Dot's Really Old Dogs Home

Dot's Really Old Dogs Home Dot's Really Old Dogs Home is where the Little Big Dog Rescue sanctuary dogs live. Some of the seniors that LBDR rescues are adopted. Details are on our website.

The ones who are not, become our sanctuary dogs. We have room for 12 dogs, and we have foster homes. Nothing makes me happier than to tell an owner that his beloved senior dog will be taken care of in a loving home for the rest of its days. A dog whose owner has to go into a nursing home or worse, passes away, is often homeless and ends up in the county shelter. Seniors are one of the most euthani

zed group of dogs in shelters, because they linger and take up space. The longer they stay in the shelter, the more stressed they become. Dogs who are shelter- or kennel-stressed do not "show" well, and end up on the euth list. My mission is to offer a home to these seniors as well as to special-needs dogs (blind, deaf, liver shunt, diabetes) and hospice dogs. If you have a heart for seniors and "underdogs," you know how happy I am when I wake up each day at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home! All the dogs who live at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home are the property of Little Big Dog Rescue, Inc. While I promise them a permanent forever home with me, they are available for adoption. If you have a heart for seniors, please see Little Big Dog's website and let us know if one of our Old Dogs catches your eye. If you are a shelter or a rescue and are looking for a home for a senior, special needs or hospice dog, our contact information is on the Little Big Dog website. Donations to Little Big Dog Rescue can be made via Paypal to:
[email protected]. Our big expenses are food, medications, incontinence pads (like the cloth ones used in nursing homes), Advantix or Nextguard for large (< 50 lb.) dogs, and Panacur for deworming. Our food is ordered from Life's Abundance.

Hello friends, Look at our heroes who are fighting for us so we can be secure. I cried when I met their former US Army c...
06/01/2024

Hello friends, Look at our heroes who are fighting for us so we can be secure. I cried when I met their former US Army call Mark Smith on the street homeless because his girlfriend made away with all his money, sold his house, cars, and left him with nothing. He was sent for peacekeeping in Afghanistan for 2 years when he came back and realized his wife had sold all his property and relocated with his new boyfriend to Germany. That is how he finds himself on the street, begging for money to eat. I can do this on my own. He really needs our help. I talked with him for more than 2 hours when I met him in front of Walmart begging for a $ to eat. I have to go get him something for him to eat so we can talk, and he told me about his business plan, but he doesn't have the money to start, and it is a very good plant, so let's join and help him so he can be fit again and get a place to stay. Nothing is too small, even a dollar is going to help, so please, I have to share his story so we can help him out of the street. God bless you all. You can also help by sharing on any of your social media platforms so your families and friends can see thanks. You can use the GoFundMe link below to donate so we can see Mark Smith off the street.

Hello friends, Look at our heroes who are fighting for us so we can be secure. I c… Pecore Ann needs your support for Help Homeless Veteran Mark Smith Rebuild

Meet 15 weeks old Bella , she is a purebred French Bulldog  puppy looking for a new home now. She was adopted from a bre...
04/26/2024

Meet 15 weeks old Bella , she is a purebred French Bulldog puppy looking for a new home now. She was adopted from a breeder out of state but unfortunately she was transferred for an urgent job appointment out of state and there was no one to look after her so she was left with no option than to drop her here since he was close to our shelter. She is AKC registered update on all her shots and potty trained very well with other pets and kids. All her papers were handed to us so any one that will be lucky enough to dopt her we are going to hand the person all the papers about Her. To secure her use the application link below and put in your application to secure her and get an appointment for pickup.


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We are going to respond to applications only. If you contact us without following the adoption procedure you will not get any response from us.

08/22/2022

Is a closet cleanout in your future? Have your kids outgrown last year's sweaters? Donate your unwanted sweaters to Little Big Dog Rescue!

07/21/2022

Rosie will never get her own place. She’s got it too good at the old dogs home.

Bear isn't "really" old. He is about 11 years old, he came to Little Big Dog Rescue in October 2020 and that is when thi...
02/26/2022

Bear isn't "really" old. He is about 11 years old, he came to Little Big Dog Rescue in October 2020 and that is when this photo was taken. The other guy, couldn't even guess at his age.

10/24/2021
10/24/2021
Bluto, Hudu, Bunny and Gloria at poolside next to the cool water.
08/25/2021

Bluto, Hudu, Bunny and Gloria at poolside next to the cool water.

"Really? Everyone has to climb in MY bed?"
07/12/2021

"Really? Everyone has to climb in MY bed?"

"Don't mind me. I'm just lying here with my nose in the corner."Gus and Bluto.
05/01/2021

"Don't mind me. I'm just lying here with my nose in the corner."
Gus and Bluto.

Gus and Gloria
04/15/2021

Gus and Gloria

Bernie does not live at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home but Gus does.Bernie is not available for adoption but Gus is. littleb...
01/22/2021

Bernie does not live at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home but Gus does.
Bernie is not available for adoption but Gus is. littlebigdog.org

Bear and Cupcake on a warm summer's morning.
07/11/2020

Bear and Cupcake on a warm summer's morning.

05/03/2020

Brandy was a stray, she had a football-sized mass on her right flank. After removal, her skin developed a leathery texture. Brandy appears to be a Shiba-Inu ...

04/23/2020
Little Big Dog Rescue is offering $300 to the rescue that takes Betty. Betty is highly active, healthy and mentally shar...
04/09/2020

Little Big Dog Rescue is offering $300 to the rescue that takes Betty. Betty is highly active, healthy and mentally sharp. She would make a great dog for an active person who works from home or a family that has kids that can keep up with her insatiable drive to chase a tennis ball. Betty ended up in a senior dogs home and she doesn't belong here. She suffers daily for want of play and her own human friend. She has exquisite indoor etiquette.

Morning March 3.
03/03/2020

Morning March 3.

02/06/2020

THANK YOU James DeBusk, Chris Hiltbrand, and General Dynamics for this awesome humongous donation to Little Big Dog Rescue and the seniors and hospice dogs who live at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home! You are providing for essential needs such as food, medicines, preventatives and healthcare, for old dogs who don't know you but who would lick you and gum you to a fair-thee-well if they ever met you!

Five doggy nesting quilts and blankets washed and dried in the nice dry sunny day we had yesterday. Want to make some ea...
02/04/2020

Five doggy nesting quilts and blankets washed and dried in the nice dry sunny day we had yesterday. Want to make some easy cash? Need about ten runs to the laundromat in Franklin to get the rest of the doggy laundry done.
Little Big Dog Rescue, Monterey VA. [email protected], or comment here.

Thanks to one of my mentors Pamela Norris for posting this.
01/17/2020

Thanks to one of my mentors Pamela Norris for posting this.

Shelters are full of older dogs hoping for a second chance at life. Senior dogs need homes just as badly as younger dogs, and make loving and loyal companions. Help spread the word during Adopt a Senior Pet Month, which is observed throughout the month of November.

Little Big Dog Rescue's old dogs home needs to find placement for an active robust dog whose good health and all-day-lon...
01/13/2020

Little Big Dog Rescue's old dogs home needs to find placement for an active robust dog whose good health and all-day-long need to play ball outside make her a significant disruption to the milieu of a hospice dog and very very old senior dog group home.
Betty is a ten year old GSD. We run a rescue for hospice and very very old senior dogs. The shelter that asked me to take Betty said that she would fit in to this calm milieu where the dogs mainly sleep. I take the kind of dogs that shelter outreach coordinators describe as needing a place to lay their head at the end of their life, dogs who "should not spend their last days in a shelter."
Betty is highly active. She has no illnesses or diseases and is on no medications. She has no pain issues. She has been rejected by potential adopters, rescues, and our metropolitan shelter partner, because she has a terrible-looking spinal x-ray. Betty has spondylosis in two areas of her spine, the thoracic, and the sacral. The curvature of the spine in the sacral area is almost "hairpin" and therefore her back legs are fused at the hip. She bunny hops. She is capable of walking but only for a few steps. Then she starts bunny-hopping, because this is what she has done since birth.
Betty plays outside from the moment she wakes to the moment she goes to sleep. She weighs 40 to 44 pounds depending on the weather (how much playtime she gets). Betty likes to chase a ball. She is ball-driven, not a food hound.
Little Big Dog Rescue can no longer shelter Betty. We have had her in the group home with the hospice and seniors for several months. She is a wonderful dog, loving, intelligent, sweet, dog-friendly, cat-friendly, house-trained, doesn't dig her bed (nice), loves car rides, tries very very hard to please but SHE WANTS THAT BALL. There is nothing wrong with Betty. She is a highly active dog who needs not to be in an old dogs home. Her residence at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home is threatening the future of the Home.
Betty is located in Monterey VA. Contact me, Dot Terry, at [email protected], or message on our page, or call 540 468-3096 (landline) or 540 280-4092.

It's that day of the month at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home. Interceptor Plus. Three get cut in half for the six dogs under...
12/29/2019

It's that day of the month at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home. Interceptor Plus. Three get cut in half for the six dogs under 50 pounds.

11/16/2019

Zena (tan GSD) and Betty (black GSD) are available for adoption. Both are seniors and in good health. Zena is 12, Betty is nine. Zena is a perfect companion for a minimally active person -- she will take short walks, and likes a gentle game of catch or fetch. She is very affectionate and loves bonding with a human. Betty would be a great companion for a very active family, preferably with children. Betty plays ball all day long. She has a spinal deformity and bunny hops!
www.littlebigdog.org for adoption applications.

11/13/2019

Tanner and his sweet girlfriend Zena. They are both 12 years old. Tanner is a hospice dog. Zena is healthy, moderately active, great with dogs, kids, adults, okay with cats, devoted, appreciative, beautiful house manners, a lady. Very affectionate. Looking for her forever home! www.littlebigdog.org for adoption applications.

09/28/2019

"I'll be back!" This was Tanner's first visit to Loretta and Harold but it won't be his last! This elderly couple lost their three senior dogs in the past 18...

It was a really hot day. There was one really smart dog.
09/18/2019

It was a really hot day. There was one really smart dog.

Shelby says "I've played Chickenfoot but I've never eaten one." Here Shelby is visiting the Farmer's Market in Monterey....
08/03/2019

Shelby says "I've played Chickenfoot but I've never eaten one." Here Shelby is visiting the Farmer's Market in Monterey. At the Fireside Farm booth Shelby purchased 5 packages of chicken feet and one frozen chicken. Pasture raised!

Shelby went to the playground yesterday. She met a big fish and a dog.
08/02/2019

Shelby went to the playground yesterday. She met a big fish and a dog.

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26 John Deere Lane
Monterey, VA
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Nothing makes me happier than to tell an owner that his beloved senior dog will be taken care of in a loving home for the rest of its days. A dog whose owner has to go into a nursing home or worse, passes away, is often homeless and ends up in the county shelter. Seniors are one of the most euthanized group of dogs in shelters, because they linger and take up space. The longer they stay in the shelter, the more stressed they become. Dogs who are shelter- or kennel-stressed do not "show" well, and end up on the euthanization list. My mission is to offer a home to these seniors as well as to special-needs dogs (blind, deaf, liver shunt, diabetes) and hospice dogs. If you have a heart for seniors and "underdogs," you know how happy I am when I wake up each day at Dot's Really Old Dogs Home! All the dogs who live at the Old Dogs Home are the property of Little Big Dog Rescue, Inc. While I promise them a permanent forever home with me, they are available for adoption. If you have a heart for seniors, please see Little Big Dog's website and let us know if one of our Old Dogs catches your eye. If you are a shelter or a rescue and are looking for a home for a senior, special needs or hospice dog, our contact information is on the Little Big Dog website (www.littlebigdog.org). Donations to Little Big Dog Rescue can be made via Paypal to: [email protected]. Our big expenses are food, medications, incontinence pads (like the cloth ones used in nursing homes), Advantix or Nextguard for large (< 50 lb.) dogs, and Panacur for deworming. Our food is ordered from Life's Abundance. Details are on our website.

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