Frank fights cancer

by Yasmin | 19 Mar, 2021 | Blog, Rescue Stories

We saw Stef & Frank on Mother’s Day, here’s their story:

“Frank came in to my life 4 years ago. I had just lost my previous pug, Baby at the heart-breaking, tender age of 6, following a lifetime of illness and complex conditions. I naively thought that as I was adopting an older pug who was fit and healthy, I would be free of the troubles I had previously faced with Baby. However less than a year after his adoption I noticed a large lump on the side of his leg and little did I know the journey of constant vet trips and sleepless nights was about to begin again.

Frank faced multiple operations to remove the tumour that sadly kept re-appearing, leading to several rounds of chemotherapy that were unsuccessful. So, last year we made the tough decision to remove Frank’s Leg. It was a slow recovery for him and I wondered countless times if I had made the right decision, but nearly a year on, Frank proves to me every day, that I most definitely did.

Frank is the true definition of a fighter and not once during his countless rounds of chemo and treatments did he feel sorry for himself. I am so blessed I was chosen to take care of Frank after he was rescued from his previous life and I will continue to strive to provide a full and happy one for him. Thank you PDWRA!”
Stef

Mr Bentley celebrates 10yrs & his diet!

by Yasmin | 16 Mar, 2021 | Blog, Rescue Stories

🎉Mr Bentley has just celebrated his 10th birthday! 🥳

We last saw him at Christmas after his devoted PDWRA Mum Kerry, had worked so hard to help him reduce his weight from over 14kg.

He is now 10kg and gets a Birthday cake every year to celebrate his progress and healthier life.
Many Happy Returns Mr Bentley! 🎂💖🐾🦴

At Christmas 2020 we reported:

Mr Bentley was collected by PDWRA some years ago; a very large pug in size, who put on significant weight after he was adopted.  Although his new Mum tried extremely hard with vet support and expensive prescribed food to find the right diet and activity level to suit him, this wasn’t easy, as Mr Bentley occasionally also had fits.

It was upsetting for Mr Bentley’s Mum that people assumed she just fed him too much.  Only by chance and exasperation, by sharing the less specialised canned food Mr Bentley’s Rottweiler brother and sister ate, with a small handful of their dry, wheat and gluten free biscuits, did his weight start to fall off.  He has the occasional treat and pig’s ear to suck on as some teeth are missing now, and even without swimming and the longer walks which used to impact his breathing, he has enough energy to run round the house with the Rotties.

Mr Bentley’s 14.7kg is now 11kg and he’s in good shape for his frame.  He will never be 8kg as smaller pugs can be targeted to be.

Approaching 10 years young, he has more life in him than ever before, and we wish him many more birthdays and cake sampling to come!

Chance!

by Yasmin | 12 Mar, 2021 | Blog, Rescue Stories

Katie fostered Chance, the most wildly anxious pug she had ever seen. He went straight into her house and jumped up onto a cabinet! He raced around and barked non-stop, all through the night, it was really sad to see him like it, but she remained calm and patient. His adopter Carol also provided this for him. This is her story:
” Don and I lost our darling rescue pug Mimi last year. We adopted her 10 years ago and I can’t say how much joy and love she gave us. We missed her terribly.

My daughter sent me a link to PDWRA when she thought it was time for us to have a little house mate, so I filled in the adoption application form and got a reply saying it might be months before we heard anything due to the pandemic and restrictions. However, after a couple of days I was asked to have a zoom home check. Shortly afterwards we had a call to say a 5 year old little boy was in need of a home. Apparently, he was a very traumatised little man who had had a bad start in life so we knew we would have our work cut out for us.

His foster mum Katie brought him to us and the minute we saw him we were smitten. He was very frightened of almost everything, shadows, noise, telephones, people and refused to walk on a lead. He would charge around the garden barking at anything and everything.

The first photo was taken the day Chance arrived!

We have had him a number of months now and he is the most intelligent, loving little pug, not frightened anymore and loves nothing more than being cuddled (and food!?). As I’m writing this he is cuddled up on my knee. We can hardly believe the change in him. He has helped us through these awful times and I can’t imagine not waking up to him every morning.
He now walks beautifully on his lead with a treat or two and is a little star around the village as he is so friendly with everyone he meets.

We would like to thank PDWRA and Chance’s foster mum Katie for all their help and support. We renamed him Chance, because everything seemed to be by Chance. He is our world.” 💝🐾

Happy Gotcha Day Lola!

by Yasmin | 10 Mar, 2021 | Blog, Rescue Stories

🎂 Happy Gotcha Day Lola! 🎂

Here’s Lola’s Mum, Laura’s recollection:

Lola came to us a year ago. She was a very shy, timid pug who didn’t seem to know what to do with herself. She’d spend hours just watching the world go by. We spent a lot of time trying to build her confidence and give her the space and time she needed.

Now, she loves nothing more than snuggling with her pals Pugly & Peppa, bossing everyone around and chewing a yak milk treat. She really is loving life and we wouldn’t be without her and the famous tongue! We’re so lucky to have her in our lives. Don’t let the face fool you…. she’s a sassy little pug!!! 💗