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
Volunteers’ Week – Karen, forever fosterer!
Karen became a volunteer after she adopted from PDWRA over 4 years ago. She has a revolving door! During this time, she has fostered 18 pugs, adopted 2 and been a failed fosterer on 3 occasions! She also transports and home checks for us. Karen has a heart of gold...
Volunteers’ Week – Thank You, Peter!
Peter, regularly transports pugs between their destinations, on the road to their forever, loving homes. He's one of those diamonds who never says no. He knows we wouldn't ask if there were others available to suit the collection or delivery destinations and for the...
Volunteers’ Week! Fundraiser, Rachel.
It's Volunteers' Week! A chance, every year, 1 - 7 June, to say Thank You for the fantastic contribution volunteers make to their causes. The PDWRA couldn't do what we do without them, and this week we will recognise and thank, some special individuals who are...
Archie!
Archie, was surrendered to PDWRA with his brother Benny, who we wrote about a few weeks ago. One of our volunteers Hannah, who also has pugs, fell in love with him from the moment she saw him at her local park with his foster Sue. She had seen them both through...
Fred & Mollie
Fred came to the UK from the Far East, with his original parents. Their family was expanding and they came to the very difficult decision to surrender him to PDWRA when they realised that they could no longer give him the attention he deserved. One of our adoptive...
Yorkshire doggy take-aways!
"Adorable pugs tuck into 'doggy takeaways' during PDWRA event at Village Pizza in Leeds". The Yorkshire Post reported. A group of lucky pugs got their noses stuck into doggy takeaways during a pizza party this weekend. Six pooches and their owners were invited to...
We are Open for New Adoption & Foster Applications!
With lockdown restrictions easing and changing circumstances for owners and pugs, we are now able to Re-Open for New Applications to Adopt or Foster! As we will still be relying on video home-checking, and working to the changing guidelines, waiting-times for...
Pugsley & Bruno enjoy their new found friendship!
Bruno was adopted earlier this year. Since then, he’s moved house, become friends with the resident chickens and begun to make friends with another resident pug. Some big changes for the little man! Bruno's new brother, Pugsley has had his health issues through the...
Recycle Printer Cartridges for PDWRA
Working from home might mean have meant getting through more printer cartridges, so please don't forget to recycle them, via Recycle4Charity. Follow their new, easier, process for 2021 which is so beneficial to our pugs in need while saving the environment! Please...
Toby-licious down on the farm!
We recently spotted Toby among the pigs on his adoptive parents' farm. Mum, Anita tells us how he's been getting on there: "Ours is a free-range for pigs and cattle plus we grow strawberries, so Toby soon had to learn to listen & behave after his arrival!😅I recall...
Thanks again E&EAPDC!
PDWRA would like to send our heartfelt thanks to our regular donators and friends at the Essex & East Anglia Pug Dog Club. From their Spring online Dog Show including Welfare and Pug classes, they have donated £238 to us for pugs in our care! Special thanks to...
Temporary Foster Dora
PDWRA received a call asking if we did anything such as temporary fostering. Dora’s owner was struggling to give her the attention she needed, having a young family with a new baby to look after too. As we did have the volunteers available in this area we were able to...
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.
