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Monday, August 30, 2010
Central Florida Pug Rescue is auctioning off a beautiful quilt done in the rescue's colors to help raise money for the pugs in their care. Details are below, but please note the deadline for entry into the raffle has been extended to September 10, 2010. You can find out more information from the CFPR website.
Also, CFPR is in desperate need of foster homes. If you live in the greater Orlando area and would like to help out take a look at their volunteer page. Or if you can't foster, adopting one of their many cuties would help too. 
Monday, August 10, 2009
Can you believe it? It is time to open up the 2010 Calendar Contest to submissions. My how time flies!
The format of the contest is the same as previous years. You submit your adorable pug pictures during the month of August, I sort through and create the calendar during the month of September and the calendars go on sale in early October.
So I challenge you to inundate me with adorable pug pictures!
You can find all the contest details here and you can submit your picture to the calendar contest here.
As always, a portion of the proceeds from each calendar sale will benefit pug rescue. This year we have teamed up with the good folks at Central Florida Pug Rescue.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Ann was kind enough to send over a picture of Baby Jax with his vet tech taken after his liver shunt surgery. Last I heard, he was recovering nicely and his new family was having a hard time keeping the little guy on bed rest .
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Baby Jax had his liver shunt surgery Tuesday and is recovering nicely. A huge thank you to all that helped Baby Jax!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
I am reposting the text below from the Central Florida Pug Rescue website. If Jax has the surgery he will be having it at the same place Sol had her mandibulectomy. If given that opportunity he will have nothing but a bright future. The surgeons, doctors and staff there are top knotch. Just look what they did for little Sol.
BABY JAX DESPERATELY NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Jax started out life by being placed in a crate with his mom and newborn siblings and tossed out on the side of the road near Jacksonville, Florida on New Year’s Day, 2009. Fortunately a caring passerby saw the crate and movement inside and stopped. Central Florida Pug Rescue was called in and the new family became part of OUR family. They received immediate medical attention and lots of love, and after a time, all were placed in loving forever homes. Little Jax found a family of his own, who love him very much, but he has had to stay in rescue longer. Our vet noticed that Jax was not quite right…he had periodic spells of deep lethargy. This past week baby Jax began having seizures leaving him nearly comatose. Our vet immediately administered a round of tests…and found that Jax had a liver shunt…a genetic malformation that prevents his liver from functioning correctly and causes a back up of toxins in his body.
THE GOOD NEWS…this condition is easily remedied by surgery.
With surgery baby Jax will live a long, happy healthy life with his new adoring family.
WITHOUT SURGERY, HE WILL DIE BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD.
Central Florida Pug Rescue has found a surgeon who will do this procedure but the cost will be $4,000.00. We have one month to raise this amount and save baby Jax’s life. We can’t do it without your help. We know times are hard and money is scarce…but help us give this little boy a chance.
Any donations, large or small, are welcome and may be sent by check made out to “CFPR” and sent to P.O. Box 953744, Lake Mary, FL 32795 or made by credit or debit card at www.centralfloridapugrescue.org by clicking on the “Help Baby Jax” donation button On the Front Page. You can also make donations in person at any of our CFPR adoption events.
Click Below 0n “Help Baby Jax” to donate by Paypal *This will take you to the donation page(push the bone that says “donate”.)
*Please type the name “JAX” in the Purpose line
*Fill out the donation amount and send your donation.
*Thank you so much for helping to save this baby’s life.
Free fundraising thermometer
This is the thermometer for paypal, cash and check donations.
The FirstGiving Fundraiser below is a way to donate if you do not have a paypal account.
Thank you for your donations!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Great news! Belle’s big trip to Canada went very well on Saturday! Here are a few words from her new Mom posted on Pug Village.
Belle is home forever. We just arrived here about an hour ago, and Belle has eaten, strolled in the snow, and is sleeping beside me on the couch. It has been a very long, but wonderful day for all of us. Claudette was so nice, I think she is going to miss Belle a lot. Belle owes her, and Sarina, and everyone on Pugvillage, a great big thank-you. We will send lots of details tomorrow, and thanks again.
Joan, John and Belle
ps Our little Bella traveled with us to Spokane, and met her sister Belle, and kept her company all the way home
And later the next day, Belle weighed in with her thoughts on her new forever home:
So I have arrived!!! It is cold here, but the house is warm, and I had a good sleep last night, so feeling refreshed and ready for anything. Breakfast was good, but not near enough of it, so I barked and demanded more, and received a few treats in return. Good to know how that works…I will put it in my memory bank. There are lots of pugs here, and all bigger than me, so I am being called Peanut for now, as I have a sister named Bella already. Also, unbelievably there are some here that can’t walk either, and they have wheels! Apparently later today, I am going to be fitted for some of my own. I will send pics later today when it warms up. They keep different time here from Florida. So they were 3 hours late for breakfast, and evidently spring is going to be really late as well. But I like the snow, and as long as I am not out too long, it is quite fun. When I am ready to go back in, I just pull mum at full speed, and away we go!!!
Want to than each and every one of you who made this all possible. there are so many of you that kept track of me and prayed for me, and planned and donated for my trip. Particular thanks to the Ellzays, Sarina, and Claudette. These are the people I know by name, but it too so many more of you to literally save my life.
Have to go and snooze now, it seems to be snuggle time, and I don’t want to miss that! I will write later today, and send pics.
Love
Belle aka Peanut
Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. All the wonderful readers of OBP raised $440 to help Belle make the trip to her forever home! I have drawn the raffle winner and sent the lucky winner an email. As soon as I hear back from them I will announce the winner on the blog. Thanks again!
Update: Here are some picture of Belle in her new forever home.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Great news! So far we have raised $305 for Belle trip to her new forever home. With your support and the support of pug lovers everywhere, Belle will begin her journey to her new forever home on Saturday. On Saturday morning she will fly to Washington state with her foster Mom who will assure that she has a very safe and comfortable flight. Once in Washington, she will cross the border into Canada. As soon as I have an update on her trip I will let you know.
As for the raffle and calendar offer, I will keep it open through Friday. I will draw a winner this weekend and as soon as I have heard back from the winner I will announce the lucky winner. Sarina, from Central Florida Pug Rescue, was also kind enough to sweeten the raffle pot. She has donated a pug rag quilt that she made. The raffle winner will receive the quilt along with the other goodies previously mentioned. So there is still time to enter the raffle. If the funds do not go directly to Belle’s travel they will most certainly be used to help another pug in need. If you do donate, just make sure to send your receipt to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) so that I can enter you in the raffle and get your calendar mailed out if you donate $20 or more.
Make a Donation to CFPR for Belle’s Homecoming
I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone. Once again you pulled through in the clutch and I could never thank you guys enough.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Belle is a 7 year old pug that has been in the care of Central Florida Pug Rescue since October 2008. Belle was found hiding out under a car and was severely injured. Once she was in the care of CFPR, they found out that she was most likely hit by a car and in quite a bit of pain. Her injuries left her paralyzed and unable to use her back legs. It was also learned that before coming into rescue Belle was a puppy mill dog and was used simply to produce more puppies. This has left her a little shy around people, but over time she will warm up to you.
After lots of TLC in her foster home, Belle was well on her way to recovery. CFPR even began to look for a forever home that could accommodate this little girl’s special needs. Happily, that day has come! However, Belle’s new forever family hails from British Columbia, Canada. That a long way from Central Florida!
Belle’s new forever family is quite experienced with special needs pugs. They have four pugs already in wheel chairs and have the knowledge needed to get little Belle zipping around in her cart in no time flat. They are very involved in pug rescue in their area and CFPR knows they can provide Belle the best possible home that a pug could ask for.
The thing that I have learned about from talking to those very involved in pug rescue is that nothing is impossible. A perfect family was found for Belle and there is no way that a few thousand miles are going to keep a pug from getting the best long term care available.
All that is keeping Belle from making her journey to her forever home is funds. So I am asking, once again, if all the generous pug lovers can help. In the past, we have been able to raise several hundred dollars by everyone just pitching in a small bit and I hoping that we can do that once again. The economy is rough and I am sure that we are all feeling the pinch, but when we team up we can do great things and I think it would be great to be able to say that we helped this little lady cross the border and settle in nicely with our friendly neighbors to the North.
So, here is what I was thinking, we can raffle off a few prizes. If you make a donation of any size to Central Florida Pug Rescue (see link below) send me your receipt (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and I will enter you in the raffle. If you donate $20 to Central Florida Pug Rescue, I will enter you in the raffle and I will also send you a 2009 Owned by Pugs calendar. But you must forward me a copy of your receipt (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). That is the only way I will know that you donated.
Here’s what I had in mind for the prizes for the lucky winner:
Make a Donation to CFPR for Belle’s Homecoming
As always pug lovers, thank you!
Monday, September 29, 2008
On Saturday we went to Central Florida Pug Rescue’s Sock Hop and we had a blast! First, let me just say, in our mad dash to get out of the house and get the truck setup to ensure the pugs’ maximum comfort on the trip, I forgot to bring the camera! Yup, how silly am I?
So, our picture with Elvis is the only snapshot we brought home from the event. That is also our first official photograph with Elvis. The pugs have been photographed with Santa and even the Easter Bunny, but this was their first time meeting the King.
There were lots of vendors at the event, many of which had free treat samples. This went over quite with the gang, but especially Benny. We also got to chat with Ann from Central Florida Pug Rescue. Ann made the pugs a very special treat, that they had a chance to gobble up a little bit of on Saturday night and some more on Sunday. More to come about the pugs’ special treat from Ann on Wednesday.
We also had a chance to talk with Marcia and her friends from Compassionate Pug Rescue. Compassionate Pug Rescue is where we adopted Luna from so it was great to see Marcia again. We had not seen her since the day we took little Luna home over 2 years ago.
Overall, it was an awesome day that really tired the pugs out. The pugs slept the whole ride home. They had a great time and so did we!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Thanks to Carla we can now say that the generous readers of Owned by Pugs raised $500 for Compassionate Pug Rescue in the OBP Raffle! We hit $498 selling tickets and when Carla saw that she donated an extra $2.00 so we had a nice round number.
Thanks again everyone!
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