I'll be happy to see my two remaining baby pups head off to their foster home on Friday because they really need to be running around freely now. Puppies grow at an alarming rate, and you only have to compare a newborn with a four week-old to see what I mean. One minute they are blind, deaf and completely helpless, and just one month later they're eating independently and full of energy, climbing, wrestling and learning new things daily. I have called these two girls Beatrice and Eugenie, and they are the happiest, friendliest pups who I hope will have their own forever homes before too long.
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| This donation is earmarked for Mary's flight to France |
This week has been quite quiet on the adoption side of things, but we're hoping that with the holidays due to start and many people taking the whole Christmas to New Year period off work there will be some movement over the weekend. We will be at Whiskers N Paws on Christmas Eve as I mentioned before, and not only to see if any of the puppies will find homes but also to take away the donations from the
Operation Santa Paws collection drive. One of these is already earmarked for an important purpose, to fly ex-Stanley Barracks dog Mary to her new forever home in France, so to the person who donated the large blue travel crate, thank you!
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| We think we have the flight volunteers now |
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| Cleo looks nothing like the starving and timid young dog she was |
I've been receiving daily updates on Cleo, the little dog I thought at first was a puppy, and she's been doing incredibly well in her foster home. Now she has another comment on her report card "Friendly with cats", so there's nothing negative to say about this lovely little dog. If you are interested in meeting Cleo please let Cindy know at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com.
I would like to give a special thanks to Cindy, our hardworking Foster Coordinator, for her incredible help as a volunteer. Cindy has her own "real" job on top of being a wife, and mother to a human daughter and two ex-HKDR dogs, so her days are full. That's why we ask that anyone wanting to contact Cindy for any reason use email or Whatsapp, as taking calls isn't easy or even possible for most of the time.
In fact we really don't use the phones for talking much at all, for the same reason: lack of time. We don't employ anyone to answer calls and the staff are always busy with the dogs or adopters, and in many cases the noise of dogs barking in the background makes conversation impossible. That's very true in my case as those who manage to get my number quickly find out. We're always available to answer emails, Whatsapp or Facebook messages, so hope those who get frustrated by lack of phone response understand.
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