Rescue

A Match Made in Heaven by Laura Coffey and Lori Fusaro

This story is an excerpt from the new book My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts by Laura Coffey with photos by Lori Fusaro. My Old Dog offers a collection of stories about senior shelter pets finding love - and sometimes fame. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from New World Library. It’s...

Adopting a Senior Dog: How to Find Your New Best Friend by K.E. Magoon

Photo credit: Lukje / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Older dogs are too often overlooked by potential adopters at shelters and rescues. However, those who adopt senior dogs find them to be wonderful companions — more mellow, better mannered, and quicker to adjust to their new homes than younger dogs. Whether you have been considering adopting...

A Senior Dog Adoption Story: Mary and Walter

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 when her daughter, longtime Grey Muzzle volunteer and former board member Chandra Conway, read about a senior Chocolate Brown Labrador...

A Day in the Life of a Hospice Foster Caretaker by Debbie Marks

Contributor Debbie Marks volunteers and fosters dogs for the Blind Dog Rescue Alliance (BDRA), a Grey Muzzle grantee. A grant from The Grey Muzzle Organization helps BDRA provide medical care for permanent fosters, including some of Debbie's past and current hospice foster dogs. On the day I write this, it is my summer vacation. I’m...