out more about Lezlie, Ebony, & Pamela Pepper »
Val
How we helped: Medical expense grant for hospice/long term care
Date: November 02, 2011
Val and Buddy, two lovely old Dalmatians fostered by the same mom, were both discovered in Georgia and Florida, respectively, abandoned and left to die. Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay, with help from Grey Muzzle funding, revived them and gave them a new and happier life.
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Date: September 22, 2011
A gentlemanly Chow Chow, Pookie is a cruelty case who arrived in feeble condition at the CCSPCA in New Jersey. Thanks to funding from Grey Muzzle for treatment, he is responding nicely to TLC for his skin and fur, as well as therapy for a respiratory infection.
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At the shelter:
Date: August 01, 2011
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 there.
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Sammy being cuddled by Harriette of House With a Heart after surgery to remove an ingrown harness
Date: June 30, 2011
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 his chest. Luckily, House with a Heart came to his rescue!
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Date: June 30, 2011
Grey Muzzle supports German Shepherd Rescue and Adoption's “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 the many dogs saved by GSRA's program, which helps dogs in North Carolina, as well as surrounding states. Nicholas was 10 years old and had lived his whole life at the end of a chain.
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Taffy at animal control
Date: April 01, 2011
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 rescued by Chicagoland’s Young at Heart, and was diagnosed with severe stressed-induced colitis.
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Date: March 01, 2011
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 dog. The shelter had him scheduled for euthanasia unless a rescue group would take him.
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