Grey Matters celebrates senior dogs and provides a resource for the people who care for them. It draws upon the wealth of knowledge and experience with senior dogs offered by The Grey Muzzle Organization community. Our contributors will be sharing articles on senior dog care, as well as relevant news, success stories from our grantee organizations, and more.

When dogs receive a cancer diagnosis, their guardians often don't know where to turn for information and support. In the first of her Canine Cancer Wellness series, RD Moreno, a Grey Muzzle volunteer news writer and editor of Haley the Wonderdog, offers five important resources for anyone caring for a dog living with cancer.

Buddy, a 10-year-old Pekinese mix was living a dismal life in a shelter until Muttville stepped in and, with help from a Grey Muzzle grant, restored his health and extracted his rotting teeth. Now he’s happily spending his golden years with an adoring new mom.

As originally published in the Whole Dog Journal, March 2014. Reprinted with permission. Don’t allow your fear of hurting your dog prevent you from keeping his feet healthy My young Bouvier, Atle, has the triple threat of dog nails: black, stout, and...

The new book My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts offers a collection of stories about senior shelter pets finding love, and sometimes fame. Author Laura T. Coffey and photographer Lori Fusaro were interviewed about the book, and excerpts can be read here.

The Grey Muzzle Organization has a fantastic Advisory Board of experts from many professions, including veterinarians like Dr. Julie Buzby. Dr. Buzby is a practicing veterinarian who, after years of frustration watching her patients struggle on hard floors, developed Dr. Buzby’s ToeGrips for Dogs, devices which improve mobility in dogs by providing them with better traction.

Many people with dogs worry about what will happen to their four-legged companions during a natural disaster, but few find themselves prepared when one occurs. Grey Matters has thus compiled a guide with the best advice we could find on caring for a dog during a disaster.

Smart Cookie Dog Treats got its start after Ruger, the beloved dog of founders Bri and Scott Bradley, was diagnosed with lymphoma and Bri herself with cancer. The result was a company that makes health-conscious, customizable dog treats. We interview co-founder Bri Bradley.

Proper nail care is important for the health and mobility of all dogs (and senior dogs, in particular), but can be a dog guardian's least favorite task. To show that it needn't be a source of dread, veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby shares her "recipe" for safely and painlessly trimming a dog's nails.

For shelters and rescues, making sure that homeless senior dogs get their second chance often involves more than finding loving people willing to open their heart and home to a senior dog. They first must provide needed medical care, and this care can cost more than shelters and rescues can afford.

True to her name, the late sweet Sugar Pie nearly reached her 17th birthday after she was rescued by Central Texas Dachshund Rescue and helped by a Grey Muzzle grant to live her final years pampered in a loving foster home.

When Maria took Finn home as her foster dog, she knew he was ill, but not quite how ill - or how much she would come to love him in the months that followed. In this post, Maria Stoerrle, a member of Grey Muzzle's Board, tells of the love and heartbreak of deciding when to say goodbye to a terminally ill dog.

Many children dream of getting a puppy, but in the new children's book He Chose Me, a little boy named Oliver discovers that what he actually wants is to adopt a senior dog. In this guest post, the author of He Chose Me, Christine Starr, writes about Maddie, the senior dog who was the inspiration for her book.

When a puppy becomes an old dog, will his family still love and care for him? In this prize-winning essay, Grey Muzzle volunteer Jan Zulkeski explains - from a dog's perspective - the importance of The Grey Muzzle Organization's mission to ensure that "no old dog dies alone and afraid."

Our most beloved dogs often come into our lives unexpectedly—a chance viewing of a photo on social media or an appeal to care for a dog in need. That is what happened to Mary and her daughter Chandra when they heard about the plight of a Labrador named Walter.