***Chancey Boy Fundraiser***
Take a Chance on Me
Chance is a sweet 10-year old mix who came to us as a stray from Riverside. This poor boy arrived matted, dirty and confused.
We have some good news and some bad news about our Chance.
The good is that he’s the sweet, stubborn old man we thought he was, and he’s relatively healthy.
The bad involves having to extract 11 teeth, and his eyes - he is blind. We were originally misinformed that Chance had cataracts and optimistically planned on fundraising to cover cataracts surgery and restore his vision. Sadly, this is not the case. Chance has detached retinas in both eyes and they are damaged beyond repair, and this condition is also extremely painful. Consequently, both of Chance’s eyes have to be removed.
It’s worth mentioning that we knew we took a chance with Chance, (and we did pick his name accordingly). According to Animal Control, he was found out in a canyon in San Jacinto, laying in the dirt under a bush all by himself. The weather that day was 100° plus, and he had no chip, no tag, and no collar. He was skin and bones, covered in dirt, with mats, dreadlocks, and burrs all over his body.
The hardest thing for us to hear was that the condition to his eyes could be from:
A. An infection that could have been treated if caught early;
B. Trauma to the head from a hard object;
C. Direct trauma to both eyes.
Obviously, we will never know, and we will now focus on giving Chance the best rest-of-his-life that we possibly can. We are asking for donations to contribute to the cost of his teeth extraction and his enucleation, which total $6,100.
If you are able to donate, please click this link and follow the instructions to donate to Chance's Second Chance Fund. If you are unable to donate, please send some prayers or pawsitive thoughts, Chance’s way. And please know that we value and appreciate your support more than you will ever know.
We will continue to keep you updated regarding our Chancy boy.
Chance is a sweet 10-year old mix who came to us as a stray from Riverside. This poor boy arrived matted, dirty and confused.
We have some good news and some bad news about our Chance.
The good is that he’s the sweet, stubborn old man we thought he was, and he’s relatively healthy.
The bad involves having to extract 11 teeth, and his eyes - he is blind. We were originally misinformed that Chance had cataracts and optimistically planned on fundraising to cover cataracts surgery and restore his vision. Sadly, this is not the case. Chance has detached retinas in both eyes and they are damaged beyond repair, and this condition is also extremely painful. Consequently, both of Chance’s eyes have to be removed.
It’s worth mentioning that we knew we took a chance with Chance, (and we did pick his name accordingly). According to Animal Control, he was found out in a canyon in San Jacinto, laying in the dirt under a bush all by himself. The weather that day was 100° plus, and he had no chip, no tag, and no collar. He was skin and bones, covered in dirt, with mats, dreadlocks, and burrs all over his body.
The hardest thing for us to hear was that the condition to his eyes could be from:
A. An infection that could have been treated if caught early;
B. Trauma to the head from a hard object;
C. Direct trauma to both eyes.
Obviously, we will never know, and we will now focus on giving Chance the best rest-of-his-life that we possibly can. We are asking for donations to contribute to the cost of his teeth extraction and his enucleation, which total $6,100.
If you are able to donate, please click this link and follow the instructions to donate to Chance's Second Chance Fund. If you are unable to donate, please send some prayers or pawsitive thoughts, Chance’s way. And please know that we value and appreciate your support more than you will ever know.
We will continue to keep you updated regarding our Chancy boy.
A POOL FOR OUR PUPS!!!
We are so excited that our pool is in and the pups are now enjoying it and able to get the rehab they need. We are so grateful to everyone who made this possible. And our pups send a tail wagging thanks too!!
Love Rescued Me - Our "Furever" sanctuary ensures that senior dogs will find a safe haven and the care and TLC they deserve - a warm and loving place to land on their way to their forever homes or to remain for the rest of their lives. Enjoy the video!
A National Senior Dog Awareness Campaign to Benefit Senior Dogs
and Senior Dog Rescues in the United States
presented by Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary
In collaboration with Senior Dog Rescues throughout the US
Visit our Saving Senior Dogs USA website for more details.
and Senior Dog Rescues in the United States
presented by Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary
In collaboration with Senior Dog Rescues throughout the US
Visit our Saving Senior Dogs USA website for more details.

Hello to our wonderful dog loving friends and faithful supporters,
Thank you for your tremendous support of our Saving Senior Dogs Week 2022 – we raised over $55,000! We are humbled by the support, love, and sharing we received during our SAVING SENIOR DOGS WEEK campaign. Your passion, compassion, conviction, and joy about saving and enriching the lives of senior dogs is inspiring!
Saving Senior Dogs Week 2023 will be October 23rd – October 29th
We are looking forward to another great week. We choose the last week of October for Saving Senior Dogs Week in the hopes that it will provide impetus for people to adopt during National Adopt A Senior Pet Month in November of each year. We look forward to the wonderful stories yet to be written for all of the beautiful senior souls who need humans to love them, and who will love those humans right back, and then some!
Our deepest gratitude to each of you, from the bottom of our hearts and paws!!
Thank you for your tremendous support of our Saving Senior Dogs Week 2022 – we raised over $55,000! We are humbled by the support, love, and sharing we received during our SAVING SENIOR DOGS WEEK campaign. Your passion, compassion, conviction, and joy about saving and enriching the lives of senior dogs is inspiring!
Saving Senior Dogs Week 2023 will be October 23rd – October 29th
We are looking forward to another great week. We choose the last week of October for Saving Senior Dogs Week in the hopes that it will provide impetus for people to adopt during National Adopt A Senior Pet Month in November of each year. We look forward to the wonderful stories yet to be written for all of the beautiful senior souls who need humans to love them, and who will love those humans right back, and then some!
Our deepest gratitude to each of you, from the bottom of our hearts and paws!!
In October 2023, we'll be partnering with senior dog rescue organizations from across the United States to present the fourth annual Saving Senior Dogs Week, a national campaign to raise public awareness of the plight of homeless senior dogs (with even more need in the time of COVID-19), all across the United States. We’re hoping once again to bring even more attention to this cause and to raise much needed funds for senior dog rescues to continue to carry out their missions. If you’re interested in becoming a partnering senior dog rescue or to become a sponsor of Saving Senior Dogs Week 2022, contact Alice Mayn at [email protected] or call 707-787-7010. |
*** Read the Press Coverage for Saving Senior Dogs Week ***
Lily's Legacy in the news....
We are thrilled that in honor of International Dog Day, Thursday August 26th, VolunteerMatch featured Lily's Legacy in a great article, Senior Dogs Snuggle Up For International Dog Day. The link is below.
VolunteerMatch is an organization that operates in 91 cities nationwide and provides a national digital infrastructure to serve volunteers and over 139,000 nonprofit organizations (including Lily's Legacy) throughout the United States.
We are truly honored that VolunteerMatch chose to spotlight Lily’s Legacy.
https://blogs.volunteermatch.org/senior-dogs-snuggle-up-for-international-dog-day
VolunteerMatch is an organization that operates in 91 cities nationwide and provides a national digital infrastructure to serve volunteers and over 139,000 nonprofit organizations (including Lily's Legacy) throughout the United States.
We are truly honored that VolunteerMatch chose to spotlight Lily’s Legacy.
https://blogs.volunteermatch.org/senior-dogs-snuggle-up-for-international-dog-day

We would like to thank actress and film documentarian Jacqueline Piñol, creator and host of The Canine Condition podcast, for inviting Alice to be a guest on an episode about senior dogs. We invite you to listen to the 33 minute episode, "They're Not Senior Dogs, They're Vintage Dogs", as Jacqueline talks to Alice about Lily’s Legacy, Saving Senior Dogs Week, and the joys of adopting “Vintage Dogs”.
Alice did an awesome job!
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-canine.../id1547042244
Here’s a link to The Canine Condition website: http://www.thecaninecondition.com
Alice did an awesome job!
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-canine.../id1547042244
Here’s a link to The Canine Condition website: http://www.thecaninecondition.com

Lily’s Legacy Lifetime Care Program
Thank you for thinking ahead about the care of your dogs if you should be unable to do so.
The first thing we do to set up a dog with our Lifetime Care Program is meet the dog or dogs to do a behavior assessment. We do this to make sure he/she is a dog we can commit to bringing into our program should the time come. If it is not feasible for us to meet your dog, we try to arrange another way to do the
assessment. It is important that your dog gets along well with both people and other dogs?
Once we have determined that your dog is a fit for our program, we have you fill out our pet profile form for each dog. We ask that you set up a pet trust for your dog and fund it sufficiently with an amount that gives you "peace of mind” that all of their needs will be covered. We will send you a pet trust expense checklist to help you determine the how much would be appropriate to leave for your dog. At the end of the lifetime of your dog, if there is anything left in the trust, the remainder would be gifted to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary so we can help more senior dogs and senior people.
We also ask that you make an annual gift in any amount to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary to help build the security of the organization and ensure that we will be around if/when your dogs need us. Some people also choose to leave an additional unrestricted donation to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary in their estate plan above and beyond the pet trust, which will help fortify our organization's future in carrying out our mission. This is all voluntary and not a requirement.
Please check with your attorney to set up a Pet Trust for your dog. Let me know if you have any questions. The first step would be to set up a time for us to meet your dogs and answer any questions.
Warm Regards,
Alice Mayn
Executive Director / Founder
Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary
Thank you for thinking ahead about the care of your dogs if you should be unable to do so.
The first thing we do to set up a dog with our Lifetime Care Program is meet the dog or dogs to do a behavior assessment. We do this to make sure he/she is a dog we can commit to bringing into our program should the time come. If it is not feasible for us to meet your dog, we try to arrange another way to do the
assessment. It is important that your dog gets along well with both people and other dogs?
Once we have determined that your dog is a fit for our program, we have you fill out our pet profile form for each dog. We ask that you set up a pet trust for your dog and fund it sufficiently with an amount that gives you "peace of mind” that all of their needs will be covered. We will send you a pet trust expense checklist to help you determine the how much would be appropriate to leave for your dog. At the end of the lifetime of your dog, if there is anything left in the trust, the remainder would be gifted to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary so we can help more senior dogs and senior people.
We also ask that you make an annual gift in any amount to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary to help build the security of the organization and ensure that we will be around if/when your dogs need us. Some people also choose to leave an additional unrestricted donation to Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary in their estate plan above and beyond the pet trust, which will help fortify our organization's future in carrying out our mission. This is all voluntary and not a requirement.
Please check with your attorney to set up a Pet Trust for your dog. Let me know if you have any questions. The first step would be to set up a time for us to meet your dogs and answer any questions.
Warm Regards,
Alice Mayn
Executive Director / Founder
Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary
COVID19 has affected us all. At Lily's we are going out of our way to stay safe. We have reduced our volunteers to just 1 or 2 per shift. When walking our dogs we keep 6ft or more away from each other. Hand washing has always been important here at Lily's. During this time it has become obsessive. Hands are washed before & after handling each dog. Our kennels are kept meticulously clean. Floors and sidings are disinfected on a bi-daily basis. Bed sheets and blankets are regularly laundered and a disinfectant is added to each load. When the need arises for volunteers to share close quarters, face masks are worn.
Team Lily... we will get thru this. We understand the stress and financial strain this has put on everyone in Lilyland. As our dogs still have major expenses, we are asking you to give what you comfortably can. Our senior dogs count on the benevolence of those who believe in our vision and support our mission. Thank you!
Team Lily... we will get thru this. We understand the stress and financial strain this has put on everyone in Lilyland. As our dogs still have major expenses, we are asking you to give what you comfortably can. Our senior dogs count on the benevolence of those who believe in our vision and support our mission. Thank you!