The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association
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
The PDWRA 2025 Calendar is on Sale NOW!
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As winter and Christmas approaches, pugs have to watch their waistline, as we all do! However, they rely on us to manage this. So, here’s a seasonal reminder from our PDWRA Vet Advisor, Helen: Pugs can put on weight so easily that sometimes we can be unaware that...
Kathryn & Minnie Pug.
Written by Kathryn. I first heard about PDWRA when I attended a pug meet up with my first pug Belle that raised money for the charity. I followed the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/PDWRA and in 2021 during the Covid pandemic I decided to apply to foster, as...
Lest we forget ….
Here is adopted Margo, reflecting, as we all are today on Remembrance Sunday. Lest we forget ..... They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will...
Join Our Facebook Mega Auction
Our Facebook Mega Auction raises continual and essential funds for our charity’s pugs in need.
With 5,500 members, don’t miss out, and make sure to join the group if you are not a member already.
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, plus special items raffled such as Holiday Chalets and popular Air Fryers!
You are able to donate your own items for auction Lots or for raffles too!
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.
