When aging pups in Minneapolis, Minnesota are on their last legs, there's a loving place they can turn to for end of life support.
Local nonprofit Secondhand Hounds set up a canine hospice service for dogs living out their final days, CBS Minnesota reports.
The hospice program places foster older dogs in homes where they'll be loved and cared for until their last living days.
Secondhand Hounds founder Rachel Mairose tells CBS that she was flooded with requests for a program like this, and that other terminal dogs are often euthanized as soon as they're brought to an animal shelter, as people are unlikely to adopt dogs who won't recover.
Mairose adds that the program began with one beloved 17-year-old pup, and has grown to include 10 dogs. In addition to finding homes for these terminal pups, Mairose also organizes hospice playdates that bring the dogs in the program together.
Teri Woolard is one of Secondhand Hounds' foster owners, with four pups under her care.
"I think every dog deserves to live out their last years in a warm, loving home," she told CBS.