Someone in San Francisco is looking out for elderly dogs. Sherri Franklin, the founder and executive director of Muttville, started the organization in 2007 to find homes and provide foster care or hospice for abandoned senior and special-needs dogs.
Many of these old dogs end up in shelters because their elderly owners have died or can no longer care for them. Unfortunately, the older animals are difficult to place, and many are euthanized.
My dog Patch, a Queensland mix, was a bright, playful, energetic dog, who finally started slowing down when he was about nine years old. His senior years were a wonderful, sweet time for us both. Instead of endless obsessive games of fetch, we enjoyed long walks in the neighborhood or in the park. When Chuck, the beautiful, goofy McNab I adopted when he was 4-1/2 years old, died suddenly of cancer five years later, I felt the extra loss that he and I were deprived of his special senior years.
This video tells the story of Muttville. Ms. Franklin and her organization could do so much more with additional volunteers to foster the animals. If you are not in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may consider sponsoring a dog through a financial contribution by clicking here. Muttville is a 501(c)3 organization.
Related posts: