Thurs 28th June: Talking of airports

I'd been waiting for a long time to take a little poodle girl out of AFCD as once again the case was complicated.  This dog had been found wandering round the airport, and the registered owner contacted.  The license was up to date so there was no problem there, but the owner didn't turn up to claim the poodle and subsequently disappeared with no further contact possible.  Eventually the poodle was approved for re-homing and I picked her up today and took her straight to Acorn for a health check.  Having spent a long time at AFCD kennels, where to give the staff their due they had done their best to keep her clean and groomed, and apart from ear mites everything seemed fine. "Airport" is now available for adoption, and at seven years old is still relatively young. 

Goodbye Alison and Jersey, and have a safe flight

On the subject of airports, I'm jumping ahead of myself but I'm so happy to share the photo of Alison and Jersey getting ready for their flight to Canada, with the third dog Sander lined up to follow soon.  The wait has been a long one but worth it now that the time has finally arrived, and I want to thank the adopter for this wonderful opportunity for "my" girls.

The plight of the Macau greyhounds has been getting a lot of media coverage, but sadly so far there's a stalemate situation which you can read about here: https://www.facebook.com/savethemacaugreyhounds/

It's frustrating not to be able to do anything unless the way is opened for the dogs to come to Hong Kong without the need for quarantine, or some arranegment made for them to stay in private kennels or whatever it takes.  The fact is that the rabies vaccination is very effective at preventing any chance of rabies infection and the dogs can be tested for antibodies to the disease, as well as the fact that their while miserable lives have been spent at the Canidrome anyway.  There is absolytely zero chance that these greyhounds have been in contact with the rabies virus, let alone be infected.  It's just paperwork and mindless rules.

These 5 puppies have all come back from their foster homes

The litter of five baby pups taken from AFCD on 12th June and estimated to be a month old at the time have all been returned from their respective foster homes, so we are in need of new temporary homes until the pups are old enough to have their first vaccinations and be ready for adoption at eight weeks.  If you can help by fostering a pair, please let Cindy know by emailing foster@hongkongdogrescue.com, and all food and other necessities will be provided.