Sally's Daily HKDR Life: Sat 26th Nov: The updated puppy list, and a reminder of the many dogs at Tai Po

Saturday, 26 November 2022

Sat 26th Nov: The updated puppy list, and a reminder of the many dogs at Tai Po

I'm not sure how far I'm going to get with today's post as I'm once again having trouble with my internet connection. This is already my fourth attempt, so I think it's going to be another short entry.

Imogen and her family

I should start with the confirmed adoption of the day, with poodle Imogen leaving Kennedy Town with her new family. Imogen was one of a group of ex-breeder poms and poodles that came via AFCD, and of course they all had various things wrong with them or they would still be with the breeder. Luxating patella (kneecap) is the most common of all small dog issues, even if it occurs in larger dogs too sometimes, and of this intake I think all of them had bad knees to a certain extent.

Imogen with Igloo

There are still three from this group available, pom Igloo (bad knees), pom Izzy who is recovering from knee surgery in a foster home, and poodle India, also needing patella surgery. The reason why it's so important to fix the knees even if the dog is quite capable of walking and even running, is that the condition worsens over time and will eventually cause complete lameness. Luckily Dr Tony at Acorn is very experienced in fixing knees, so although the surgery isn't cheap and there's obviously a recovery period afterwards, once it's done then there should be no future problems. It's just frustrating that these very lovely small dogs aren't easy to home immediately, and the cost is also a factor of course. Just as a reminder, these dogs didn't come to us looking as good as they do today, as they were all a filthy mess, courtesy of the breeder they came from.

When they arrived in October (India had to be shaved)

Izzy in foster

There were several potential adopters visiting the Kennedy Town Centres at Brilliant Court and North Street, and the "S" litter (of smaller puppies) were definitely popular. These are the babies that came with their mother Stella, herself a small size and very sweet.

Stella can be adopted at any time

Here is a full list of the puppies currently waiting for homes, although the "S" litter are still a bit too young to be adopted individually. For foster puppies please contact Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com, and please remember that we have many, many beautiful and lovely young adults at our Tai Po Homing Centre that are deserving of loving homes too.

HKDR Kennedy Town Homing Centre - Shop 4, G/F, Brilliant Court, Sai Hong Lane, 28 Praya, Kennedy Town

Clio (F), Molly (F), I ke (M) and Ottilie (F)

Yvette (F), Yuri (M) and Yasmin (F)

Josh (M) and Jude (M)

Aaron (M) and Austin (M)

Cairo (F), Callum (M) and Cassie (F)

Connor (M), Christian (M), Coral (F) and Carla (F)

Quentin (M) and Quince (F)

Grant (M)

HKDR Headquarters - Shop 4, G/F, Cheong Yue Mansion, 13-19 North Street, Kennedy Town

Gavin (M), Griffin (M), Gunner (M), Gabby (F) and Gidget (F)

Cherry (F), Chimney (F), Cassius (M) and Cotton (F)