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
Hugo – 1 year on…
Here's a PDWRA adopter celebrating rescuing Hugo, 1 year on! "We collected lovely Hugo, our first foster pug, a year ago, believing it was only for the Christmas period. We were looking for a golden oldie and had been waiting for a funny little old pug. We knew,...
Bella – A Christmas Rescue in the Snow!
When many of us were under near-lockdown restrictions, PDWRA received a sad phone call on Boxing Day to rehome a little pug called Bella. There were family circumstances which meant she had to be collected the following morning. Her owner was very sad on that call but...
Happy New Year & Thank You!
We would like to wish a Happy New Year to All our Supporters and Volunteers! We also have a very special "Thank You" from Tommy, who was surrendered before Christmas and we appealed for donations to help with the physio & hydrotherapy needs to help him with his rear...
Coronavirus – if you test positive for COVID-19 and need to be hospitalised
Have you thought about what happens to your pets/pugs in case of an emergency, or if you test positive for COVID-19 and need to be hospitalised? Please plan ahead, just in case you become ill, so your pets, especially the oldies or those with special needs, can stay...
Fudge
Fudge With great sadness we said goodbye to our Fudge Mudge on 28 December 2020. He was a super boy and we are heartbroken. Thank you PDWRA for giving us the chance to give him the home and love he deserved. He gave us so much. Bless you Fudge.
Ralph
Ralph Please can you add our brave and much loved Ralph to the memorial page. He left us in March 2020.
Frank
Here is our super boy Frank. He came to us in January 2018 aged 14, and died aged in April 2019 aged 15 yrs 4 months. He was such a character! x
Harvey – one year on!
You may remember this gentle gent, Harvey who was surrendered to us last Christmas. His elderly owner was unable to care for him and his developing skin problems that needed attention. Your donations to our appeal to help with this, saw him on the mend and into his...
Alfie
"Alfie" Alfie's owner, Valerie, writes: We had to take the very heartbreaking decision to let Alfie go to sleep on Tuesday this week. He has been very frail for a while, but had gone very downhill over the last week, not being able to stand and spending most...
Mr Bentley celebrates 10 years & his weight loss!
🎉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...
Team Yorkshire raise £1,048
CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU to PDWRA's Yorkshire Team, Donators and all our generous supporters who have raised an amazing £1,048 for Pugs in Need. Their Winter Fundraising Events hosted by Lisa, Amanda and Jodie went online to replace the usual Christmas Parties,...
Delilah
"Delilah" Lilah's owner, Joyce, writes: I am heartbroken having just lost my beautiful Lilah. She was a very damaged little girl when I got her, but very slowly over the 3 years I had her she did eventually learn to trust me, and certainly during the last few months...
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.
