Adopted by the Schafler Family

Adopted March 2010
Suprenant/Colbert Family
Washington DC

Hello All,
Rocco is doing great. He is gaining weight nicely. He has adjusted to city life nicely and everyone loves him. He went to the dog park last week for the first time and behaved impressively well. Thanks so much for giving us the opportunity to care for him! Jeff and Ray

Update from home: I renamed Buddy..Benjamin and kept Frank's name since he has had it so long, but lovingly refer to them as Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin just had his 8 wk post-shunt test and passed with flying colors. Since being allowed to eat regular dog food has put on a pound and looks a little less boney. Benjamin's sock fettish has grown since he has two laundry baskets to chose from and will litter the house with socks all day long. The behavior doesn't stop once it is bedtime either, I generally find 2-3 socks and a pair of underwear under the covers in the morning while I make the bed. He is such a strange dog, but I find him absolutely hysterical.

Charley
Adopted January 2010
Postich/Downs Family
Maryland

Note from home: Chloe is doing great. It is hard to believe how fast time has gone by. We adopted her on June 26th and cannot imagine life without her. She has really stolen our hearts and we love her so much. I think she knows we are her mommy and daddy and that she is with her forever family.

Chloe is full of energy and loves to play with her toys. She has the most adorable little overbite so her tongue often sticks out a bit. It is so cute when it doesn't because you just see the tiny little bottom puggie teeth peering out. She really is just such a sweet little girl. We have definitely settled into our routine and I think officially potty trained (we still put a very cute denim doggie diaper on her at night just in case -- although she always manages to wiggle out of it!). Chloe does eat her dinner very fast but we think that will slow down in time. Oh and she does not like wet grass! We did not have rain for the first two weeks she was with us and boy it was something to get her outside the first time it had rained! :)

Clayton had been 'camping out' on the floor with little Miss because we were getting up multiple times during the night to let her out and we wanted to ease her into the bed with our other two little angels -- Pugsley and Wednesday. This past Saturday we made the leap and now she is in the bed! Luckily Clayton and I have a king size bed. With 3 Puggies you need it! Clayton and all three little ones slept until 10 Saturday morning which is a record for Chloe!

Update from Home (5/25): We love him so much, he is great! He has adapted to Connecticut very well. Good thing it has been a pretty DRY spring. As you must know he HATES the wet grass. It's really funny trying to get him to move away from the cover of the eves to pee. He is getting along great with his siblings and his humans. We are so lucky to have him.

Update from home: Frank is doing very well with his diabetes and seems to have found his steady state. We had our potty training issues in the beginning but everyone seems to be doing much better. Frank has adapted very well with the other dogs and kinda melts into the crowd. I have to make a point of pulling him out so he can have his special Frank time.

Adopted June 2010
Sherrard Family
Maryland

Note from home: I just can't tell you how happy I am with Doug (formerly Grover, I changed his name, he responded instantly to it and to me it suits him with his happy-go-lucky attitude). He is my Doug Pug! From day one we just fit together, he loves his walks and cuddle time (he would literally sit on my head if I let him). He knows how to sit, lay, come and paw, we are working on stay, he just gets so excited if food is involved. I would have to thank Virginia, his foster mom, I'm sure she helped him learn these commands.

Update from Home (6/6/10): I adopted a special needs pug named Harley. Harley was found at age 3 dragging himself along a roadside during winter partially paralyzed, with a Harley Davidson collar choking his neck. When MAPR rescued from a kill shelter he was full of intestinal worms, ear mites, full of feces and incontinent. He was brought into a fabulous foster home and I adopted him soon after to join our 3 yr old female fawn pug. He was taken to a Vet Neurologist in Vienna, VA had an MRI and further spinal surgery. Harley now can walk,(although he looks like he is drunk and somewhat unsteady)he has bowl and bladder control, which a belly band assists. We had a special seat made for the back of our motorcycle, and he wears his “doggles” eye glasses so he can now ride and get his “need for speed”. I can not begin to tell you the love and joy this dog has brought into my families life. Harley follows me everywhere. Prior to surgery he would drag himself around and now he can walk staring at me with his brown eyes. If I have a bad day in Harley’s eyes I am an angel. He is a constant reminder that special needs dogs remind us of our blessings

Harley
Adopted January 2010
Etzler Family
Maryland

Update from home (6/6/10): Hefner is doing really well. He is the sweetest dog ever. He loves being with people especially me and he is just so affectionate. He mastered the dog doors within a few hours and went to work with me everyday the first week because I was afraid to leave him by himself until he was comfortable with his surroundings. He has now decided that work is not that fun and would prefer to stay home. (He will not do things he doesn't like and will just lay down and refuse to move.) It is really quite funny. I love him very much and it is like he has been here all his life. Thanks so much for letting me adopt him. Jan

Jax (formerly Jack) and Roxy (formerly Willow) are 2 of Chloe's pups. They are the best little guys!!! Roxy is so cute with her short little legs and Jax looks like a little boxer!! Everyone who meets them loves them and they love everybody as well!! But I always get asked "Are they really from the same litter?"!!! They have done very well from day one. After just a couple of days, they were sleeping through the night in their crate. They have very good appetites, in fact I haven't found ANYTHING that they won't at least TRY to eat!!!

Update from home: Joey's pretty much settled in I would say. Enjoys exploring the neighborhood and the park on his walks, also met a few new friends. His nails have already worn down a lot with the concrete walks. Plan to take him a few blocks down to the harbor next (when it warms up) and the dog park. He loves having the company 24-7, just took him a few days to realize that when I'm home during the day it's sleep-time for me and not play-time haha. Had some friends over to meet him/watch football and he had a blast. No stranger anxiety whatsoever! (well except for the UPS and postal service guys) Other than that, he's been spending most his time chasing toys up and down the house and sleeping on the couch.

Update from home: Katie is soooo sweet, a little stubborn on the leash but my yard is perfect for her..They are all enjoying the weather. Katie has adapted very well to the others and sleeps with me everynight...She acts much younger than her given age of 12...DrRVL thinks she is probably younger also....But she is active, healthy and happy....thank you so much for the gift!!!!

Adopted March 2010
Hanlon Family
Virginia
Oh Christa, what a beautiful "Glamour Shot" of Katie..Thank u so much for forwarding it to me....Katie has adjusted to her new family and home very quickly...it seems like she has been with us forever..she snuggles in bed at night with me or my other senior Sookie..when the weather was nice she loves being outside in the sun...she is so affectionate and loving..her hearing does not seem to be a hinderence at all...we clipped her nails and Dr. Raymond gave her a physical, just some signs of old age (i can relate) but other than that healthy and quite active for an older gal....we love her..thank u so much..will keep you updated , donna

Update from home: Kipper-Pepper is doing very well in his new home and is very happy w/his new family. Picture is of Kipper-Pepper and his new 'brother' Frank

Ruby Tuesday (previously Lola) adopted by The Lewis Family

Note from home: Since the first day Ruby Tuesday stepped foot into our home, an eternal sunshine began to shine. She has the most uplifting, sweet personality anyone could ever ask for. In the beginning, when she was waking me up at 5am to go potty, I peeled off the warm covers and took her with a smile as her expression and wake up kisses were so genuine, I loved taking care of her. Every night, I look forward to putting my children to bed, just so I can cuddle with Ruby and not have to share her:) She is loved by everyone who meets her and on more then one occasion, someone has threatened to steal her from us:) She is wonderful with our 2 children and all animals she encounters. She has really taken care of our family as much as we have taken care of her. We thank MAPR, Melinda, and Robin for the extra care they took in finding her for us. Now we all take care of each other.

Lucy
Adopted March 2010
Reese Family
Maryland

(aka Gelly) Adopted Swigart Family

Leland (formerly known as Owen) is such a nice addition to our family. He truly is a sweetheart, who wants nothing more than to be near you at all times. Oh, and eat, sleep and snore like all other pugs! He and his older brother Earl get along quite well and are now starting to snuggle each other when they nap! I have attached a picture of the two of them on their couch - Earl is on the left, Leland on the right. Our vet wants to keep Leland on his seizure medicine for a couple more months just to be safe. We're happy to say that he has not had any seizures in the month that we've had him and hopefully we can start weening him off it very soon!

Adopted by the Hadnicki family
Adopted April 2010

Philly
Adopted January 2010
Rigney Family
Maryland

Sadie now known as Lola
Adopted January 2010
Ruocco Family
Maryland

Adopted Larkin Family

Sassy
Adopted January 2010
Martin Family
Maryland

Tiberius
Adopted January 2010
Lattanzi Family
Maryland

Adopted by the Damron Family

Update from Home: I just adopted wonderful little Toby, who was being fostered in TN. It's been a little over a week that he's been her in MD with me and I absolutely adore him! He is my first pug, and he surpasses all of the expectations that I had. He's adjusted really well and his cat sister Lucy is doing well with him too. I love all the snorts, snores and belly rubbing I get suckered into doing! :)

I feel so lucky that I get to be his pug mom forever and ever!

Update from Home 5/17: This is Winston Bartholomew and I've been in my new forever home for a little over one week now. I love it here with my new brothers and sisters and especially like to play with my bones stuffed with peanut butter . . taking them from Ming-Ming and running up on the bed with them, then throwing them down on the floor in front of Ming-Ming again and teasing him!

This weekend is the Greek Festival down the street at the Greek Orthodox cathedral, and I saw so many people walking by! They stopped to say hello to me in the front yard and told me how cute I was.

Update from Home 5/09: He's adopted well and loves to be outside, going outside with me everytime I open the door. He jumps up on my 3 1/2' tall bed without having to use the bedsteps as well.

He seems to be particularly enamored with his new sister Cissy, who is probably about 6-8 years of age but is partially blind and deaf. She seems to like his attention, including his nibbling of her ears and licking her forehead.

Winston is so cute because he jumps up on my lap everytime I sit down at the computer!

Yoda
Adopted January 2010
Katherine Duvall
Maryland