Sun 27th Nov: A great day for generous younger supporters

Before I talk about Sunday I need to mention that we are once again having email problems and a lot of messages are bouncing back, sometimes quite a few days after I have sent them.  We're trying to sort it out of course, but please contact us again if you haven't had a reply.

There was good news as well as sad from Tai Po, with handsome Big Al leaving the Homing Centre to start a new life but Alexander finally losing his fight after a long illness.  It wasn't exactly unexpected but obviously very sad nonetheless.

Woody wouldn't hold still for his adoption photo

It was pretty quiet for adoptions at Whiskers N Paws today, but there were a few lookers who I'm pretty sure will be back, and of course Woody went off as planned with his new family.  This was possible thanks to the offer of a temporary foster, and as it happens both homes are almost within spitting distance of each other so it's absolutely perfect.  I'm so grateful to have received the offer of help for Woody, and also to the foster family of his remaining siblings Goofy and Echo.  Every pup in this litter has turned out to be very special, and I feel sure they will all be adopted before too long.

One very happy girl and her new puppy Candy

Baby Candy was also adopted on her first Whiskers N Paws outing, making one little girl very happy.

The adopters of ex-breeder shib inu Kenzo also dropped by to complete the formalities, although they have been fostering him for some time now.  When Kenzo first came to us his back legs were so bent and deformed he couldn't walk, but following surgery on one side and the second due soon, he is now able to get around reasonably well.  We are very grateful to Kenzo's very kind adopters for giving this lovely puppy the chance of a long and fulfilling life.

Kenzo and his kind forever family

Incredibly puppy Yoda remained in her foster home, even after having proved herself to be so tolerant of endless hugs and cuddles from so many children, and playing with every puppy including big Goofy.  I don't know how anyone looking for a puppy could resist this perfect little girl.

Yoda is just so adorable

Hayley shared her birthday via Two Presents

Ella posts her donation in the box

We also had two young birthday donors today, one being a direct cash present from Ella, and the other coming from Hayley via Two Presents.  I had even remembered to fix the giant Two Presents cheque for the photo, so please ask if you would like to make use of it in the future.  Thank you to both lovely girls for their thoughtfulness in remembering the dogs and puppies on their birthdays.

CDNIS Student Nicole Robinson came by to hand over her incredible fundraising efforts at the Lamma Fun day on 12th November too, and this is a reminder for how she did it:

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​"I​ worked on the total amount raised for HKDR - ​including ​the donations, the dog show entry fees and doggy ​​cookies sale and I am happy to advise that a total of $6,260 was raised for HKDR. ​ ​
I hope this small contribution can help some stray and abandoned dogs in your centre.​"

Nicole achieved an amazing result

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