
Like humans, our dog friends grow old too, and with age come many changes in health and well-being.
We’d like to think that man and his best friend will be together until the very end, but unfortunately, cases occur where owners are no longer able to care for their pets, or where pets even outlive their owners.
When this happens, many of these pets end up in shelters or being moved around between different homes, creating unhappy and unbalanced experiences.
House With a Heart, an organization run by Sher Polvinale in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a pet sanctuary that provides shelter and care for aging dogs who no longer have families. Sher and her colleagues oversee the daily care of more than twenty dogs, and spare no expense when it comes to making sure the dogs are happy and healthy.
“We have dogs come to live with us until the end of their life,” says Sher, “and we make sure that the end of their life is full of love and caring [and] lots of attention, and [we] make sure they get all the medical care they need.”

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Lindsey Jackson
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This woman and her team are truly amazing. x
Ash Ley
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Nin Shan
Margie Maggie Frank
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Thank You for caring for them
Vicki Bermingham Thomson
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There is a place in heaven for this lady!
Chiko Pelaez
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God bless you ♥
Jill Butler
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Mike Butler. Grandmas house lol?
Barbara Early
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Yes! Derek Stivers
Renee Hoots
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God Bless You. Your one special Lady
Colleen Bongiovanni
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That’s a very special lady!
Michelle Pritchett
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Thank you!!
Jeanette Woodrow
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the world needs good people like you, thank you for making these elderly dogs feel safe and loved, they never asked to be dumped its just their dump onwers thinking they have nothing else to give, their loss
Janie Davies Gill
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Bless this kind lady.
Scott Frank
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Diana
Jewell Vinson
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God bless you!!!
Kerry Paterson
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Maggie Paterson
Lynne Jarman Parker
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I would love to work there.
Nancy Pribish
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You are a very special lady God Bless
Barbara Cook
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Idea for you Annette Howard
Christina Link
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Diane Link
Solidad Pogany
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God bless this woman
Amanda Brown
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Ben Brown we should do this!!!
Deanna Blanchard Geiger
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Cute!
Jon Newman
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My kind of person , best kind of person
Leurise Phillips
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Troy Mathews
Nicole Marie
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Trish Knowles Lubold
Ruth Mackay
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Andy Ramsay
Lilah Vail
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Destiny Taylor
Destiny Taylor
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Can we go visit
Lilah Vail
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Yessss
Pat Drenowatz
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What a WONDERFUL lady!! Special place in heaven for her!!
Meaghan Smith
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Ty Pierson forget the farm, let’s open margaritaville for all the dogs!!
Ty Pierson
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Only if it is beach themed like Margaritaville and I can wear a Hawaiian shirt
Anita Ghebeles
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I don’t know how she does it. It was devastating to be there for our Boxer boy those last moments. I don’t know how you can do it over and over.
Patricia Doughty
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Yes very AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS… GOD BLESS HER
Jeannine Bierebeeck
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Respect
Jay Ketover
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She has more fortitude than I. Couldn’t stand to lose one. She is a hero. She need any money help maybe we can do a gofundme thing
Hilary Chesmer
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Truly amazing story and lady who runs this place.
Bong Nguyen
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She is really wonderful . I have to say thanks to her .
Diane Straub
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she is an angel
Tara Henderson
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Bless her what a great lady need more people in world like her
Angela Whelan
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Wonderful x
Janet Adcock
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Lexi Adcock
Alec Hilliard
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Bless this woman.
Cindy Swindlehurst
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Yes…I agree
Belinda Borden Jones
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Thank you for your time, willingness and love you give to these babies. You are a Blessing
Renee Stanley
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Beautiful! Gives me faith in humanity.
Richard Deem
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What a wonderful person with a beautiful heart! This helps restore my faith in human beings!
JoAnn Doleno-Harrington
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You are a Angel,but I couldnt have the heart too watch them, God Bless. when are babies had to be put too sleep, our hearts were broken. Its wonderful what you do, them not being along.
Loretta Termini Whittle
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She’s an angel to care for all those sweet dogs.
Calvin Gerald
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I love this so much