Sat 23rd Sept: Another windy Sunday coming?

Porter

A couple of the new small dogs left Ap Lei Chau, with one of them hopefully bound for England before too long.  Porter is the little Yorkie who may be joining ex-breeder Yorkie Wobbly, so we'll just have to hope that his health checks out OK.  The second dog to go was Rosie, one of the breeder poodles that came via AFCD, and she has gone for fostering with a potential adoption if all works out.

Rosie

Dachshund Stan was also finally given his chance as he was taken to see how he gets on with the other two dogs in the home, and hopefully we won't be seeing Stan back again.  He came to us from a breeder as well, and needed major surgery on a double hernia which would have inevitably killed him without treatment.


We have been taking in ex-breeder dogs for some years now, and nothing has really changed.  I hope that we will start to see the effects of the new Animal Trader Laws in the coming years, but here's a reminder of the day a whole load of breeder dogs came to us.  They were all crammed into a couple of crates, and it seemed like a never-ending stream when the door was opened: https://youtu.be/P4F4Hbxa7S8

Brandy is so happy to be going home

Although Saturday is her day off, Cactus (and husband) kindly offered to pick Brandy up from Acorn after we got a message saying she was very unhappy there and was fine to leave.  I'd guessed that she wouldn't be the easiest of patients because although she's still a fairly young dog at four years, she acts like the grumpy and bossy grandma in the office.  She likes her comfy bed and long snoozes, and the youngsters (Lara and Nancy) playing irritate her.  She'll recover from her acute gastroenteritis far better at "home" than stressed out in hospital.

Jinks leaves Tai Po

One of the remaining "J" litter was adopted at Tai Po, and Jinks has grown into a very handsome doglet.  There are still a number of ex-Lamma puppies that went to Tai Po in the hope of being adopted, and of course it makes me very sad to know that they're still waiting.

Harvey

Laura

I imagine I wasn't the only one to be woken in the small hours of Sunday morning by the "typhoon" that came out of nowhere, and with the T1 up and the wind still quite strong I'm in a bit of a panic about getting over to Whiskers N Paws for the puppy afternoon.  Whatever happens there will be foster puppies there, but I've got Laura and Harvey and the two new recruits that came from AFCD the other day.  It's also time for Paris to go at least to a foster home if not for ever, because although she loves island life, the beach and her best friend Jet, she's never worn a collar and has never even seen a leash.  At six months she really needs to start school and learn these important life skills.

Paris last Sunday