About Us
Welcome to Rusty's Angels Sanctuary
"There is nothing more rewarding than making the last years, months or even days of a dog's life the best they can be." ~ Emilee Spear - Founding President
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focusing on senior dogs over the age of 10 years. We dedicate our lives to providing a safe and caring environment for them to love out their twilight years.
Most of our rescues come to us because their owner has passed away, moved into hospice or had moved into assisted living. As long as the dog is healthy enough to handle transition into a new home then we do our best to find the perfect forever home. If the dog is deemed unadoptable for any reason, then they live out whatever time they have left here at our Sanctuary knowing unconditional love until the very end.
Need to Surrender?
We have three basic requirements that must be met for your dog to be considered a candidate for our Sanctuary.
Those are:
- Must be at least 10 years of age.
- Must be good with other dogs
- Must be currently residing in Arizona
If your dog meets these requirements, please click the link below to fill out our surrender form. If we feel that your dog may be the right fit for our Sanctuary, we will be in touch.
Please keep in mind that we have many dogs who are retired here and it can be months before we have a spot open up.
Our Goals
Rusty was my first rescue
I adopted him at the age of “ancient”
He was pulled from the euthanasia list at the local county pound. He was skin and bones, deaf, going blind, had a mouth full of rotten teeth and so lost and scared. I fostered him for a while and ended up adopting him because I knew no one else would.
He taught me that animals don’t deserve to die alone after loving us for all their lives. He is why I want to give these dogs the ending they deserve and have earned. They deserve the unconditional love to the very end that they give to us from the first moment they meet us. I remember what an amazing “mess” Rusty was and how much he loved me because I saved him when no one else would. And I promised him that I would continue to help those just like him live out their twilight years knowing that same feeling.