Fri 20th July: Read all the news here first

Muffin newly arraived from AFCD

It's a funny thing and it happens time and time again, that we have a dog for a while which suddenly many people want to adopt.  It's true little Yorkie Muffin hasn't been with us for too long as Yorkies always find homes quite quickly,  and in fact it's only been a week, but today in addition to three separate homes offered we had an on-site adopter who had previously submitted the adoption questionnaire, and that was that.  As I told the disappointed would-be adopters, we do get new dogs in all the time and we'll let them know when the next group arrives that includes a Yorkie or two.  However if you want the latest news on all new arrivals, you'll read it here on my blog first.

Just as the American cocker spaniel turned up unexpectedly, on Saturday we're expecting a mini beagle, not a puppy but still a young adult being given up due to the child's serious allergy problems. As always, if you are interested in adopting any dogs or puppies, please complete the Adoption Questionnaire (on our website) before asking for details and arranging to meet, as that saves time for both sides.

3 year-old Buster 

The labrador Buster came to us from AFCD in the same group as Yorkie Muffin, and again there were a few serious adoption enquiries about him today, just after we had arranged an interview with the first potential adopter to send in the questionnaire.  Hopefully Buster will have left Tai Po by the time many of you read this blog, but there are so many beautiful dogs still waiting.

Junket settling in at the Ap Lei Chau office

I took in another dog from AFCD Pokfulam today, a one year-old female who had been surrendered by her owner.  I always ask the reason but take any excuse with a pinch of salt as I know many people lie to cover up their guilt, but I strongly suspect this girl was previously adopted from a rescue organisation as she had already been desexed.  The reason I think that is because the sort of people who abandon their dogs at AFCD Centres aren't usually the type who are responsible and caring enough to spay or neuter their dogs unless it's handed to them on a plate, that is, it's free or already done.   I was going to send the dog to Tai Po but as she's smallish at only 14 kilos, and was so scared, I decided to send her to Ap Lei Chau to join the group of office dogs.

Of course these office dogs are all waiting for homes, like lucky Lara who was recently adopted, but in the meantime we use them to help out with the filing and other duties.  Seriously they're more like working dogs in the sense of keeping the office staff happy, which they do, like emotional support dogs.  The new dogs, like today's who is now called Junket, have a fenced-off area initially so they don't get bullied, but it doesn't take long for them to join the gang and the daily games.

Nancy needed surgery on both knees but can now run and play totally normally

Sweet Nancy is the only office dog who will happily accept all newcomers without question, and now that she has had her knees repaired she is fully fit and ready for her own new home.  I can't speak highly enough about this lovely girl, adopted from HKDR as a puppy and returned at just under a year old, as she has the kindest nature and whoever adopts her can be guaranteed lots of love.

Other ways in which we send our dogs out to work, in the nicest way, is as models.  In this case it was for Bowerbird, a lovely furniture store in Horizon Plaza, and here are some of the results shown in HK01:
https://www.hk01.com/寵物/212963/領養不棄養-被遺棄唐狗到傢俬店重拾-家的感覺?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=fbpost_link&utm_campaign=anistoryhk