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| She needs a name before Whiskers N Paws afternoon! |
Despite it being the most glorious day in terms of the weather (Hong Kong Observatory getting it completely wrong again) there were no adoptions today, just visitors planning to come back. Of course I hope Sunday and Monday are busier, and as a reminder yes, we are open every single day including Public Holidays and typhoons. I'll be with the puppies at Whiskers N Paws from 2pm until 5pm, and planning to have thought of a name for the little black girl who until now has been just a blank on her vaccination card. We've had such an influx of dogs recently that thinking up names on the spot, as I usually do, has been too much of a challenge.
Summertime is always a slow period for adoptions as so many people plan their holidays, but it's also a time when more dogs are abandoned. There's nothing worse than receiving an email from dog owners who are leaving Hong Kong and not taking their dogs with them. As I've said many times before, expats who are here on short-term contracts should always be prepared for the time they will leave, whether it's unexpected or known. There is very rarely a good reason to pack up and leave without the animals, but too many seem to think it's OK to dump them on rescue groups or even have them killed. Can you imagine doing that? I can't, but it happens.
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| The expat owner of these 2 dogs, adopted as puppies (not from HKDR), was fully prepared to have them killed rather than take them along when they left Hong Kong |
It's one of the reason why puppy adoptions are pretty stressful, as every one of those dogs that ends up on the unwanted pile was once an innocent baby puppy taken in without a thought for the future. If you can't promise to take a dog with you when you move to another country, don't adopt. It's as simple as that. There is absolutely no excuse for abandoning a four legged family member, and anyone who does it deserves the wrath and abuse they get from the online community.
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