She just turned 8. She blessed our family from the day we met and almost two years longer than the doctor’s diagnosed her with inoperable cancer. Thank you so much & God Bless. Linda Gardner
Category Archive: Rainbow Bridge
Feb
02
Jan
23
Bobby
Oh my Bobby, you changed my life, you made me the person I am today. I don’t know why I wanted to adopt a senior pug, I have no idea, somehow it just happened. The first time I met Bobby, I cried. Here was this little hunchback black pug that couldn’t see or hear and …
Nov
30
Morticia
Morticia’s passed over the Rainbow Bridge. She blessed our lives from Sept. 30, 2003 (the day this picture was taken) till this month, Nov. 3, 2011. We believe she was 5 when we got her.
Nov
09
Prince Pugsley
Prince Pugsley, age 15, the very first dog ever featured on the Winter Park Doggie Art Fair T-shirts has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. His adoptive home was “pug-perfect” with doggy door for his outdoor adventures, a choice of 4 beds, two geriatric doggy playmates, adoring humans, and lots of hugs, kisses and belly rubs. Prince …
Oct
31
Foster
Today my sweet boy, Foster, passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Foster came to PROoF in June, dumped with 19 other dogs at 3 am at Clay County Animal Control. He was a suspected breeder stud since all the dogs dumped appeared to be purebreds. He had a open, raw tumor on his hip about the …
Oct
16
Sally
Sally was a sweetheart…a sweet old girl who was found wandering in the woods in a rural area where folks are known to dump their dogs. She was old and blind and helpless. After a few days a kind lady took her in and called PROoF….she was truly rescued by strangers who cared. Sally was …
Oct
12
Shatzi Marie
Shatzi Marie crossed the rainbow bridge Friday night. Shatzi came to Pug Rescue of Florida after being dumped at Polk County Animal Control by people that called themselves dog rescuers. I’m sure they thought they loved her but sadly they didn’t get her the medical care she needed. When she came to us, her teeth …
Sep
07
Major – September 7, 2011
Dear Pug Rescue, I am writing to inform you that I lost my best friend Major early this morning. I rescued him back in November of 2010 from a foster mom named Amber. Major was attacked by another dog in July 2010 prior to coming into rescue, losing his eye and suffering traumatic facial injuries. …
Jul
29
Jackson Jones “Jacky”
Jackson Jones was the love of our lives! He was a wedding present from our Best Man and his wife. “Jacky” was named after the late, great Michael Jackson; who sadly passed just before we adopted our baby. Jackson came home with us to his forever home on August 1st, 2009. We shared exactly 23 …
May
20
Mollie
Mollie 15yo (1996 -2011) A loyal and loving family member of the Whitaker’s who will never be forgotten. But the love she gave to them was only a start, her generous pug spirit gives to PROoF. Mollie’s cart has been donated to us, so that others like her can go on their appointed pug rounds. …
May
08
Kiwi
Kiwi was the sweetest little teddy bear one could ever imagine. She was loyal to her humans to a fault. We had her with another pug, Jewel, who we also loved so very much. Kiwi was the quiet and non-demonstrative alpha female that never felt a need to show she was boss. But if Jewel …
Apr
19
Oscar
Oscar was 11 years old when he came into Foster care, but his forever home wasn’t too far away. He was adopted by his foster parents, and pampered and loved till the very end. Oscar was very playful, and loved to raid the wastebaskets for tissues and paper to chew on. Although he slept in …
Mar
13
Mar
13
Rocko
Arcadia Rocko, Jr. aka the “Gene Simmons of Pugs”, “Rocko Rambunctious”, “Rocko Ripshitz” or whatever other loving nickname Pug Daddy George came up with, crossed over the Rainbow Bridge June 23rd, 2010.
Mar
13
Olive
Olive was a very sweet and calm little girl with a fondness for carrots and pineapples. She lost her left eye in infancy, and her hearing as she grew, but never let it hold her back. She was nearly nine when she passed on.
Mar
13
Mufasa
Mufasa was a little lion of a pug with a big heart and a fluffy coat to match. He was 8-10 years old when he crossed Rainbow Bridge. Mufasa struggled with the limitations of being blind and deaf, but he didn’t let that stop him from loving those around him and living life.
Mar
13
Chester
Chester came to Pug Rescue in October when the temperatures were in the nineties. Someone had tried to sell him on Craig’s List but when he didn’t sell they turned him loose to roam the streets. After several days, a lady took him in and he stayed on her porch until PROoF came to get him. You could hear his breathing from the front yard. Putting him in air conditioning didn’t improve his breathing any. The heat had ruined Chester permanently.
During the following months, Chester had two soft palette surgeries but neither of the surgeries improved his breathing. During the second surgery, it was determined that his vocal cords had collapsed. Later, another surgery to tie back the vocal cords and give him more airway showed that he had serious windpipe complications. At that time, he was given an airway opening through the front of his neck. He stayed in the pet hospital for over a week before being released. Chester had to have care 24/7 to clear the airway when it would become clogged due to being so small as with most pugs. His skin folds would obstruct the airway.
Chester lived for six weeks before passing away.
Mar
13
Boss
Boss was an extremely affectionate and energetic pug, who loved sleeping on the bed and never let his deafness slow him down. He was already twelve years old when he made it to Pug Rescue, and he never found a forever home, but he had a wonderful final year in foster care, and when he passed away in November 2010, he was loved.
Mar
13
Alice
Alice was rescued by PROoF from a high-kill shelter in Lousiana. Unfortunately, Alice tested heartworm positive but she happily lived out her life with her foster family. Alice came to rescue with another pug, Jasper. Alice loved Jasper very much. She will be sorely missed.
Mar
13
Ming Ling
For one year, Yvonne and I were blessed by having Ming Ling as part of our family. She was a great teacher and our lives have been enriched and forever changed because of her.
Mar
13
Igor
Yesterday, I had to send my baby to the Rainbow Bridge. Igor was a 1? year old pug that came to me as a foster nearly 2 years ago. He was picked up as a stray and turned into the Humane Society. They estimated him at at least 10 years old and considered him geriatric. Naturally, the pug rescue got involved, and I, a foster parent, took him in.
Mar
13
Loki
I adopted Loki in January 2007 right after he turned 6. He had only one eye. Loki was a very sweet boy and grew very attached to me immediately and I fell in love with him.
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In 2010, PROoF rescued 339 pugs! PROoF has incurred over $100,000 in medical expenses to care for those pugs.
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