Tues 26th Sept: More and more small dogs coming

Mindy 

I took the two ex-breeder shiba inu to AFCD for their rabies vaccinations, the licenses having expired years ago.  Breeders don't bother with things like that, nor with any health issues until they are so advanced that the dog is just thrown out.  Nona and Mindy are nine years old, although right now they look a lot older.  It appears to me that they haven't been able to walk around much, and maybe not at all, so I let them wander a bit while I was waiting their the licenses to be printed.  Of course they're enjoying their twice or three times daily outings to the dog park now that they are with us, but it will take some time for them to build up muscle and strength, and for their coats to become thick and healthy.  They are sweet dogs with people, but have the typical attitude of this breed with other dogs.  It would be extremely helpful for us to have foster homes for these two girls if possible.

Nona

After a short health scare Basil's adoption was confirmed, and he has now joined our multi-adopter Tommy's lovely family.  Lucky Basil seemed to be quite ill for a while, but he bounced back and is fine now thank goodness.

Young Basil is now Basil Chan

There are more and more small-sized breeder dogs flooding onto the rescue market, for want of a better word, and we are expecting to be taking in a good few of them.  However we do need to find homes or fosters, either for the new dogs or those already with us, and there are several who are so lovely I really don't know why they haven't already been chosen.  The dogs that have already been with us for a while have had all their health and desexing sorted, as well as their behaviour assessed and in many cases hugely improved.

Hermione

Take Jack Russell Hermione for example.  She was a terrified mouse when she first came to us, so much so that we had to keep her separated because she couldn't handle the stress of being downstairs at the Homing Centre.  Now she is a very sweet and happy girl, and really ready for a family of her own.   This is such a popular breed and I'm really hoping that someone will want to adopt Hermione very soon.

Adorable Esme

Esme is another favourite of mine, a very small shih tzu girl with an adorable face that makes me want to pick her up and cuddle her.  She is also incredibly sweet, and will wiggle her little tail for everyone.

We get so many adoption enquiries for small breed puppies, and I really would like to remind everyone that we are a rescue organisation, not a pet shop.  We do very occasionally have puppies surrendered or coming to us from AFCD, but it's uncommon.  Small dogs can live very long lives so a young adult has many years of health and activity left ahead of them, so please don't dismiss them as being too old.  Puppies are cute but they will soon grow into adults too, and all of these abandoned dogs need and deserve a second chance.  They're not damaged, they're only homeless.