Who is McGrady?

He came into his adopted mom's life on March 6, 2010, when he was initially pulled by her from Ashe County Animal Control in Crumpler NC.

By the time his mom discovered McGrady on Petfinder, he’d been at the shelter 35 days despite the fact that there was only a mandatory 7-day stray hold.

Very shortly after his adoption, it was discovered that he was completely deaf.

McGrady’s mom felt his “reason for being” was to serve as an AmbassaDog for deaf dogs but that changed when she found out that McGrady’s former shelter was running very low on food and did not have the large network of volunteer or donor resources she’d thought they did.

This prompted a food & supply drive for his former shelter. It was then that McGrady’s mom realized that McGrady’s other reason for being was to serve as a voice for needs for rural shelters in the Carolinas who work hard to save every adoptable animal but need more resources to do so. 

Sadly, McGrady passed in September at approximately 16 years of age.

Since McGrady was a very special dog to all of us in the rescue community our 2024 "Paws in the Park" will be dedicated to him.

Check out their website at fabulousmcgrady.org
Thank you!