The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association
50 Years Rescuing & Rehoming Pugs Throughout the UK Since 1973
Run entirely by volunteers & public donations
Adoption
The PDWRA is ALWAYS requiring more of the right people, and home environments to adopt the pugs coming into our care.
We have received increasingly higher numbers of surrendered pugs, all with individual needs, but those with special-needs as well as bonded-pairs who rely on your generosity to give them the future they deserve!
Please see our Adoption section to find out more about the requirements to be considered for adopting, also to apply directly online.
Fostering
We are always in URGENT need of more foster homes due to the increasingly high level of surrendered pugs, many requiring dedicated healthcare or rehabilitation prior to adoption.
Could you offer a temporary home, short or long-term, if more appropriate for the pug, always with PDWRA’s ongoing support, vet costs covered, and in-house vet expertise available to help you?
Please read our Fostering section for all the details and considerations, also to apply.
Surrendering
We would like to reassure anyone needing to surrender a pug that we are available, every day of the week, to help you do the best for them.
Your local Volunteer Area Rehoming Co-ordinator, who you will find in our Surrendering section, will support and advise you throughout the process of surrendering your pug/s to us, in confidence, compassionately, and without judgement.
Their welfare is paramount to us. Please find contact details for our Area advisors here.
Volunteering
There are a number of ways that you can volunteer to support PDWRA, including:
- Home checking, by assessing adoptive or foster applicants in your near locality, according to rehoming requirements.
- Transporting involves the collection, delivery and safe transportation of a PDWRA pug to its new home.
- Fundraising, in a variety of ways including at Events, or organising your own, to raise much needed funds for the pugs in our care.
There are also vacancies for specific, dedicated roles in the charity, that you can apply for.
If you would like to find out how you can get involved or to apply to volunteer, please see our Volunteering section.
Volunteering
There are a number of ways that you can volunteer to support PDWRA, including:
- Home checking, by assessing adoptive or foster applicants in your near locality, according to rehoming requirements.
- Transporting involves the collection, delivery and safe transportation of a PDWRA pug to its new home.
- Fundraising, in a variety of ways including at Events, or organising your own, to raise much needed funds for the pugs in our care.
There are also vacancies for specific, dedicated roles in the charity, that you can apply for.
If you would like to find out how you can get involved or to apply to volunteer, please see our Volunteering section.
Latest PDWRA News
Happy National Pug Day!
It's real! - The 15th October every year is dedicated to celebrate the Pug, originally conceived in the USA in 2012, was created to help pugs in need by encouraging people to take them out of shelters and into loving homes. This is exactly what PDWRA does, throughout...
Interview with Lisa, VAC for East Region.
Our Volunteer Area Coordinators (VACs) are at the forefront of the Charity's operations, they are responsible for the rescuing and rehoming of pugs in need, in their specific area of the country. VAC Lisa looks after the East of England. Q. What made you want to...
Cody’s story, by Yvonne.
Cody’s story, by Yvonne. We first heard about PDWRA whilst on holiday in York! We happened to be walking through the centre and came across a lady with a beautiful little pug. We stopped to speak to her and learnt that her pug had come from PDWRA! At the time, we...
Shirley & Pups Move On!….
We last reported that Shirley’s two surviving pups were reaching the stage of leaving their Mum and preparing to start their new life with their waiting adopters. Both Elsa and Button have now joined their new families, as has Shirley who is enjoying the rural...
Anna & Stuart with Monty & Poppy
Article by Anna on Monty & Poppy. We fell in love with pugs when we met our boy, Monty, who we got from a puppy. He's the love of our life and led us to meet so many other wonderful pugs and their owners. We'd always talked about getting a companion for Monty,...
Maria & Maurice Marry with their 3 PDWRA Pugs in Attendance!
We would like to send belated Congratulations to Maria and Maurice on their recent wedding on a very special communal occasion! Some of you may have seen or heard on the News, covered by the BBC, about the '100 Weddings in a Day' celebration at Marylebone Old Town...
Join Our Facebook Mega Auction
The Team are taking a break for August, returning for the rest of the year, starting with a holiday prize draw running 31/8-1/9!
So do join then & watch out for that!
Our Facebook Mega Auction raises continual and essential funds for our charity’s pugs in need.
This year we have featured some fantastic antique and vintage collectibles among with the typical goodies that are donated and often made by our generous supporters.
With 5,500 members, don’t miss out, and make sure to join the group when the admin team is back, if you are not a member already.
You are able to donate your own items for auction or for raffles too!
Friends of Welfare
Become a Friend of Welfare today!
Your membership provides us with reliable, much-needed regular funding for increasing Pugs in Need costs.
