Smithy....14 years old and still kicking around! This old gal might be on her last summer. She's getting a little frail and her behind end doesn't work so good anymore. Has some inner ear problems which make her a bit off balance...but her out look as good and she eats a ton! These old dogs are so loyal and sweet...so glad to give them a safe place.  She needs meds and lots of different specialty foods...but so worth it. Please consider sponsoring a tiny bit for her!

Smithy reaaly does well for such an old gal and is a testament to why people should not dump dogs for getting old.  Age is how you treat them...and this girl is pretty great!

Shelby...technically not a senior BUT a "lifer" here due to medical.  Of course we never know what issues will be found until we get them here...but would we have left her if we had known?

As you can see, Shelby suffered a traumatic injury that was never repaired. One can only imagine the pain this frail little gal went through.  It can't be fixed and as she grows older the pain will become too intense to be managed on meds. A bleak future indeed. Her young life hasn't seen much blessings. Injury, abuse, lack of basic care & food. Of course high heartworm positive tops it off. So do we treat her for heartworms for the few years remaining to her? Yep. This particular dog is a big drain and the reason that ordinary rescues don't take them in. We understand...but BMAR is not your average rescue. Being no kill means that we wil stick by her...once rescued, a dog should remain rescued and have some security for the years remaining. Shelby's meds & suppplements are pretty high. While we ask for $150  sponsors on the older dogs...Shelby's is more like $400...so every monthly $5 adds up to help her!

Gigi...once a beloved foster snagged from a kill shelter. Treated like a diva. And now here because she had no where else to go. I hate this for her.  She deserves better and loves being pampered. But she has issues. Severe food allergies...we monitor her food. She's slender so it's important. She can't take extreme heat. she lost so much weight when the hurricane knocked all the electric out for weeks. When she likes you, she bonds. And she will bite anyone that comes close to you. That's the problem in a nutshell. So no kids, no other dogs, just her own person in a quiet household where someone wants to care for her that has her best interest in mind. Doesn't set her up for failure...presenting people she doesn't know...she will bite them. Vet visits require a muzzle. We haven't found that person yet...so she needs a sponsor.  Going on 4 years now. Surely the rescue community can do better than this for such a pretty girl. She really deserves a home. 

Now she's just in an outside kennel...

Blue Girl...a beauty right?  Not so fast....been here 5 years and is now a senior because of the 2nd photo.

One bad eye can mean that nobody wants you, means you are not perfect. This girl had a bad start to life.  We picked her before she was killed at a horrible shelter 5 years ago. Bred, puppies sold, beaten til her eye was damaged and then thrown into a shelter to be killed. She arrived underweight, defeated, injured. After a monumental effort to get in shape...she faced rejection after rejection...because she wasn't perfect. BMAR is no-kill for a reason...so dogs like this get to stay without fear of being killed because of an abnormality that was caused by humans in the first place. Now @ 9 years...she won't leave here. But that's ok...she joins our senior pool and that's where we start asking for sponsors for these older furbabies...hope you can help her despite the eye!

Casey...We first met her in October of 2020. Casey owner passed and is the case with so many pets of deceased owners, she suffered greatly. Never socialized, only liked her owner, was aggressive to all other people. Relatives didn't want her period. These are the perfect storm of dogs that are immediately killed, put to sleep, euthanized... whatever you want to call it, they wind up dead because their owners are. I have always taken exception to this fate for these dogs. It's bad enough their whole world has changed, but to be unwanted and wind up dead? She didn't like me either...so instead of taking the upset girl to the kennels, I took her home and placed her with my little crippled girl...Casey didn't like dogs either. Have to start somewhere. Took me 3 weeks to get her harness off of her and be able to just touch her without a growl and snap. But that flipped the switch. She became my best friend & now can get along with 2 whole dogs! High prey drive means no small dogs, no cats, no kids. Antisocial means I am her person and to heck with everyone else. But that's ok, had a premonition when I reviewed her case that she would be a lifer here...so she stays. It's no-kill here and for dogs like Casey...that means life. Helping sponsor dogs like Casey means we can take in more whose only crime is a deceased owner.

Chewy Toy...these type dogs are a dime a dozen. Just a mix of this and that. Common colors. Half her ear missing. Houdini escape artist. Nothing great about her, nobody wants these dogs. Always dumping these dogs to perish.  And she has been here 9 years.  Now a senior, she has multiple roles here from greeting new dogs, showing them the ropes, to playing with the really shy dogs -thus the name "Chewy Toy".  However...main draw back...she bites people she is unsure of.  Never from the front...she is very fearful and mistrusting of new people...so she goes behind them and nips a calf or two. And sealed her fate...she stays here where we can control human access to her. For her safety.  We never want anything to happen to this girl.  Like all seniors, she needs monthly prevents, special treats and food....If you have a soft spot for these wonderful dogs....consider sponsoring a part of her upkeep!

Snow passed from severe damage due to heartworm disease. We had treated the heartworms but the damage was too much to overcome.  We had Snow grace us with her presence for 4 years and she is missed.  Any donations to pay for outstanding medical bills allow us to continue our senior sanctuary program.

Oso and he has a story! He came from HCAS KILL SHELTER and of course in their usual incompetence they neglected to advise that they were sending a dog with full blown distemper. We of course had to scramble and fix up a quarantine and of course everyone was exposed. The aggravating thing was we would have taken him anyway but a head’s up would have been beneficial. He was so sick…and he’s small – a little Jack Russel/Chi mix. But he was a fighter and we didn’t lose him. Oso didn’t come out unscathed…he will forever suffer his distemper side effect: chorea. It is a neurological disorder that will plague him for life. Once he recovered his true colors came in and he hates everybody but his chosen few. Little dogs bite really hard…so we adhere to his wishes and let him choose who he wants to be handled by. Oso has been here 4 years and with the best of luck he will be here many more years! This little fellow that had such a bad previous life deserves to rule the roost here for many, many years~

To that end…we would like to ask for sponsors for him. Just defray some of his meds costs, maybe a treat or two and remember that we always take the dogs nobody wants. Little Oso’s everywhere deserve a chance and we are here to give it to them. But we need your help and sponsors mean we can keep on doing our rescue for sanctuary…lifers.

Like all seniors, he needs monthly prevents, special treats and food....If you have a soft spot for these wonderful dogs....consider sponsoring a part of their upkeep!