Good for you in choosing to adopt a Pug rather than buy a Pug puppy! You are not only saving a life, but also helping to put an end to the pet overpopulation problem in the world. And you usually get a better pet from a Pug rescue centre than from an untrained Pug puppy. Although there might be Pugs, a very popular breed, in your local animal rescue shelter you might prefer to go to a Pug rescue centre.

One of the advantages of a Pug rescue centre is that the volunteers and foster Pug parents take the time to get to know the dogs in their care as individuals. They can better help you get the Pug that best fits your temperament and lifestyle. They also will have worked on the Pug’s training and can help you with further training. They never put any Pugs up for adoption that have severe emotional or health problems (or at least, they shouldn’t.)
A legitimate Pug rescue group will not offer to ship their dogs and almost never have puppies available. They often will not allow potential adopters to be more than a few hours’ drive from the foster home. A legitimate Pug rescue group will base their adoption process a lot like the process for adopting a human child. This is to not only discourage impulse adopting, but to make sure the Pug doesn’t get abandoned again.

You always should be able to visit the home or shelter where the Pug is being fostered before you agree to any adoption of any specific dog. In this way, you get to not only see what the Pug is like, but what conditions the Pug is being kept in. If you see any Pugs kept in extremely unsanitary conditions, made to live in backyard pens or in stacked crates, please get out of there and call the SPCA.
Remember ever to lay any money down for a Pug that you’ve never met. This way you can avoid scams and other potential heartbreaks. You will be expected to provide your own transportation both to and from the Pug rescue centre. You should also be able to visit the Pug rescue centre or foster home where you can not only see your potential Pug, but also see under what circumstances he or she is living in.

Most Pug rescue centres are a network of foster homes and not one central building. Get to know about Pugs in general before you visit. They often are a noisy breed and naturally chunky. If you not aware of how a healthy Pug behaves, looks or sounds, it will seem that all of the Pugs are quite ill when they are acting normally. All Pug rescue centres charge adoption fees of a few hundred dollars, so expect that. Anyone giving away Pugs for free doesn’t care where the Pugs will wind up.

Pug rescue groups in your area may just be made up of a network of breeders. If more people would study Pug information before buying one we would not need to have Pug rescue centres.

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