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| Oliver is now staying at our Kennedy Town Centre |
The puppies we have waiting for homes are so lovely, and you can see some of them here: Puppy Adoption Day 15th January 2023, in photos taken by long-term volunteer photographer Jimmy Tsang. As another reminder in case you missed previous posts mentioning it, we won't be at Whiskers N Paws on Sunday 22nd, as it's Chinese New Year and the store will be closed, as well as pretty much everywhere else except our Homing Centres. We can never close because the dogs don't just switch off if there's a holiday, they still need feeding and walking and the premises definitely need cleaning.
There's an inevitable slowdown in adoptions in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, so today I'm going to mention some dogs that we have had surrender requests for, just in case there's any interest and we can move them directly to homes.
I posted before about the one year-old Samoyed, a breed that's popular because of its looks but which isn't, in all honesty, a particularly easy one. When young these dogs are quite hyper and demanding in terms of both exercise and grooming, and it seems that this is the reason for the current owner wanting to give up the dog. As happens too many times, a trainer (of the worst kind) was brought in, with the inevitable result of the behaviour worsening. The fact is, no trainer in the world can teach a young and boisterous dog to be calm and quiet, and any potential adopter asking for a calm and quiet puppy of any breed or size is a red flag as far as adoption is concerned. It's like expecting a human baby not to cry, or a toddler to sit still and never run around yelling. It's what young children do. Anyway, back to the Samoyed, we don't feel he's a suitable dog to keep at our Tai Po Homing Centre but at the same time we want to help find him a home. It's not a dog's fault that their owners buy a breed that they can't handle, so hopefully someone who understand the breed and its temperament can come forward and we can put both sides in direct contact. You can see from the video below that the problem dog is the shiba inu, not the Samoyed, and unfortunately this is the typical shiba attitude.
Two other breeds that really need experienced adopters are the shiba inu and the Malinois (Belgian shepherd). I've just received a message that these dogs were left at a groomers (separately) so they need new homes. They're apparently young, but other than that I don't have any information yet, however if you might be interested (and in the Samoyed) please start by completing the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoptionquestionnaire/.
If you're looking for a dog that doesn't have genetic behaviour traits like the Samoyed, Malinois and shiba inu do, then go back to the top of the page and check out our sweet mixed breed puppies. You can meet them at our two Kennedy Town Homing Centres, or in their foster homes. Just complete the adoption questionnaire and we can tell you where the puppies are.
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