Mon 26th Dec: Expected changes ahead

Arnie was due to move to his new home today

It's obviously quite quiet everywhere at the moment but puppy Arnie, who was adopted on Saturday, was due to move from foster to his forever home today.  He has two lookalike siblings who will be back again this coming Saturday for the final Whiskers N Paws puppy afternoon of the year, and after that we will revert to our usual Sundays.  However as Whiskers N Paws will be closed over Chinese New Year, and that includes the whole weekend, we will either not have a puppy adoption gathering at all, or will arrange to meet at the Ap Lei Chau dog park if there are any specific requests.

Don't forget that our Homing Centres are open every day throughout the Christmas/New Year holiday, as well as the coming Chinese New Year break.  I still get emails every day asking me to confirm if we are open so it seems I haven't said it enough times: we open every single day of the year, no exceptions.

Porter is so sweet and happy

If you are looking for the sweetest young adult for your family, Porter is waiting at Tai Po and you won't be disappointed.  I mentioned him the other day as being one of the new group from Sheung Shui AFCD and that I believed he was probably originally adopted from a rescue organisation, but whether or not that's true he is such a lovely boy.  I hope he won't have to wait long to be chosen, even if he does need to have treatment for heartworm.

Every puppy in this litter was special

So far things are going as expected with Olive and Goofy in their respective trial homes, with Olive taking her time to settle and Goofy already enjoying the garden and showing interest in the family cat.  I really hope it will work out for both of them but especially Olive as she has waited a very long time for this opportunity, and it does seem like the perfect home for her.

I was explaining to Olive's potential "brother" how to approach her

The new South Island MTR line is due to open any moment (tomorrow I think), and that will mean a huge anticipated change to Ap Lei Chau.  Lei Tung MTR station has an entrance on Main Street where our Homing Centre is located, and the inevitable "gentrification" process has already started with the opening of a brand new upmarket residential building.  It looks out of place at the moment but I'm sure it will be followed by many others.  It will be sad to see one of the few remaining traditional areas of Hong Kong slowly disappear and I'm afraid that the rising rents will drive us out sooner or later, but for now at least we may benefit from the easy access offered by the MTR extension.