What a difference a week makes! After rain, cloudy skies and smog the sun finally broke through and we can look forward to a brilliant holiday (again) weekend. It makes such a difference to all outdoor activities obviously, but when it involves finding homes for our dogs and puppies it means so much more than just having fun. Still, we do have something else happening on Sunday and that's a stall at the Park Island Pet Fun Day if you want to hop on a ferry and enjoy a day out. Thanks as always to our volunteers for giving up a day off to be there and help out.
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| Lucy already has a home to look forward to |
I started the day by sending puppy Lucy over to Ap Lei Chau to be picked up by her temporary foster before her forever adopter can take over, and at the same time sent long-term Lamma resident corgi Cooper to Acorn as an emergency case. He is an old dog now, and thinking back I even remember him from our Pokfulam days when he had a serious food guarding problem. That's why he was sent to Lamma where he has stayed ever since, being taken out for beach days and walks by regular volunteer visitors Vivian and Justine. Sadly his blood results show he has renal failure so Justine kindly offered to foster him when he comes out of hospital. I think his guarding days are behind him, even if he would like to be able to chase others away.
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| Cooper enjoying one of his beach days |
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| Nobody knows anything about this poor dog |
Someone brought an old (?) schnauzer type to our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, the question mark meaning there is no way of knowing the age, or even the breed as he's been shaved. There are so many of these dogs that slip between the cracks, their stories unknown and histories vague at best. I don't even know how the dog ended up with the person who surrendered him but there was mention of him having been passed to a breeder at some point, but who knows? The only important issue at this stage is that the poor dog is now safe and will be properly cared for.
The same can be said for another poor poodle who's not actually yet at Ap Lei Chau but who is due on Sunday. I was told she's been living in government housing, which has a strict no pets rule, and has lived in a cage her entire three years. I loathe cages and wish they were banned completely. I can't imagine who thinks that caging an animal is a good thing, whether they say it's for toilet training or whatever. For me it's just no.
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| This is now Enzo's formal adoption photo |
Looking ahead to Whiskers N Paws, baby Enzo won't be coming as he has had his adoption confirmed, but his siblings Molly and Herbie will be making their first appearance and hoping to have the same good luck.
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| I haven't seen Molly and Herbie since they were babies |
Sisters Ruth, Dolly and Nova, Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre Residents, have now completely recovered from the tick fever that prevented them from being ready for adoption, and they are all incredibly sweet girls.
In fact there are so many lovely youngsters I can't talk about them all so you'll just have to come along and meet them for yourselves.
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