Karolyn Gorham

Story

Karolyn’s obsession with pugs began in 1997 when she got “Charley” for Christmas. Earlier that year her husband forgot her April birthday and was so upset with himself that he decided to spend the remainder of the year making it up to her. She has recieved a lot of spectacular gifts, fun trips and outings but the ultimate gift was Charley. The moment Ken walked into the house with him and Charley raised his clunky head and looked at her with his adorable face, she was smitten – total obsessive love! When Charley was a year and half old they decided he needed a pug playmate and they found DFW Pug Rescue. They adopted Rocky (Dougie) and Karolyn made the decision that she would volunteer for the group after she retired. That became a reality in 2007. Meanwhile, Rocky had died at 12 years old and Karolyn rescued Miss Tootie on her own.

In 2007 she began transporting and fostering, went from two pugs to six and became the group’s President in 2009. After a couple of years, the decision was made to expand the board and Karolyn became the Financial Director.

Over the years Karolyn and her husband have fostered a lot of fascinating, wonderful pugs. There were sad times when Charley died at 16, Shasta at 14, Mighty Max at 14 and Miss Tootie at 13 but they were blessed by their time with them. Karolyn currently lives in Plano with her husband and two pugs, Crickett (10), Lola (12) and Ozzy (11) our mini Schnauzer.

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