This event runs May 14-31 and is one of the most important fundraising periods of the year for organizations like ours. And giving EARLY matters!
🚨 Early Donations are Matched!
Donations are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $100 per donor, per organization, until the shared $100,000 match fund is depleted. Fund matching is provided by the Gigi Gartner Charitable Foundation Fund and Communities Foundation of Texas.
What that means in practice is simple: the timing of your donation directly affects its impact. Once the match pool is exhausted, donations are no longer doubled.
You MUST donate through the link below for your donation to be matched!
Make sure to download the calendar invite so you don’t miss it!
🐾 Our History
Founded in 1996, DFW Pug Rescue, Inc. is one of the largest pug rescue organizations in the United States having rescued and placed over 7,500 huggable, squeezable, absolutely adorable pugs. In March 2026, we proudly celebrated 30 years of rescue!
For three decades, one thing has remained true: we can only keep going because of generous donors like you:
DFW Pug Rescue rescues all purebred and mixed pugs regardless of age or medical condition. No Pug Left Behind.
💸 Every dollar helps save a life
At DFW Pug Rescue, our biggest expense isn’t food or shelter, it’s medical care. From basic exams to life-saving surgeries, every pug that comes through our doors needs and deserves a chance to heal.
Your donation isn’t just support. It’s treatment, relief, and a second chance.
This North Texas Gives to Animals Day, you can help us continue our mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome pugs in need, no matter their age, condition, or cost.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 during the North Texas Gives to Animals campaign running May 14-31.
🩺 What Your Donation Covers
$20 = One month of flea and tick prevention for one pug
$25 = One day of boarding for one pug
$35 = Heartworm prevention for one pug for one month
$57 = Basic veterinary exam
$270 = Exam + vaccinations
$300 = Spay or neuter
$900 = Prescription food for one pug for one month
$2,500 = Major surgery (like eye removal or hip repair)
In 2025, we spent between $40,000 to $45,000 every month on veterinary care. Over 94% of all donations go straight to veterinary care.
🐶 Why It Matters
We rescue every pug, no matter how sick, old, or injured. From mange to mammary tumors, from blindness to broken hips… if a pug needs help, we're there.
Each pug receives full medical care, a safe foster home, and a second chance. 92% of the pugs we rescue find their perfect forever home every year, but we can’t do it without you!
💯 Our Numbers
In 2026, DFW Pug Rescue expects to serve over 250 pugs, maintain 110+ foster and respite homes with around 90-120 pugs in our rescue at all times; and place 150+ dogs in approved adoptive homes.
Each pug entering our care is transported to a veterinary care center in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Their conditions at intake vary and may include a positive heartworm test, mammary tumors, hernias, malnutrition, demodex mange, knee and hip dysplasia, ear infections, and blindness.
The average expenses associated with the treatment, medication, and follow-up care of these rescued pugs’ exceeds $200,000, and it continues to rise.
In March and April 2026 alone, DFW Pug Rescue has taken in:
19 pugs that were heartworm positive, requiring treatment costing $1,200 each
4 pugs needed to have surgery to remove an eyeball
1 pug with severe kidney disease who was placed in hospice care
10 Seniors with 3 being HW+ and all requiring more vetting and prescriptions that normal
These 2 months alone have brought in nearly 100 pugs and averaged $47,800 in vet bills per month! These recent months have depleted our emergency funds and will impact our ability to pay for regular medical care for our foster pugs
Your support right now helps ensure we never have to say no to a pug in need.
💛 Be Their Lifeline
Pugs are resilient, loving, and full of life, even after facing the toughest medical challenges.
Because of you, they get the chance to heal, to love, and to be loved again.
Donate this North Texas Giving Day and help us say: No Pug Left Behind.
Give Now!
More Ways To Help
Another way to help is to open your heart and home to a pug in need by becoming a foster. It’s one of the most rewarding ways to help. Learn more about fostering and find the application here: https://www.dfwpugs.com/become-a-foster
Want to make an even bigger impact? Save pugs in need through recurring monthly donations by becoming a Pug Warrior. Learn more here: https://www.dfwpugs.com/pug-warrior-program