Category Archives: senior pets

Sweet Savannah Wants To Be Your One and Only Pet

Have you ever known someone who is funny, clever and exceptional around their friends but turns into a stammering, nervous individual when meeting new people? They become a shell of their true personality and shut down in front of strangers? Well, that can be true of dogs, too. Savannah, a stunning, smart dog at the […]

Abandoned Senior Cat Snowball Deserves So Much Better

She was devastated when they didn’t return home. Beautiful, 7-year-old house cat Snowball was abandoned and left outside to fend for herself when her owners moved away. For six months, this senior white cat was on her own, braving the elements and foraging for food. Luckily, a kind neighbor eventually noticed her wandering outside and […]

Power of Social Media Saves Bonded Senior Shelter Dogs

A woman from Ohio saw two bonded, senior Beagle mix siblings, Benson and Aggie, posted on Facebook and, with a little help from some FOTAS friends, adopted them and had them in her home in less than 24 hours. That’s the power of social media and a great example of how it saves homeless pets’ […]

Coco & Mia’s Owners Moved Away Without Them

Coco would not eat or even groom herself. The 6-year-old, long-haired, gray and white beauty just slept or watched visitors with a suspicious eye when they approached her cat condo at the Aiken County Animal Shelter (ACAS). But then we moved Mia, the 2-year-old gray Tabby Coco was surrendered with, into Coco’s condo and everything […]

Senior Pets Make Great Companions

It happens all the time. Someone surrenders a senior pet to the Aiken County Animal Shelter, or even worse, someone dumps their senior dog or cat on some country road far from home and Animal Control finds them wandering aimlessly around the County, hungry and disoriented. They arrive at the Shelter bewildered and scared. They […]

To Love and Be Loved by a Shelter Dog

Maggie wakes me up every morning. First, she nudges me with a paw—poke, pause, poke, pause. I groan, pull the covers over my face. She is resolute. Poke, poke, pause. She stretches her long, muscular body next to mine, licks my hand, sniffs the sheet over my face, nibbles my hair. I wave her away. […]

Old shelter dog teaches his senior adopter some new tricks

Last July, I lost Jake, my 10-year-old black Labrador retriever. With the start of a new year, I felt ready to start seeking a new dog for our home. As I am in my 80th year, I didn’t feel comfortable adopting a very young dog. I wanted a dog that was more my speed, one […]