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| Our driver Ming at Whiskers N Paws |
I'm trying to cram everything in before the coming week as not only is it Christmas but our driver Ming will be off for the whole six days, and that always has me in a mild state of panic. Happily for us Ming is much more than just a driver as he's become very much a useful part of the HKDR team, and he loves the dogs as much as they love him. As it happened I had two emergency Lamma cases to send over to Acorn in the morning, and all that needed to be done was to put them (in crates) on the sampan and Ming met them at the other end, loaded them into the van and drove to Acorn. I just hope I won't have any similar emergencies next week.
I met up with the van later at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, which has now been fitted with a whole new front and door after the previous sliding door broke. It's nice to be able to walk straight in rather than to have to go through the side entrance and cross the dog section to get to the front desk. As much as I love the dogs it's a challenge to get in and out and past so many little bodies and faces all wanting attention.
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| This morning's poodle surrender |
A poodle had been surrendered to us in the morning so I needed to take him to AFCD to have his license updated, and I left with another small dog, a very sad case of a surrender due to (the dog's) poor condition. His eye is swollen and his legs are weak, not helped by the fact that he's seriously overweight. He's a Pekingese cross, eleven years old, and we'll see what can be done to help the old fellow.
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| I think I'll call this boy Buggles |
Sometimes we're happily surprised by the positive changes that take place when dogs come to us in a very bad way, even looking close to death, and then they get proper care and nutrition and miracles happen. I'm thinking about Stinker the beagle, who was really stinky, skeletal and on his last legs when he was surrendered to AFCD, but he's doing really well, doesn't smell any more and has gained weight. We all thought he was in the terminal stage of his life but he's happy and so are we.
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| Some of our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre puppies waiting for homes |
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Stinker in July looking pretty bad
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We'll be at Whiskers N Paws on Sunday 23rd for our pre-Christmas Puppy Afternoon, and again the following Sunday for the final one of 2018. There are so many puppies needing homes, and you don't have to wait until a Sunday rolls round to meet them as they are staying at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre and available to meet and adopt every single day of the year. Our Homing Centres at Tai Po and Ap Lei Chau will be open on Christmas and Boxing Day as usual, and of course we expect there will be lots of lucky Tai Po dogs going out for hiking over the holidays.
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| Jack (and his pal Carlo) are avilable to meet at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre |
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