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| All new dogs are scared to begin with |
Of all the dogs that are bred, bought and subsequently abandoned, the poor poodle is right up there at the top of the list. Very smart and active but also demanding in terms of attention, exercise and grooming, very few poodles have the life they deserve and subsequently develop behaviour problems. We will have to see how today's newly surrendered boy turns out, but the Homing Centre at Ap Lei Chau is far from ideal when a little dog is thrown in at the deep end with so many others and expected to settle and relax. I hope the fact that he is not even two years old yet will mean that any potential issues aren't too deep-rooted, but he needs to be in a home sooner than later.
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| Toffee and Treacle in foster care |
To be fair not all poodles that come to us have behaviour problems and there are some who are very sweet and easy, like Toffee who is enjoying the luxury of a foster home with another one of our poodles, Treacle. If only all of our dogs could stay in such temporary homes it would make the world of difference to their adoption prospects, and the rest of their lives. This applies to any dogs of any age, puppies included, and once again we are always looking for foster homes who can help by taking in a four-legged guest. Please email Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com if you think you would like to try.
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| All 5 babies |
The latest call for urgent fosters went out today after I made a special visit to AFCD to take photos of the five sharpei-cross babies who are there with their (pure sharpei) mother. To get the little ones on their own the mother was distracted with some food so I wasn't able to get a photo of her, but I'm happy to say she has an offer of a foster home anyway. At this age the pups can eat by themselves but will need to go as a pair or as three, unless there is a resident dog who won't mind taking care of a little orphan. The family will leave AFCD on Friday so I need places for them all to go by the afternoon.
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