Our Press
July 17 2009
Gray Muzzle? No Problem! S.F. Nonprofit Finds Homes for Old Mutts.
“Good work, Muttville”, says SF Blog’s The Snitch (aka Peter Jamison), calling Muttville “a project that does good in the world free from the taint of greed, pride, or ideological bias.”
June 12 2009
Animal Friends: Muttville rescues Bay Area senior dogs
“The cocker spaniel was found wandering on the streets of San Jose two weeks ago. He is blind and deaf, and his fur was so matted you couldn’t see his eyes. He would have been put down if someone hadn’t thought to call Sherri Franklin in San Francisco… Others might call them rescuers and foster parents. I call them saints.” says Linda Goldston in her wonderful story about Muttville in the San Jose Mercury News.
June 8 2009
Animal welfare spotlight: Muttville
“Sherri Franklin has never met a graying muzzle she didn’t like. ‘So many people think that puppies are cute. I feel the same way about senior dogs,’ she says. ‘There’s something special about old, sweet mutts — it’s something in their eyes. It’s like you can see their soul.’”
April 21 2009
Perfect Match
The Grey Muzzle Organization helps support Muttville’s Seniors-for-Seniors program, which matches our wonderful dogs with wonderful senior citizens. Here’s an update from their newsletter “told in pictures – the happy smiles from people and dogs!”
April 2009
Welcome to Muttville
“San Francisco shelter Muttville has a mission that deserves our utmost support,” writes Lena Dakessian in the April 2009 edition.
January 2009
Wonder dogs: The benefits of loving a senior
“Sherri Franklin is the Director of Muttville, an organization that finds homes for senior dogs. She told FETCH that her number one reason for loving seniors is that they’re already set in their ways. ‘What you see is what you get,’ she commented. ‘Their personalities are there.’”
News Hound
December 1 2008
Thanks for Muttville
“I read this article in my local newspaper over the weekend, and it sounded like a belated Thanksgiving story. A lot of dogs can give thanks for a place called Muttville.”
November 29 2008
Dogs in their golden years get second chance at Muttville
“Estella is missing an eye. Ruthie has an inoperable tumor. Stimpy D has arthritis in his hips. Geriatric dogs, they would have been euthanized if not for Muttville – a new San Francisco nonprofit that specializes in finding homes for senior dogs that still have a few good years left.”
October 14 2008
SF Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik on the Gogol Bordello benefit for Muttville
“Everyone loves a puppy; it takes a real softy to honor the elders. As lead singer Eugene Hutz proclaimed at the show’s start, ‘This is for all the little doggies!’”
October 2008
Rescue dogs: Seniors with some livin' left to do
“Senior editor Leslie Smith travels to Muttville – and learns that for some dogs, life begins when there’s a place to call home.”
September 2008
Road to Rescue: Visit to Muttville
Leslie Smith: “Today I’m in Northern California’s Muttville, surrounded by nearly a dozen dogs, ranging in age from 7 to 17. Part sanctuary, part adoption agency, Muttville is a place where old dogs go to, well, live. Sherri Franklin … lives on the premises with dog beds of varying sizes lining the floors, and kitchen drawers full of medications for arthritis and incontinence. The energy in the place, however, is anything but feeble, with dogs in their golden years prancing about like young pups.”
Spring 2005
Proper care & feeding: A new law improves the lot of backyard dogs
“Over a span of six years, San Franciscan Sherri Franklin watched in dismay as Sam, the Golden Retriever in her neighbor’s backyard, suffered, deteriorated and ultimately died. ... Seeing how widespread the problem was, even in famously dog-friendly San Francisco, inspired Franklin to pursue an appointment to the city’s Commission of Animal Control and Welfare, and, ultimately, to help change the law, ... establishing legal guidelines for the care and feeding of dogs.”
Spring 2003
Another guardian victory: San Francisco becomes the 7th U.S. city to codify the term animal "guardian"
“On January 13, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to approve a measure that amends city codes to recognize individual as the ‘owner or guardian’ of their animal companions rather than solely the ‘owner.’ ... Spearheading the effort before the Board [was] Animal Control and Welfare Commission member Sherri Franklin.”
Journal of the SF/SPCA
Spring 1997
With a little help from our friends
Muttville founder Sherri Franklin’s (incorrectly referenced as Sherry Gregory) early days volunteering at the San Francisco SPCA. “It kills me,” she says. “I cry to see these dogs who’ve spent most of their life in someone’s home, and now they’re in a kennel.”
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