Muttville

Seniors for seniors:companion animals provide psychological and physiological benefits to senior citizens, providing relief for loneliness and encouraging social and physical activity. Senior dogs, with their laid-back personalities and lower activity levels, are perfect matches for senior citizens. Therefore, to promote adoption and interaction, muttville offers the seniors for seniors program where we provide customized adoption matchmaking services to ensure the senior citizen finds a dog that will be suitable for their lifestyle and needs. Muttville waives the adoption fee for senior citizens and provides them with a "welcome home" kit consisting of food, medication, and other supplies. For seniors unable to adopt due to housing restrictions or an inability to care for a dog, muttville hosts weekly cuddle club events. Cuddle clubs are social get togethers where seniors visit muttville headquarters to snuggle with our dogs, go on guided neighborhood walks with dogs, and make new friends.

Education and outreach:muttville offers numerous opportunities to interact with senior dogs. We host adoption and community outreach events, classes, and discussion groups about the joys, benefits and responsibilities of living with a senior dog. Having developed a strong reputation within animal welfare, muttville shares our innovative best practices with other animal rescue organizations, presents at conferences, and also offers training to industry professionals. Muttville also offers humane education events for children so they can learn empathy and compassion through senior dogs. We also offer student internships to introduce the next generation to the field of animal welfare and veterinary medicine.

Volunteers:muttville has an energetic crew of over 500 active volunteers, including 225 foster families. Volunteers enable muttville to rescue around a thousand abandoned senior dogs every year.muttville volunteers are involved in every aspect of senior dog care, including walking, feeding, grooming, and socializing. They transport dogs to their veterinary appointments and adoption events; they run key seniors for seniors programs; and they assist with administrative, marketing, adoption, cleaning, and fundraising.