Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Tues 25th July: Breeders and butchers

A very cute mix of sorts
As I find myself constantly repeating, we have new dogs arriving all the time so even if you don't find "The One" on your first visit, please keep checking so you don't miss him or her. Today's newcomers at Ap Lei Chau were two of four expected from the same home, the owner being very ill and in hospital in a serious condition. These two are a poodle (six years) and a very cute mix of all sorts, age unconfirmed but around ten years.
6-year old poodle


They join our little community of smaller-sized dogs at the Homing Centre, some of which are profiled here in these short videos made by volunteer Harryn.  Almost all of them came to us in very poor condition, with Trafford having been pretty much bald, Coral with very bad skin and blind, Kit also balding due to demodex and Tibs with a variety of health problems.  I look at them now and feel very proud of what our team have achieved, staff, volunteers and vets, and happy to believe that all of them will find homes fairly soon.

Trafford

Coral

Kit

Maisy

Tibs

Matchstick is as tiny as she looks
Some dogs require drastic surgery, or have lifelong consequences of butchers who are either so-called vets working for breeders, or are the breeders themselves performing horrible mutilations.  The tiny poodle Matchstick, who weighs just a little over one kilo, had to have a back leg amputated today after being surrendered by a breeder who had obviously left an early bone break untreated. Matchstick is still only a year old but the damage affected the leg's growth and nothing could be done. She will be fine on three legs, and her foster agreed that getting rid of the dragging and useless leg could only be a good thing.
Mandy Maltesy

Mandy Maltesy is another victim of butchery, her tail having been so savagely docked that the nerves controlling the anal sphincter have been destroyed.  This means that there is no sensation when Mandy need to poo and she is even unaware that it's happening.  The good news is that she's very regular and poos after each meal (twice daily), so it's a manageable situation.  I always thought Mandy was tiny, because she weighs only two kilos, but next to Matchstick she seems quite large!

The 4 year-old girl
Two more ex-breeder dogs are now at our Tai Po Homing Centre, golden retriever girls, both of whom are very sweet.  One is seven years old and the other four years, and as yet they don't have names.  Amazingly neither have heartworm either, although the older of the two has a yeasty skin and smelly ears while the younger seems to be relatively healthy. Give them a month (or two for the older) and they'll look like different dogs.

For all adoption enquiries, please complete the Adoption Questionnaire on our website www.hongkongdogrescue.com (under Adopt).
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  1. Rosalie26 July 2017 at 05:13

    The videos are great! Trafford is a gorgeous little dog. Coral and the others just want to be loved. I hope they are all adopted soon. XXX

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