The pups come to the sanctuary for a safe and loving home, and because of their age, it's usually until they pass away.
The team provides the dogs with everything from food and shelter to grade-A supplies like wheelchairs.
Polvinale wakes up at 6:00 a.m. every day to feed and check on over 25 dogs before volunteers arrive at 11:00 a.m.
When the time does come to say their last goodbyes, Vice President Harriette Sackler sits with the dogs until their very last moments.
But to make sure their memory will never die, Sher and the team put the dogs' pictures on a memorial wall as a tribute.
It's gotten so big, the volunteers have called the memorial the "Stairway to Heaven."
"We never forget them. They're always with us."
