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The small dogs have a very comfortable environment to stay in now, and if they are young(ish) and without behaviour problems then they will find new homes quite quickly. It's the larger dogs at Tai Po that often have to wait, sometimes a very long time, so any adoption from our big Homing Centre is always cause for celebration, especially for the mixed breeds. Today we are all very happy for Jeremy as his adoption was confirmed after a short trial, and as always I wish more people could see how lovely, sweet and friendly the mixes are. We have all colours, ages, energy levels, coat types - everything in fact. Please think about these dogs when you are looking for a new family member, and they will love you for ever in return.
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A word that is very important in all aspects of life is discernment. There are all sorts of people and companies offering this and saying that, much of it untruthful if not blatant lies, and everyone has to navigate their way through a lifetime of deciding who they should believe. I'm saying this because there is an organisation that claims that they have purebreed puppies for adoption, and for free no less! Yes, the adopters have to hold up a board saying the words "Free Adoption", when the truth is actually something very different. It's a scam, a lie, because of course it's not free, it's just that this bunch of ciminals ask for money to be given to a third party in advance so that when "adopters" go to pick up their "free" puppy no money changes hands. Not only that, but they have stolen the name of another group and just added an extra letter, and their "adoption" questionnaire is a direct and exact copy of our own HKDR questionnaire, only with the names removed. How blatant does a company need to be to get away with such behaviour?
I would like to name this group, those breeders masquerading as a dog rescue charity, but I know in doing so I will be sending them business. If there are people happy to buy puppies from pet shops then those same people will also be happy to pretend that they have "adopted" to make themselves feel and look better. So no, I won't expose these crooks, even though there are already many people and even media who know what's going on, I shall just look forward to the day when their faces will be shown on Apple Daily as they are marched into court.
The reason I'm writing about this if I'm not going to name them, is because I would like to ask anyone who has experienced being scammed by this group to get in touch with me, and you can do that by emailing sallyandersen@hongkongdogrescue.com.
Is it free? I saw an absolutely gorgeous little puppy in a litter of cross breeds supposedly being adopted out on the streets of Sai Kung outside what is now the new "Fusion" supermarket. I decided I might be interested in one of them, the tiny runt with the little wrinkled nose and cutest shiny button eyes. They wanted 2000dollars for it claiming how could they do all their good works rescuing dogs if adoption was free. I was taken by surprise, I might have been quite willing to give a donation but this didn't sound right. So I passed up on that puppy wondering what exactly they were all about. Walking back from the supermarket a little later we caught one of the woman slapping a puppy on the nose and sharply too, because it had urinated in the crate!!! They were barely four weeks old, in fact they looked three weeks old.
ReplyDeleteI decided they were crooks plain and simple and told the woman off. She didn't understand a word of what I was saying and looked even less interested in finding out. The other one apologising profusely on her behalf, though I wasn't buying it. She should've stopped her at the time.
I decided that the whole puppies on the street thing was extremely dubious, and have never stopped again. When I visit Sai Kung no matter how tempting I just walk on past that lot and advise everyone to do the same.