Weds 26th July: Tai Po renovation fosters needed PLEASE!

Pretty cocker spaniel girl

The third of the four dogs coming to us from the very sick owner arrived today, a cocker spaniel of around ten years.  This is a breed that we really don't see very often any more, probably due to the fact that spaniels really need a lot of exercise, their over-long ears are prone to infection and the dogs that were being used for breeding purposes were passing on poor personality genes.  We saw quite a few nutcases in those early days of HKDR, a couple of which are still around and as mad as ever.  Of course there were and are the sweet ones too so I don't want to put anyone off this new girl, but first of all we have to get her licensed and vet-checked, both of which are well overdue.

Piper (l) and Vera

The ex-breeder golden retrievers now have names:  Piper for the four year-old and Vera for the older of the two (at seven years).  At the same time we had a lovely update from Corey's adopter, and he's doing very well, much better than at Tai Po where the environment can be very stressful for dogs that have previously been pets.

Corey is so happy in his new home

We are finally ready to start the major renovation work at Tai Po, a mammoth task which anyone who has visited the site will appreciate.  It's taken a long time to raise enough money to carry out the re-building of fences, repair of crumbling concrete and construction of "sala" platform/shelters for the dogs, and just as importantly the workforce to actually carry out the work.  The materials are in place and the actual work will begin next week, so there is just one major problem still left to resolve which is what to do with the dogs occupying the individual enclosures as they are repaired one by one?   Sending dogs out to "renovation fosters" seems to be the best solution if we can manage it, so please email Eva at eva@hongkongdogrescue.com if you can take in a guest for a while.  It could be a week for each enclosure, I'm not really sure, but obviously as we work round the site there are going to be different dogs in need of a place to stay.