We Remember

The Story of Ruthie Our story begins with an older dog in horrible condition, needing help.  She was starved, flea infested, and riddled with many medical issues.  This is...

Moxie Dew Drop was a beautiful, gentle, sweet pomeranian Old Dog Haven was asked to find a hospice home for. How did this lovely girl end up at the...

Kevin spent only 5 weeks with his ODH home, after spending 2-1/2 months in a shelter kennel (his second “visit” there, each time with terrible skin problems), supposedly an...

Pepper is an Australian Cattle Dog (aka Blue Heeler), approximately 10 years old when she came to ODH in 2013. She was surrendered to a shelter by someone who...

Sage, a yellow labrador, was taken to the shelter at age 14 because he was no longer wanted as an outside dog. When picked up from the shelter, he...

Trey was a terrier mix who came into a shelter with an incredible amount of “baggage”. Desperately afraid of everything and especially any kind of handling, he hit the...

Magic was returned to the shelter where he was adopted after 12 years with a family. He had bladder cancer, arthritis, and a few other ailments. But that didn’t stop him...

Olive was found hiding under a porch in someone’s yard, and spent her first days in the shelter so stressed that she faced the back wall. This beautiful girl,...

Fudge is probably a Lab/Newfoundland mix; he was adopted from a shelter as a young dog. He developed allergies which his new family wanted to treat “naturally” but really...

Marcia Jean came to ODH from her owner when the family’s circumstances made it impossible to keep her. She was 15 years old with an eye that had ruptured...