Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue: Donate

Monday, June 17, 2013

Desperate For Your Help

This is it guys. Now is the time. Now is the time to help.

Summer is the time of year animal rescuers dread. Adoptions slow down, pugs are relinquished by their owners, pugs are left at shelters in high numbers, and foster homes become scarce as family vacations commence.

Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue has over 90 pugs in rescue including 14 pugs in clinics this week. Only 5 of the clinic pugs have foster homes waiting for them. Beyond that, we have 6 more pugs waiting to come into rescue. Many of the families who wish to give up these pugs to rescue are waiting patiently while we try desperately to recruit new foster homes for them.
However, a few are in danger and must be brought into rescue immediately.

We need fosters. We need funds. We need your help.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Adopt!
Just look at these precious pugs waiting for their forever home!
And we have a special right now with Senior Pugs: 2 for 1!!!

Foster!
Please consider becoming a foster for these sweet pugs.
Fill out a foster application here.
If you know someone who would like to foster or is even thinking about it, have them take the first step and fill out the application!

Donate!
While we are always accepting online donations here,
we currently also have 3 auctions running that will benefit three very special, critical care pugs.
Auctions end Sunday, June 23rd at 7 pm.

Meet Beautiful

Beautiful was found in the home of her owner after he had passed away. Her eyes were in such bad shape, they both had to be removed.
All of a sudden her life was turned dark and upside down - did she let this dampen her spirit?
No!
Beautiful has found comfort in the new humans around her and she always has her tail wagging.
Besides her emergency eye surgery, she will need additional care as she is continued to be evaluated.

Click here to see Beautiful's auction

Meet Veronica Pearl

Veronica Pearl has had it rough from the beginning. Whether it was the hand she was dealt or early trauma, Veronica Pearl has now been diagnosed with a herniated disk.

Because of how pug bodies are built, this not only affects the way she walks, sits, or moves in the slighetest, but also affects her bladder and urethra.

She is on medication but it is recommended she have acupuncture and be reassessed for surgery.

Click here for Veronica Pearl's auction

Meet Annie Bee

Annie Bee is only 8 months old and has been twice rescued:
Once from craigslist and once by DFW Pug Rescue when her medical needs grew.
It is suspected that Annie Bee had a troubled and dangerous birth resulting in trauma to her frontal lobe.
She needs an MRI and further assessment for her seizures.

Click here for Annie Bee's auction

We are also holding a garage sale!!

You can donate to the garage sale on Saturday, June 22 between 8 am and 3 pm.

Then you can shop at the garage sale on Saturday, June 29 between 8 am until 4 pm.

The address for donations and for the garage sale is

629 Post Oak Drive

Hurst, Texas 76053

Please help us anyway you can.

Mike really wants you to.

"Help us now so Sarah McLachlan doesn't have to sing that song again."

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

OUR LARGEST RESCUE YET

Major Pug Rescue Effort Under Way

Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue conducted its biggest rescue campaign in the history of the charity organization on Saturday, bringing in 37 pugs. Volunteers, techs, and doctors worked around the clock for three days to provide immediate care for these little ones, some with chronic health issues and one 3-year old named Tia, whose intestines are partially outside her body and who needs emergency lifesaving surgery.

"Sometimes opportunities present themselves and you have to take a leap of faith," said DFW Pug Rescue Director Sue Chapman. "A few days ago we were presented with the possibility of rescuing up to 75 pugs. The directors made a rapid decision - We would do this. Our Crisis Team traveled on short notice, and now we are waiting on heartworm tests. Then they will all be spayed and neutered."

Most of the pugs are young, under 5 years old, shy, and somewhat fearful, but curious about this new world that awaits them, she said. "We have over 31 pugs that need foster homes quickly. We need your help. We need donations. We believe every one of these lives is precious and worth saving," Sue said. "Thank you so much to Joanne Meriwether, Debra Hutchinson, and Jen Umbright who traveled day and night to bring these precious pugs to us safely."

Fifteen males and 22 females, some pregnant, are being boarded while we try to find foster homes. With spring break coming up, we have been asked to move most of these pugs out of the boarding facility and find foster homes as quickly as possible.

Our veterinary costs just to vaccinate, provide immediate critical care, and board these rescues is significant. Please open your hearts and help us to nurse these young pugs back to health, and give them the happy, healthy lives they have always deserved.