Tues 17th Oct: We need your help at Tai Po please

Volunteers helping at Tai Po

Renovations continue at the main Tai Po Homing Centre, and as always we rely largely on our volunteer force to help with the non-technical work such as moving and lifting.  This is a great way to get fit without having to join a gym and we still need volunteers if anyone is available, and reasonably strong.   Please email eva@hongkongdogrescue.com if you can lend a hand.

We also need more dog walkers during the week as we have so many dogs who love going out, so if you have the time to help out even occasionally, please refer to our website www.hongkongdogrescue.com for volunteering information.

Blizzard is still a baby

I was back to my normal work routine for the day, meaning AFCD for rabies vaccinations and licenses and Acorn for health checks and so on.  The dogs that came to us on Monday were all youngsters, including a wildly woolly bichon frise puppy boy that I called Blizzard because he looks like a snow storm.  His ex-owner was going to have him put to sleep because of a broken leg before someone stepped in to rescue him, and I'm so glad he was saved.  He's just gorgeous and so sweet, and we will need a home or even a foster after his surgery on Wednesday.  He shouldn't really be with other dogs while he's healing because he will want to play, and we need to make sure there's no jumping around or on top of him.

The dachshund Dipsy that also came on Monday will be heading off to her new home first thing, and she's another throwaway that came from AFCD.  It's hard to believe what people buy and then discard as if they were nothing, when they are all beautiful lives that are worth saving.

One beautiful life that was given a new opportunity is Coral, the blind pug girl.  She was in a wonderful foster home where she settled so well, and when it came time to move to a new home she was very upset.  So much so that we asked her fosters if she could move back in with them, and they not only agreed but made it a permanent arrangement.  I know that if Coral could speak she would be telling us all how happy she is, and we're all happy too.

This is actually Coral's happy face :-)

Both Rocky and the 2018 calendars are available

This time of year starts the beginning of the various fair and events leading up to Christmas (sorry, I can't avoid mentioning it) and the 2018 Calendars are now available as well as some workout towels to mop up the sweat as you walk the dogs or help with the heavy moving.  You can buy all merchandise at either Homing Centre or at any of the upcoming events that we will be attending.

HKDR's new exercise towel