The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association
Run entirely by volunteers & public donations
Adoption
We are pleased to be open again in select regions, for new adoption applications following a necessary, temporary pause to handling nationwide general applications. This enabled us to focus on pug-specific adoption applications, shortening waiting times for the large number of pugs we had in our care, onto their forever homes.
This also meant we needed to rehome more older pugs & those with very individual or special-needs, plus bonded-pairs for which we tend to receive fewer applications for.
You will find the latest details about which regions of the country we are accepting general adoption applications from, in our Adoption section, as well as any latest pug-specific homes appeals.
Fostering
Good foster homes are essential in our rehoming process, particularly those that can support age-related or special-needs, or accommodate bonded-pairs, as the number of pugs surrendered to us in these categories has been relatively high.
For specific areas of the country that we are accepting new fostering applications for, PDWRA provides ongoing support with vet costs covered. You may offer short or long-term care, for which the individual needs of the pugs will be matched to your home.
Our Fostering section provides full details and considerations for fostering, as well as the areas where we’d welcome new foster homes from, also where you can apply directly online.
Surrendering
In our phased re-opening, we are able to receive pugs needing to be surrendered from our busiest region, the South East, East of England, West & East Midlands. All pugs requiring rehoming will be matched to our nationwide waiting lists.
The difficult decision for our temporary closure was taken in order to provide the best welfare solutions to the very high number of pugs in our care earlier this year, with the resources available to us. By limiting the processing of new general adoption applications this enabled the escalation of specific applicants to adopt matched pugs, sooner, and reduce the volume waiting in our care.
Please go to our Surrendering section for latest information and contact details.
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 on its journey to its new home.
We are open to applications in specific areas of the country so please see our Volunteering section for the latest details and where you can apply directly.
We also have vacancies for specific, dedicated roles in the charity, that you can apply for too.
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 on its journey to its new home.
We are open to applications in specific areas of the country so please see our Volunteering section for the latest details and where you can apply directly.
We also have vacancies for specific, dedicated roles in the charity, that you can apply for too.
Latest PDWRA News
A Message from our Interim Chairman, Kay Greene
Further to joining the trustee team as Interim Chair in mid-April this year, I thought you may find it helpful to have brief update from me about what PDWRA have been achieving these past few months. One of the most impressive aspects of our charities work which...
In Memory of Ralph
We lost one of our stalwarts of the pug world on 19 July 2025. Dear old Ralph who coped with a multitude of problems throughout his life but despite all, took and gave pleasure to those who came across him Ralph was surrendered in 2019 by a lady who saw him advertised...
Rebecca’s Story of Adopting Ozzy
We are a family of dog lovers who had dogs in the past, but when I had some health problems and we weren’t sure whether we had the capacity to offer a dog a long term home. We’d been a dogless family for several years and we were all yearning for the pitter patter of...
Meet our new Trustee
Iris hanging out with the kittens Meet our new Trustee - Anne McDonald My name is Anne and I’ve recently become a Trustee for PDWRA. This is a bit about me… I’ve been a dog owner from the age of four, my grandad’s dog had puppies and he gave me one for my birthday....
Loveday’s Father’s Bequest to the PDWRA
Loveday's father leaves his beautiful collection of ceramic pugs to the PDWRA. My father was a pug enthusiast for most of his life. Shortly after my parents married, 70 years ago, they welcomed a pug called Bunky into their lives and things were never the same again....
A Sad Farewell
Saying a sad farewell and a huge thanks to Helen & Malcolm McKee - Voluntary Vet Advisors to the PDWRA from 2018 - 2025 Helen first became involved with the Charity in early 2018, when she made an initial approach to enquire about fostering. At the time, she said...
Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome
Written by Helen McKee PDWRA Veterinary Advisor I am sure all of you, and anyone who has had a pug, is familiar with the term ‘BOAS’. It stands for Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome’ It is a large topic and there is much to discuss about the condition, but...
Emma’s Dewdney Fundraising
Emma raises funds for the PDWRA as part of her company's Volunteer Week! Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of taking part in a few volunteer initiatives that have been both meaningful and memorable. One of the highlights was volunteering at a high school in...
Diana’s Tribute to Lottie
The life and times of Little Lottie, aka Crazy Girl, aka Stinky Minky. It was the 23rd of August 2018 when I pulled into an Asda car park in Newmarket to collect “the goods”, aka Lottie, an approximately 3–5-year-old fawn pug. She was my second pug adopted from the...
PDWRA’s Facebook Mega Auction
Our Facebook Mega Auction to raises essential funds for our charity’s Pugs in Need throughout the year!
The Auction is BACK from its short Summer Break. From Monday 28th July newly listed items will be under way…..
With 5,500 members, please Join the group when it returns if you are not a member already to see what delightful items are on auction or to be raffled.
As well as bidding, you are able to donate your own items to be auctioned, or raffled too!
We have featured some fantastic antique and vintage collectibles among with the typical goodies that are donated and often hand-made by our generous supporters, personalised, affordable pet portrait drawings to be commissioned plus special items raffled at £2 per ticket, such as Holiday Chalet stays and latest models of popular Air Fryers…. do join in!
Friends of Welfare
Become a Friend of Welfare today!
Your membership provides us with reliable, much-needed and regular funds towards ever increasing costs for Pugs in our Care.
