Fri 26th Jan: More and more puppies!

New pups at Ap Lei Chau (the ginger one doesn't belong to the litter)

We're now back to puppy overload as I took the nine new recruits from AFCD, one group being a lookalike litter of five and the other a mixed bunch of four who don't seem to be related (but could be of course).   As the quintuplets are short-haired and much smaller than the puppies currently staying at the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, I had to arrange a swap and take the now-bigger ones back to Lamma.  I'm not at all happy about that as they have to live outside, and even though they have lots of warm bedding in their dog houses and were dressed in snuggly coats, I'm sure the coats will be pulled off before too long.   We are urgently in need of foster homes if anyone is staying around for Chinese New Year and can take in small boarders, so please contact Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com if you can help.

Chess is a 3 year-old boy

The new poodle surrender arrived, and while I had been told it was a two year-old girl he turned out to be a three year-old boy.  He seems to be friendly enough but my previous warnings about almost all poodles still apply, and proper handling and an appreciation of the poodle character is essential.  How easy and uncomplicated the sweet mixed-breeds are in comparison.

Adele, the three year-old girl who was originally adopted from us as a puppy, is also back at Ap Lei Chau.  She's not a bad girl, just very scared after her horrible first home, something which we all feel terrible about.  She needs a new start in a home who can give her her confidence back and where she can become a happy and active dog, just as she should be.

Adele is also 3 years old 

Molly's story was never known

Very sadly the story of corgi Molly came to a sudden and very fast end when she had to be rushed to Acorn after suffering seizures and becoming very weak.  She was surrendered to AFCD by someone who said she had cancer, but we were unable to trace the vet clinic who had all of her medical history.  The clinic name we had been given turned out not to be the one who had treated her and even though someone kindly contacted us saying her knew Molly's story, it was too late to be able to help her.