The heat is intense, in case you haven't noticed, and although there are warnings every year about heat stroke in dogs I do want to remind everyone that it can and does kill very quickly. If you have any flat-faced dogs like pugs or bulldogs, please don't walk them during the day, and for every dog all daytime walks should be kept short and in the shade. The pavements and roads are blistering too, and for small dogs it must be torture as their bodies are so close to the ground.
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| Nibs is the darker Frenchie, officially blue in colour |
Luckily French bulldog Nibs, now Oli, went to a home that's large enough to allow plenty of indoors play space and running, and both the resident Frenchie and Nibs/Oli exhausted themselves racing around and wrestling. There's nothing better than watching two dogs having fun like this, and it saves the humans from having to provide the entertainment too.
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| White poodle, 2 years old |
Nibs/Oli left the Homing Centre in the morning and as promised the two young poodles were brought to us in the afternoon. I'm still trying to think of names for the two year-old siblings, but I have a feeling it won't really matter as they'll be adopted soon.
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| Black poodle 2 years old |
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| Hamlet's new life starts today |
Hamlet went off to his new home today (hooray!) and Harry the Malinois is due to be picked up for fostering in the morning, which again is great news of course. I'm really concerned though about the cold-weather dogs, Freddie the husky and Hercules the Malamute, because they must really be feeling the heat these days. I hope someone will take them home before too long.
Zelda was also formally adopted today, having initially been fostered by her new family when she first arrived, as well as having been regularly visited in the following months. Now it's time for Zelda to officially join the household, and she can't stop smiling.
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| Sidney is so sweet and loving |
With Zelda's adoption there is only one of the Chinese New Year "Meat Puppies" left, and that's Sidney. He is the largest of them all, but a really soft and sweet boy with a dopey kind of face to match. He needs minor surgery on his eyelids to stop the lashes scratching, and then he will be perfect.
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| Zelda never stops smiling |
Mary Dimitropoulou was today's volunteer photographer at Heal, and as you will see we have some youngsters available now.
You can meet them again at Whiskers N Paws on Sunday, 2pm to 5pm, along with others who weren't at Heal today.
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| Wonton and Margaux |
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