Barbi4MAPR on PugSpot - The spot for pugs!

Barbi4MAPR

is from The Shenandoah Valley, VA and has been a member for about 1 year

About Me

I am a volunteer regional adoption/foster coordinator with Mid-Atlantic Pug Rescue: www.midatlanticpugrescue.org I also help transport shelter dogs into rescue (all breeds) & foster rescued pugs in my home.

My Family

Tennessee Tug O' War
Tug was 1 of 5 pugs MAPR rescued from a dog hoarder. He was living on a tiny enclosed back porch with 30+ other dogs (different breeds/mixes). He was diagnosed heartworm positive & now receiving treatment. I decided to adopt him because through the experience of rescuing him (he was with me on the road for 2 days), he bonded to me like glue. Whenever i get out of sight-- he mopes, and whenever [...]
Baby (aka "Sweety Pie")
I rescued Baby in October 2007 from a boarding kennel where she was dumped. She was originally used for AKC breeding and then dumped on a puppy-buyer who got a 2-for-the-price-of-1 deal when she was too old to have more puppies . When they discovered she was peeing all over their house (breeding kennel-kept dogs are never housetrained) & the male puppy kept trying to mount her all the time (they [...]
Hendrix
I named Hendrix on the way home from picking him up---he's named after the famous Jimi Hendrix, because Henny has an all-black face and he ROCKED! He was one of many dogs taken by the law from a dog hoarder in West Virginia who kept the dogs in a small dirty pen--- many of which were sick or dying. The WV rescue that received him treated him for sarcoptic mange (scabies) but since they had so ma [...]