Sat 30th Sept: The breeder poodles arrive

Well it was quite a day at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, and I have to say a big thanks to Andrea who was in charge as the breeder poodles, expected on Sunday, turned up today instead.

Diamond, Emerald, Opal, Topaz, Ruby, Sapphire, Amber, Coral, Garnet, Jade and Pearl

In fact all of these rescue operations involve a chain of people, starting with the person who has direct contact with the breeders as that's not me.  I'm the one who says yes, we'll take any of these dogs who need somewhere to stay, the vet treatment and desexing (vital) and new homes.  It was Andrea and the volunteers who took the poodles in and made sure they were settled for the night who deserve the praise, and it will be Iris on Sunday who will handle the fostering, and maybe hopefully some adoptions too.  Volunteer Foster Coordinator Cindy was also busy throughout the day handling emails and enquiries, and we'd be lost without her.

Although all of these poodles have licenses they are out of date, but at least we know how old they are although I'm not sure which names have been allocated to which dog, so I can't give details about the three I've posted here.

There were eleven poodles today but a far greater number taken from the breeder by the intermediary, the remainders being bichon frise and bulldogs.   Depending on how quickly these eleven can be moved on we may be able to take in more, but we also have four poms arriving on Sunday.  It was quite lucky that they didn't come today as expected, and as it is we already had a full house.

Baby Lena went to a foster home

At least three left the small Homing Centre to make a little but of space, but two were very small so really there wasn't much of a difference.  They were baby pup Lena and tiny Yorkie Hudson, and I was really happy to get the message that Jack Russell Hermione had been taken for a trial (with the resident cat).

Hermione left Ap Lei Chau for a trial

I know we're going to have a busy Sunday ahead, and I'll be at Whiskers N Paws of course with the puppies, from baby Budgie to doglets Rufus and Jerry, both of whom are at least in foster homes.  There are many in between, and I'm really hoping for some empty crates by the end of the afternoon.