Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary

Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary is a Forever Foster Home based Sanctuary in beautiful Mount Juliet, Tennessee, generally housing approximately 100 senior dogs at the Sanctuary and many others in temporary and Forever Foster Homes. While providing lifetime homes for senior dogs, OFSDS strives to raise awareness of the joys and challenges of living with older dogs. We are a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Senior dogs, especially those with medical problems or disabilities, face a much greater chance of euthanasia at shelters than younger dogs because it is difficult to find adopters for them due to their shorter additional life expectancy and unknown veterinary costs. Most of these wonderful senior dogs will be able to live happily with a good quality of life if given a chance. They make wonderful companions because they are mature, calm and loving. It is more difficult for them to settle in, and once they do, it is difficult for them to move again. For this reason we strive to find them forever foster homes where they can live out their retirement years as a loved family member. OUR MISSION: To provide a loving home, good food, high quality vet care, compassion and comfort to senior dogs for the remainder of their lives. To build a Forever Foster Home network to enable us to place more senior dogs in loving, home settings for the duration of their lives. To provide education on the joys and challenges of caring for aging dogs. To work with other dog rescue groups to promote the adoption of senior dogs.

Potential Forever Fosters fill out an application on our website, and are then subject to a Home Check. If they already have pets, they must bring them in for a meet-and-greet. If all goes well, they must fill out a contract before taking the dog home. We only Foster out to homes within a 100 mile radius of our Sanctuary, because we provide all veterinary care free-of-charge for the remainder of the dog's life. We do not charge any fees. The dogs can be returned to us at any time for any reason.