Mid Michigan Pug Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation ​formed in 1978 and is affiliated with the Pug Dog Club of America. The club's main focus is rescuing pugs, providing needed medical care, and placing them in loving forever homes. Pugs surrendered to us are cared for in a foster home, provided with all needed veterinary care, and then adopted to a forever home.

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A potluck picnic for pugs and their families ~PUGNIC~ is sponsored annually in June at Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge. Activities include pug games, a 50/50 raffle, and pug merchandise for sale. It’s a great opportunity to meet and mingle with fellow pug lovers.

As told by Tricia S.

This is why rescue clubs exist.

“I met her at a humane society shelter. She was a stray. She instantly captured my heart. Her cage card read: ‘Pug female, 10 years old, severe allergy.’ I entered her kennel and sat on the floor with her. She had such a vibrant personality. She climbed onto my lap and was excited with joy from the attention. I looked her over and decided that despite her severe skin allergy, she would make a wonderful pet. She had a lot of life left in her. Her eyes were clear and bright, her teeth immaculately clean. She had obviously been taken care of for most of her life, but her skin allergy was severe. Her fur was very dry and brittle. I left her behind in her kennel determined to rescue her somehow. While promising her that I would be back for her, she cried as I walked out of her sight.

She had not yet been placed for adoption. The staff indicated she had to be temperament tested and examined by the shelter’s vet. How ludicrous to think that any pug would fail a temperament test. I didn't want to leave her there without attempting to claim her. So I was told to call back on Monday to inquire about her. I knew this pug needed MMPC. She would get the medical care she needed and then a permanent retirement home she most deserved.

However, the events that soon followed sealed her fate. The shelter refused to work with a ‘rescue’ under any circumstances. They would release no further information on this pug, and eventually denied having a pug at their shelter! My fiance called to inquire about adopting the pug that he had heard about, but they denied ever having one. I revisited the shelter on the following Thursday. I anxiously sought her out, but decided not to inquire about her with staff. I found a kennel volunteer and inquired about the ‘stray female pug.’ Apparently, she had to be ‘put down’ because they found blood in her stool (but did not test her for parvo). Despite all the efforts that were made to express interest in rescuing her, they still killed her.

I could go on and on about how enraged I am at how this ‘humane’ shelter decided this pug’s fate. But it will not bring her back. Although we could not save her, I will always remember her. Those brief moments that I held her in my arms and played with her, have turned into a lifelong memory that I will cherish always. I named her ‘Ally’ (because of her allergies).’ - Tricia S.