Ten years ago, Barrie and Merle gave their daughter, Becca Drake, her first pet pug for her 30th birthday. She instantly fell in love.
Becca soon started adopting more pugs — 29 more to be exact. That’s right, Becca Drake is now the proud owner of 30 pugs.
She recently revealed that every year, she spends over $24,000 caring for her dogs. As she got more and more pugs, she had to sell her designer jewelry and handbags in order to have the money to take care of them.
She told the Daily Mail, “They bring me so much love and happiness. Yes, they’re expensive and it’s definitely hard work keeping the house clean and making sure they’re all groomed and fed. But there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to ensure that they all live happy and healthy lives. They’re my whole world and I would die for them.”
When Becca received her first pug, Fatima, in 2006, it changed her life forever.
She explained how she grew her brood quickly afterward. “I was head-over-heels in love with Fatima when I received her as a gift from my parents,” she said. “Then I got another pug, as I wanted her to have a friend to play with.”
Since then, Becca has adopted rescue pugs and has bred her own.
Becca often misses social events and holidays to stay home with her pugs, but she wouldn’t change anything about her life.
She thinks that she’s probably hit her limit at 30 pugs, but she says she always has a waiting list.
“I know that some people will think I’m crazy, but my pugs are my life,” she explained. “I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
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[H/T: Daily Mail]
Loreli Calabria
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They r crazy! My mom broke her hip so I took her PB rescue, but she misses a dog. I said look how cute Bella is! She was like no, no I have seen your dog. I can’t handle a pug. It’s a lot of dog in a small package.
Selina Bueckert
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Sure is, so much personality and sass! My little guy is my best friend in the whole world and I couldn’t imagine live without him driving me nuts constantly!
Suzzy Merlos
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Yo tengo 7 y soy la mujer más feliz del mundo más cuando me esperan cuando llegó a casa
Dan Alderman
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Not happening
Reina Wrinkle
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Kayla Ramirez
Daniela Maria
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Christina Smillie
Daniel Dutra Ferreira
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vou falir Yuri Marinho Larissa Porto
Yuri Marinho
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KKKKKK fuuuuu
Emily Stigall
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Liz Stigall, Liz Golden and David$#%&!@*..this could be us!!!
Kay M Buck
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Hollie Buck 30 pug?
Patricia Rangel
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hahaha. essa é das minhas! parabéns, gato =)
Stephanie Leon-Castillo
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Jasmine Lopez this women beat you to having a pug farm
Renee Hobbs
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Laura McDonald amazing
Robyn Patterson
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Matthew Perry
Emily Toupin
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Jordan Curry this will be me
Rebecca Walker
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Johnny Lufc Stackhouse this is me in years to come! Haha x
Caitlin Dunn
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Abi Dunne xx
Alan Pérez Rivera
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Cynthia Cuevas
Brittany Smeed
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Kayl Byrne
Brittany Smeed
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Courtney Walsh this is like that book you found that time at Dymocks
Céline De Champlain
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Pauvre elle
Laura McDonald
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Omg this will be u lol
John Maitland
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Cuz they’re heavy pugs. Little fat boys lol
Vicki White
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And cheese is expensiven
John Maitland
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Haleigh has to get her bus license so she can drive all the pugs around lol
Vicki White
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Can you imagine…. Starbucks drive through- “uh can I have one grande iced hazelnut latte and 1,2,3,4,…28,29,30 puppachinos.
Haleigh Maitland
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Ok one…thanks for knowing my order it makes me life easier lol and two I’ll call ahead to order my puppachinos so u will have time to do it but they’ll be expecting a dog biscuit on top lol
John Maitland
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Connors ankles won’t stand a chance with more pugs around..
Courtney Walsh
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Pretty reasonable sum of money in my opinion
Lester Hammond
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kindness to animals is returned in heaven
Charlotte Caline
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Wird sich auch niemals ändern
William Ng
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Ansxn John Chin
Glen Watson
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Clare Martin
Sonia Encina
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C’est fou,mais c’est adorable!
Thomas James
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Oh my gosh Claire Lacey
Andrea Bachleda Greig
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My husband thinks 3 is to many, I would get a couple more they are definitely worth it.
Margaret Glasgow
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Julie Austin
Summer Aaron Bradford
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That is a dream
Manilyn Iligan Pantua
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Jerome
Venessa Miller Garza
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Hahaha ! It’s calling your name
Pamela Miller
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Robert McLaughlin, I need to grow my collection!
Collin Amstutz
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Cassandra BaBalsley this will be me
Sarah Kathryn Schumm
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$24,000 for vet care for 30 pugs is a really good deal. How did she get it under $1000 a a pug? I probably spend 5 times that.
Haley Hanna
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Haley Hanna. 30 PUGS!?!?!…
Nichole V. Patterson
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I want one!
Leanne Stenner
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Haha
Taylor Heim
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Colin Chapman
Georgia Ziggy Pass
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Liberty Regan?? Xx
Teresa Bisby Sweatman
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Tony Sweatman
Shannon Pynn
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Kassi Boyd THIS . IS . MY . DREAM .