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.
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Latest PDWRA News
Could You offer young Gordon his Forever Home!
**UPDATE: Gorgeous Gordon found his forever home following this appeal, and is settling in well sneaking snuggles with his new pug sister!** ******** We can't believe this lovely boy, Gordon, hasn't found his Forever Home yet! For full details about 2.5 year-old...
Carolyn & the Hairy Heslops!
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Celebrating Heidi’s “Happy 1st Gotcha Day”!
Long-term foster, Heidi’s 1st Gotcha Day: PDWRA was Heidi's last chance! Exactly one year ago, now turning 14 year old, Heidi found her forever home with dedicated PDWRA volunteer, Maureen, who has had a lifetime's experience with pugs. Poor Heidi was rescued from an...
Atopic Dermatitis (Itchy skin!).
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Happy Easter!
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Good Friday Gordon is appealing for his Forever-Home!
https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/could-you-offer-young-gordon-his-forever-home/ This Good Friday, Gordon is appealing for his Forever-Home! 2.5 year old Gordon is a very loving, and loveable boy, who is looking for a calm yet active family who can work on building...
Happy 1st Gotcha Day Laura & Melvin!
Happy Gotcha Day to Laura and Melvin! A little late, but better late than never, first-time Pug Mum, Laura, recently celebrated Melvin’s first gotcha day & 8th birthday! Laura had long been dreaming of adopting a pug when life would allow her, which made this such...
Ronnie & Reggie are looking for their Forever Home!
**UPDATE: This lovely pair were unsurprisingly snapped up & are well-settled in their forever home!** ******** These beautiful, bonded black boys are just over 2 years old and have been surrendered only due to changes in their busy, loving family home. They’re...
Enter our 1 Week Holiday in Cornwall PRIZE DRAW!
Be in it, for a chance of winning a week's holiday in a luxury Cornwall caravan, generously donated by PDWRA supporter, Tara. Of course, the accommodation is dog-friendly as is Crantock beach, all year round, located nearby! This beautiful luxury caravan is situated...
Spring is here, at last!
Spring is here, at last! After a particularly wet exit from winter, we'll all be looking forward to drier, brighter & warmer days. New temptations for our furry friends will be indoors and out, so as usual we have to be the sensible ones, for them! Outdoor...
Thank You Mandy & Cornwall Pug Community!
We would like to extend an enormous Thank You to Mandy, and the kind community down in Cornwall for their generosity in collecting and donating £50 to PDWRA. They held an idyllic pug meet and walk, in loving memory of fundraiser Mandy's beautiful pug, Magnolia, who...
Edna is still looking for her Forever-Home!
** GREAT NEWS - UPDATE! ** Thankfully, Edna has found her perfect new home, all to herself! ****** Edna is still looking for her exclusive, Forever-Home, without dogs or cats, often harder to find in our dog-loving community. She was previously caged for long periods...
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.
