Mon 26th March: Fred needs a home

Fred at the front 

I took one of our long-termers for a health check today, not because he is sick but because I was thinking it was time he went to a home after so many years with us, since our Pokfulam days in fact.  Fred is a lovely beagle-basset hound cross, not a small dog but with short legs, and in his youth he was quite active and typically stubborn.  I was quite shocked myself to find that he's now almost twelve years old, and he has mellowed into a very sweet boy who loves attention and the easy life.  He's currently staying with the other small dogs on Lamma, and he's so happy and easygoing that I just thought it was time he moved to a real retirement home.  It's not only for his sake but also because by Fred moving out another "red" dog can move in from the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre and also benefit from the stress-free environment of Lamma, and begin the rehabilitation that has worked so well for other dogs who have since gone on to be adopted.   If you would like to meet Fred with a view to fostering or adopting, please email Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com.

The planning and design for the new Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre has started and we are trying to make the most of the space available, both for the dogs and the humans who will be working there.  The office will now be incorporated into the same building as the Homing Centre, with dogs downstairs and the human team upstairs, allowing for easy crossover when extra hands are needed with the dogs.  The packing and moving of equipment and all of the merchandise that is store at the current place is going to be a massive undertaking so we will soon be calling for volunteers to help.