GUS – Available for adoption!

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To enquire about adopting Gus please email with how your home and lifestyle matches his furever home wishes.   (Please include your Name, Email Address, Suburb & Phone Number & photo of your existing frenchie/frenchie x): info@pugrescue.org.au

  • ♦Please note that due to the large volume of daily adoption enquiries we receive, our volunteers are unable to respond to adoption enquiries that clearly do not match the clearly state furever home requirements  of each available pug/dog.

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Male Desexed Fawn Pug X French Bulldog – 9kg
Microchip Number: #956000013314640
DOB: 15/10/2020
RE108835

Gus is my name…
And if you have a soft toy for me to play with I’m always up for a game…
I wiggle my body with joy and glee…
One of my ears stands up whilst the other is flat because I’m part pug and part Frenchie…
Now that my life make over, thanks to Pug Rescue, is done…
I am on the lookout for my own furever dad and/or mum…

I’ve learnt lots whilst in Pug Rescue care including how to socalise nicely with other doggies and play…
In my old home I was fighting with another male dog due to same sex issues but Pug Rescue has behaviorally rehabbed me so I can be around other boys socially and hang out and play with girl doggies..
And I’m much better at not jumping up they say…
I like walkies heaps and walk at a good pace…..
Getting out and about and exploring is ace….
Did I mention I love soft toys and really any toy at all that I can play with and constantly carry around…
I love doing zoomies heaps and wrestling with my frenchie and pug mates…
I’ve been trying to decided out of my girl mates if I like the french ones or pug ones the best…
I am leaning towards thinking the petite french girls are best to play and hang with and are the cutest…
I’m a quite a gentle boy who loves cuddle and pats and I will sit and usually wait..
I’m also good at follow instructions but I can tell you that I have some typical frenchie traits..
I am not a fan of the hose but foster mum has been working on that and those pesky possums I don’t like in my yard if I go outside to pee pee late….

My breathing wasn’t the best it could be….
I had very stenotic nares (slit like nostrils) and would get quite huffy and puffy…
So Pug Rescue had Dr Ricky and the Geelong Animal Referral Services Team perform my BOAS surgery including nare widening, a tonsillectomy and a folded flap palatoplasty and they also desexed me…
Two plus weeks of crate resting, hand feeding soft food and meds and now my breathing is pretty ace…
And I am sprinting about everywhere with a big smile on my face..

So if anyone is looking for a good boy like me…
Please send Pug Rescue an adoption enquiry…
As I promise that I will fill my furever home with lots of glee….

GUS XXX

Gus sleeps in an indoor crate that he is happy to share with another female frienchie or pug.  He is also very happy to sleep/relax on a doggy bed with another dog or by himself.
Gus is toilet trained.
Gus walks well on a lead and harness. His new home need to continue his lose lead walking.
Gus knows how to sit and wait, and his new home will need to continue with his learning of not jumping up. 

Gus’s furever home wishes:

♥ OTHER FRENCH BULLDOG/ FRENCH BULLDOG X/PUG/ PUG X – YES! Gus lives with other Frenchies and pugs in his foster home. They have helped him greatly with socalisation and he loves to play with them and cuddle up at night to a friend. Gus is a very fit active boy and is seeking a fit active female pug x/Frenchie x of a similar aged and sized (between 2 to 5 years) that is well socalised and non reactive as a companion.   Gus will not be rehomed with other male dogs nor other completely dfifferent breeds of dogs. Gus will not be rehomed as a single dog.
♥ HUMANS – Gus is seeking humans that can keep up with him and that can show him positive leadership. 
♥KIDS – Gus has previously lived with school aged kids and would be great with high school aged kids.
♥FENCING – Gus requires secure brick, timber or colourbond fencing. Gus does not like possums.
♥CATS – No he will chase. No pocket pets or possums.
♥EXERCISE – Gus requires at least a 30+ minute walk a day.
♥WORKING HOURS – Not suitable for homes where he would be left without humans for 6+ hours a day on a regular basis.
♥Gus absolutely requires air-condition.
♥Access to the inside of his house 24/7 and an indoor bed. 
♥HOUSE & YARD SIZE/TYPE – Gus would do best in a home that has a larger yard he can do zoomies in.

Medical notes:

Gus has undergone vet check and vaccination at Knox Vet.
Gus has undergone specialist BOAS airway surgery by Dr Ricky of GARS (folded palatoplasty to trim and reduce the thickness of his soft palate, widening of his nares/nostrils and tonsillectomy)
Gus underwent desexing at GARS
Gus is desexed, C5 vaccinated, is microchipped & up to date with his worming & flea prevention.