Fri 17th Dec: Happy news day

Sugar and Sandy leaving Concordia Pet Care

 Some happy news to start the day as new puppy Luke and the little sisters Sandy and Sugar went off to foster homes until they're ready for adoption.   Of course any foster puppies can be adopted at any time or age if they are going to a home together, or where there's already another dog willing to provide company for any youngster.  It's really so important for a puppy to have companionship and a playmate as they grow and develop.

Hansel will have a very happy Christmas

Another older puppy found his forever home today as gorgeous Hansel left the Tai Po Homing Centre to start his new life as a family member.  In fact after posting his photo and a video on Facebook and Instagram there were several offers of a home for this sweet boy, so his adopters rushed straight over to make sure they were going to be the lucky ones. 

Hansel has been with us for a while so it just goes to show that we have so many beautiful dogs waiting to be chosen, and all you have to do (if you're looking) is to go to the Homing Centres to meet them.  We do post all of the dogs and their profiles on our website at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/dogs/, but we can't do the same for everyone on our social media pages. 

New boy Alton

As Hansel left Tai Po, the two dogs from AFCD were dropped off by Ming the driver.  They're both young and very sweet, so again we hope that they won't have to wait too long before moving out again.

New boy Dino 

I wrote yesterday that it's almost inevitable that dogs coming to us from the New Territories will have heartworm, and while the two Tai Po dogs haven't been tested yet one of the two poodles that also came from AFCD Sheung Shui tested positive for the disease.

This 8 year-old poodle boy has heartworm

We're so happy for Tizzy

There was some really positive news about Tizzy, the French bulldog girl who was so kindly offered a foster home after she turned out to have an aggressive form of cancer on her leg.  Not only did her foster parents give Tizzy a home, they have also covered the costs of chemotherapy in the hope that it could extend her life.  We had been told the cancer was untreatable but the chemo seems to be working, and the ugly tumour has shrunk in size considerably.  We're thrilled for Tizzy, who is still a very young dog, but we're also incredibly grateful to her foster parents for loving Tizzy so much that they wanted to give the (very expensive) treatment a try.  

Can you see the resemblance to Ziti?

I wrote the other day about Ziti having had his DNA tested and finding that he's a quite an exotic mix of some very rare and ancient Chinese breeds, and looking at photos of another litter of six rescued foundlings who are now old enough to be adopted, I can see a strong resemblance.  It's of course quite possible that Ziti's litter and these "K" puppies are related, because the rescuer who finds them covers  one specific area.  If there are stray dogs that are breeding, and the puppies grow and survive long enough to have puppies themselves, then you start to see a similar look in all dogs in that particular location.   These "K" puppies are very lovely, and they have all lived together in the same foster home since they were just a few days old.  If you're interested in possibly adopting one (or two) of these puppies, please start by completing the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/

Cindy can send photos of all six to potential adopters, although I'm not sure she can indentify each by name!