Double your impact with our match! Without you, senior dogs like Noonan don’t have a chance.
December 4, 2018
Double your impact with our match! Without you, senior dogs like Noonan don’t have a chance.
Dear Friend of Muttville,
I’ve heard some people describe getting older as becoming invisible. That happens to dogs, too. They get older and they get overlooked.
At some shelters, they’re not even offered for adoption, because it’s assumed that no one will want them. They’re ignored, and then they’re euthanized.
As a shelter volunteer, I used to see glorious senior dogs fade away, shut down, become invisible, and then die. That’s why I founded Muttville – to show the world that senior dogs are worth saving and worth cherishing.
Please save the lives of senior dogs like Noonan!
Noonan is a chihuahua mix, probably 11 years old, picked up wandering around the central valley. He was so skinny and banged up that he’d probably been on his own for a while. Nobody had noticed him.
Things were busy at the shelter, so Noonan sat in his kennel, month after month. This old, ordinary little tan dog with big ears just sat there, silently waiting.
He was too old.
Noonan was on his way to euthanasia when a shelter worker had a thought. She wondered if Muttville would take him.
Muttville said YES!
Noonan’s journey was far from over. When dogs arrive at Muttville, they get medical exams and care. Our vet team made a shocking discovery. Noonan not only had a mouthful of rotten teeth, but he had a broken jaw and a nasal fistula – basically, a big, excruciatingly painful hole between his jaw and nasal cavity, probably from injury and neglect. The dentist said his mouth was the worst he had ever seen.
There he’d been, in terrible pain, quietly suffering for months. Just waiting for somebody to notice him.
He’d been invisible. But not to Muttville!
Noonan got oral surgery, he got lots of love, and he began the long process of recuperation. He is still waiting for his forever home, but his foster family reports that he is happier by the day. He has revealed himself to be a friendly, gentle, loving soul. He relishes his car rides, his dinner, and especially his pats.
If you don’t act, senior dogs like Noonan will die. Please give generously.
Thanks to a generous donor, your gift will have DOUBLE the impact!
Sherri Franklin
Founder and CEO
Muttville Senior Dog Rescue
Muttville is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Tax ID 26-0416747. Every donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please consult your tax adviser.
Muttville’s mission is to change the way the world treats senior dogs through rescue, adoption, outreach and education.
Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, 255 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
P.O. Box 410207, SF CA 94141
Muttville is a Platinum-level Guidestar Participant, the highest level of recognition awarded to non-profits, and is rated four stars by Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest evaluator of charities for financial health and accountability.
Muttville’s founder is a 2016 CNN Hero. Muttville was voted Bay Woof’s “Best Rescue Group” in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013; and San Francisco Guardian’s “Best Local Animal Rescue” in 2014
Noonan is a chihuahua mix, probably 11 years old, picked up wandering around the central valley. He was so skinny and banged up that he’d probably been on his own for a while. Nobody had noticed him.
