Mon 24th July: Microchips don't lie

Kate is around 18 months old and very sweet

Once again a microchip has uncovered what someone obviously thought would be an untraceable case of dumping an adopted dog, as when I took a lovely young female from AFCD today and checked her in at Acorn, her chip number was already in their records.  For once it wasn't an HKDR dog that had been registered there as a puppy and I was able to let the particular charity know, and naturally it was very upsetting.  There's really nothing worse than thinking you have sent a puppy off to a caring family who will keep their promise to look after him or her for ever, only to find that it has ended up at AFCD.  There is no hiding from the microchip information so we always know who the dumper is, but that doesn't change the fact that there is now and adult dog in need of a new home. Kate is now at Tai Po and she's a very sweet girl if anyone is interested in a young, toilet trained and ready-to-go family member.

I love sweet Enzo

I took four older puppies to AFCD today to have their rabies vaccinations and licenses issued, and one of them was Enzo, my particular favourite at the moment.  He's such a sweet and handsome boy with his long legs and clunky paws, and by coincidence I bumped into the adopter of his siblings, Molly and Herbie, at Acorn later on.  In contrast to Enzo, who was adopted as a baby for a very short time and then returned, his brother and sister were having the paperwork prepared for their move to Singapore, and a house with a garden.  It makes me so sad to think of the lost opportunity for Enzo to have found a lovely home himself when he was taken out of the picture for that all-important "golden period" and returned when it has passed and he was already that bit too old.

Molly and Herbie are moving to Singapore

We're holding a Sale in Causeway Bay right now, courtesy of Science Workshop who kindly offered their space, so you can go along to check it out until 11th August.