![]() Losing them can be hard but then there is always another senior death that needs our help just as badly. Sometimes it's just too late for intervention but what we can do is love them all the way home. Reid shares, “For us, ‘love is always the answer.’ Since we are a hospice, there is not always something that can be done. They may be here a day, a few months, or a year, but what all remains the same is that they are loved and cared for.” Sometimes, they can take on as many as 80 dogs at a time. “Since Whispering Willows began, we have helped nearly 800 senior dogs pass into peace with love and care. WWSDS offers full medical care and 24-hour attention a dog is never alone once it arrives in the care of the sanctuary. The organization became a nonprofit in 2017 and a licensed shelter with the state of Missouri. The couple moved and bought a large home and land. Don't they deserve respect and care?”Īn immense amount of planning and research went into establishing the WWSDS. ![]() What about the true golden hearts that have lived and loved. “Why should they die just because they are old? We are a throw away society, always looking for the next best thing. She ended in love.”Īfter seeing how hard it was to find a place for Staley, Reid had the dream of helping senior dogs. She lived happily, getting to be part of a family, running, and playing. “Staley went and was loved for another one and a half years. “She had aging Dobermans and land where could live out the rest of her life,” Reid says. Feeling hopeless, a foster for the Doberman rescue got their information and volunteered to take her. The couple appealed to rescues but was told that Staley would be put down. He loved her dearly yet no one wanted her.” She helped my dad and stayed at his side until he passed. Yet, here she was this most valuable member of our family. ![]() My mom was also in poor health and at that time my husband and I were at our city limit for pets. “After my dad's passing,” Reid explains, “my mom was unable to keep my father's dog. ![]()
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