Compassionate Pug Rescue

I think they do great work at CPR. They have always responded when I have contacted them. It’s easy to see how much they care for dogs. I hope if my dogs outlive me, they will be taken to CPR to be re-​homed. Marcia Shapiro really loves Pugs of all ages. Senior Pugs really have a friend in her.

This group does amazing things; I was deeply disappointed when I attempted to donate a brand new 30 lb bag of $ 90 Orijen dog food to them only to be brushed off repeatedly. They showed initial interest but when I tried repeatedly to arrange a meeting, I got nowhere. It seemed that unless I was willing to drive the food to Marcia, it wasn’t going to happen. Even though it was waaaay out if my way, I agreed to do so and tried to set a time. I was asked if it could be an hour later. When I emailed back that I had to be somewhere and couldn’t go at any other time, I received no response. Four days later, I still hadn’t heard a word from them so I gave my food to another rescue. As a pug owner and someone who loves the breed, I really would have liked to see it go to the pugs, but unfortunately CPR wasn’t very interested. I finally emailed Marcia telling her how I felt, only to get some generic, overly polite response about how she couldn’t make it at the time I had set and detailing all the wonderful work CPR does. That’s all well and good, but how about the common courtesy of a response and maybe a follow up? I thought the handling of this was very unprofessional and not the manner in which a reputable charity organization should conduct itself.

My pug had gone into respiratory arrest when they were «fixing» her. They revived her, but sent her home unfixed. The following month, my son brought his Yorkie over, and before I could catch them, the Pug and Yorkie were making «Pugshires». Sadly, it’s not a breed that most people want; I was unable to get rid of the last two puppies, so I called Marcia. She was so wonderful. She found a retired couple in the Keys that wanted both puppies. I was so thrilled. Marcia sent me pictures of the two dogs riding the boat with their new parents. I know Compassionate Pug Rescue does amazing things, and I had to write this review and say so.

My experience with CPR was fantastic! They did do an interview and two visits. The first visit with someone that lives in the area and she brought another pug to see how my own pug would react. The second visit was with Marcia from CPR and she brought the pug we requested to adopt. Not only did they kept in contact with me to let me know how our pug was doing (he was neutered and had some complications from the surgery) but were very compassionate and loving with Toby (our adopted pug). After the adoption finalized and Tobby was already home for a month we found out that he had bladder stones. Even though the rescues policy is that once you receive your dog you are responsible for vet bills, which we understood, they were so amazing! They helped us with care and taking our pug to their vet and while on the medication, Marcia constantly called to see how he was doing. CPR made sure our pug was in perfect condition. We are extremely happy we went to them and will recomend adopting a pug from them to anyone.