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.
Coco needs to be an Only-Dog in her Forever Home
👏 ** WONDERFUL NEWS UPDATE: Coco is moving to her PERFECT NEW HOME! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Nine year old Coco is looking to retire as an Only-Dog ideally, in her Forever Home. She enjoys the company of adults and children, though would be best homed...
Could YOU Adopt Rambo?
👏 ** BEST NEWS UPDATE: Rambo has found his perfect NEW HOME! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Introducing 8 year old Rambo, who has been in foster with us and is ready for his Forever, Adoptive Home! Could Rambo's Home be Yours? He can live with other kind...
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...
Latest PDWRA News
Laura & Ethel
Laura’s Story of Adopting Ethel There are two 40th Anniversaries this year, the 40th Anniversary of EastEnders and the arrival of a very famous TV pug – Willie, belonging to Ethel Skinner and more importantly, the 40th Anniversary of pugs entering my life, which was...
Sam Harrington-Lowe – In Praise of Older Pugs…
Sam Harrington-Lowe is Director, Founder and Managing Editor of Silver Magazine, an edgy, exciting online magazine for the 50+ market where she examines what your Midlife Coming of Age is, why it's so amazing, and how you can get there! Sam is a volunteer for PDWRA...
Could You Adopt Milo & Oscar?
👏 THANKING ALL APPLICANTS! 👏 We are delighted to say that Oscar & Milo are comfortably in their Adoptive Home! ****** APPEAL INFORMATION: Bonded boys Milo and Oscar are keen and ready for their Forever Home together! Due to long working-hours changes at...
For £2 per ticket, this NINJA Woodfire Electric BBQ Grill/Smoker could be Yours!
👏 ** THE PRIZE DRAW has been made - Raffle Closed ** 👏 ****** It's looking like the Most Popular Raffle Prize we’ve had so far, this year! Brand New in the box, the latest model, NINJA WOODFIRE PRO CONNECT XL ELECTRIC BBQ GRILL AND SMOKER. RRP £449. It could be...
Melissa & Esme
Hello everyone. My name is Esme and I first came to PDWRA a few years ago. I'll start with the day I was told I had a new Furever Home. I was transported from my foster home to another lovely volunteer’s home, and from there I was collected by Myra and her daughter,...
Spring Hazards & temptations!
Spring is here! We're all glad for the drier, brighter, warmer days bringing with it NEW temptations for our furry friends indoors and out. So as usual we need to be vigilant, for them! Outdoor hazards: We're likely to be keen to be outdoors with winter behind us....
Urgent Appeal for New Fosterers!
We could not do what we do for Pugs in Need without dedicated Foster carers. ************ More than ever, we are in need of NEW foster homes to support the large number of pugs in our care and welcome Short and Long-term Foster carers. We also are in particular need...
Young Evie needs to be the Only Dog in her Forever Home
👏 ** WONDERFUL NEWS: Evie has found her FOREVER FAMILY! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: This is the lovely Evie. She’s 2 and a half years-old and looking for an experienced parent in a home with no other dogs or children. We don’t believe Evie has had the best...
Rocky rocks in his New Forever Home!
We appealed for a Forever Home for Rocky who hadn't enjoyed a lot of socialisation making him sensitive and reactive, and were lucky to find one so soon and that he's more than thriving in already! See Rocky's appeal: Sensitive Rocky needs a Quiet Forever-Home! | The...
Coco needs to be an Only-Dog in her Forever Home
👏 ** WONDERFUL NEWS UPDATE: Coco is moving to her PERFECT NEW HOME! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Nine year old Coco is looking to retire as an Only-Dog ideally, in her Forever Home. She enjoys the company of adults and children, though would be best homed...
Could YOU Adopt Rambo?
👏 ** BEST NEWS UPDATE: Rambo has found his perfect NEW HOME! ** 👏 ********** ORIGINAL APPEAL: Introducing 8 year old Rambo, who has been in foster with us and is ready for his Forever, Adoptive Home! Could Rambo's Home be Yours? He can live with other kind...
Our Rodney… R.I.P.
By Alison, Rodney's Mum & Fundraiser for PDWRA. 20th December 2024 Sadly, on 19th December our little Rodney passed away peacefully. He would have been 9 years old a few days later. Rodney came to us 3 years ago to the day as a Pug Dog Welfare and Rescue...
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
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Your membership provides us with reliable, much-needed and regular funds towards ever-increasing costs for Pugs in our care.
