The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association
Run entirely by volunteers & public donations
Adoption
We are fully open in a selection of regions to receive general adoption applications again, as well as for pug-specific homes appeals.
We are finding the need to re-home more pugs 7 years & over, as well as those with very individual, or special-needs, plus bonded-pairs, so we welcome all applications from dedicated, loving homes to match with all surrendered pugs in our care.
Please find full details for adopting as well as which regions of the country we are accepting general adoption applications from, in our Adoption section. Any Pug-Specific homes appeals can also be found there which are open to all PDWRA regions across England & Wales.
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
Following our temporary closure last year, we have been able to receive pugs needing to be surrendered from our busiest region, the South East, as well as Central & East of England, plus West & East Midlands. All pugs in our care are matched to our complete region-wide waiting lists for homes.
The difficult decision for that closure was to provide the best welfare solutions to the very high number of pugs in our care with the resources available to us. It enabled the escalation of specific applicants being matched to adopt pugs in our care, while reducing the number of those waiting for a home.
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:
- Rehoming Coordinator
- Volunteer Area Coordinator
- Fundraiser
- Home Checker
- Transporting a Pug
- Something Else
We are open to applications from England and Wales. Please see our Volunteering section for more details of these roles and how to apply.
Pug Home Appeals
These priority Pugs need a home. Please read about these Pugs and apply to adopt online.
Sensitive Rocky needs a Quiet Forever-Home!
👏 ** FANTASTIC NEWS UPDATE: Rocky is rocking in his NEW HOME! ** 👏 Rocky rocks in his New Forever Home! | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Meet Rocky! He’s a very affectionate and sensitive 6 year old boy. He has been neutered...
Could YOU Adopt Sister & Brother, Cindy & Sid
👏 ** TERRIFIC NEWS UPDATE: Cindy & Sid have found their HOME TOGETHER! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Cindy and Sid are a bonded 6 year-old sister and brother. They are both neutered and looking for their forever home together. They both love children and are...
Latest PDWRA News
Lisa & Pepper
Deciding to get a pug was the easy part, as a family we did our research and said yes, it’s definitely a Pug we want, so we got a non-rescue puppy called Wilson, he was a darling…in a devilish sort of way! After 12 months we just knew we wanted to get another pug but...
Pug Eye Conditions: Part 2 of 2 – Proptosis, Dry Corneas, Pigmentary Keratitis, Entropion & Distichiasis
This is a follow on from my last article (Pug Eye Conditions: Part 1 of 2) where I discussed corneal ulceration in pugs; causes and treatment. The conditions I am discussing today are all inter-related; causes of which are similar to those that can result in a corneal...
Lizzie’s Story
My name is Lizzie, & I have been happily ‘entangled’ to Terry (known as Terry-Two-Pugs by other dog walkers) for 33 years, 16 years married. For 30 of those years we have had a rescue dog in our lives, of all ages, sizes and breeds. I first fell in love with the...
8 year-old Pat is looking for his Special Forever Home!
👏 ** GREAT NEWS UPDATE: Over the weekend, Pat has found his NEW HOME! ** 👏 ORIGINAL APPEAL INFO: 8 year old, black male pug Pat, is looking for his specific and special adoptive home. Please read his criteria: Pat would be best suited in a quieter home. Although he is...
Sensitive Rocky needs a Quiet Forever-Home!
👏 ** FANTASTIC NEWS UPDATE: Rocky is rocking in his NEW HOME! ** 👏 Rocky rocks in his New Forever Home! | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Meet Rocky! He’s a very affectionate and sensitive 6 year old boy. He has been neutered...
Suri – Our Beloved Foster Girl
By Katie, who fostered Suri when she was 10 years-old, since the summer of 2022 : Suri lives with our original pug Ruby, and often visited by my sister's fawn pug. Our darling long term foster Suri died at the end of last year. She was tiny but magnificent: funny,...
Alison & John’s story of adopting Winston.
Alison and John have rehomed 3 pugs including PDWRA adoptee Winston, who joined the family a year ago. Apparently, Winston thinks he’s the boss but really he’s at the bottom of the pack, being a sort of joker! While not initially looking for another pug, they came...
Winter Chill, Snow & Storms!
The Big Chill is definitely here! ❄️ We've been warned by the Met Office that it was coming; temperatures dropping, snow and icy conditions as well as storms and flooding! Here are our regular tips and advice to help your pug brave the cold, safely, to remain happy...
Order Your Unique Pet Portraits while Donating to Pugs!
PDWRA Pug Adopter and Fundraiser, Shirley has her pencils ready again after a short break this Christmas, to provide her wonderful portraits of Your Favourite Furry-Friends! Inspired, upon adopting Daphne from PDWRA, artist Shirley has been generously using her talent...
Anna & Stuart with Monty & Poppy
Written 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,...
For a Safe & Happy New Year!
It’s New Year's Eve and this year we have a combination of the usual potential hazard of Fireworks to our pugs, plus a combination of storms or snow across the country. The Met Office has weather warnings in place for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...
Arlo & Nora on film!
Pictured are Arlo & Nora with co-stars Gabby and Matt. Location photos courtesy of History Hit. PDWRA had a request from a film company, History Hit, for a pug to take part in a scene they were filming, so Arlo and Nora sprang to mind for Jackie, one of our VACs...
Donate to the PDWRA
The PDWRA is completely run on public donations and we wouldn’t be able to help the hundreds of pugs that are surrendered into our care each year without the help of our wonderful and generous supporters. Thank you!
Our vet bills alone run into hundreds of thousands of pounds annually and this is constantly increasing with the onslaught of inflation.
All help is greatly appreciated!
Friends of Welfare
Become of Friend of Welfare today!
Your membership provides us with reliable, much-needed and regular funds towards ever-increasing costs for Pugs in our care.
