Sat 11th March: Another busy day and preparing for Sunday

 Even though I have no adoption photos to share it doesn't mean that there wasn't a lot of activity taking place today, especially at Elgin Street where the three "Tiny Tots" proved to be much in demand and have already left the Centre (in case you're planning to come to meet them).

Sweetheart poodle-ish girl Nettie also left HKDR@Elgin with her foster parents, while Lola, the just-surrendered bichon, should be leaving on Sunday.  I'm very grateful to the foster parents of these two dogs, especially Lola's as she was so distressed at being abandoned by her family. 

Over at Kennedy Town one of the lovely doglets was taken home for a trial with another ex-HKDR dog, and as always I'll save the photo for when the adoption is confirmed.  I'm pretty sure this is going to work out but still, I prefer not to share any photo at this point. 

Little Lennox last Sunday at WNP

I should mention that in terms of easiness, the age that many of the Kennedy Town puppies are now is perfect.  They're still young but not babies, so you get all the fun without the toilet training and puppy biting that's part of growing up and learning for every baby.   You can meet many of these puppies, as well as those lucky enough to be in foster homes, at Whiskers N Paws every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm.  Here's a full list of the KT puppies, remembering that we also have many at the Elgin Street Centre too!  Something for everyone in other words.

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

Ottilie (F) and Yasmin (F)

Austin (M) and Jude (M)

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

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

Quentin (M)

Tansy (F) and Tinker (F)

Omega (F) and Oscar (M)

Ruby (F), Riley (M), Rosie (F), Ritzy (F) and Rina (F)

Dandy (M)

 

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

Molly (F), Ike (M)

(The following puppies are temporarily staying at Kennedy Town Homing Centre until Mid-March 2023)

Usko (M) and Ursula (F)

Fitz (M), Farley (M), Finley (M) and Felix (M)

Jimmy (M), Joey (M) and Jack (M)

Victor (M), Violet (F), Vera (F) and Viva (F)

Whiskers N paws - 10/F Horizon Plaza, Ap Lei Chau 

Griffin (M) and Gabby (F)

 

Foster homes on Hong Kong Island

Cressie (F) at Chung Hom kok

Hudson (M) at Central

Jilly (F) at Shek O

Unity (F) at North Point

Maya (F) at Central

Mason (M) and Melody (F) at Tai Tam

Pixie (F) and Poncho (M) at North Point

Luke (M) at Ap Lei Chau

Lizzie (F) at Kennedy Town

Lewis (M) and Lennox (M) at Sheung Wan

 

Foster homes in Kowloon and New Territories

Judy (F) and Clio (F) at Kowloon Tong

Paulie (M) and Pepper (M) at Sai Kung (Instagram @why_i_foster)

Max (M) at Yuen Long

Wolfie (M) and Willa (F) at Kowloon Tong

Trainer Alice and the English-speaking graduates

Since I have brought up the subject of training, it's a good time to remind everyone of our very popular Positive Partners training classes which take place every month at Whiskers N Paws HKDR Positive Partners 老友狗狗.  The classes are offered in English and Cantonese, so everyone can participate.  The point of the training course is to provide a basic understanding of what positive training means and how it works, and it's then up to the families to use that knowledge to continue and build on the concepts learned.  As one of the February participants posted: "Teacher Alice was amazingly kind, professional and wonderful. Parsta has learned a lot - she is able to walk on leash and enjoy the magical nature with us now 

. Thank you so much! We (Parsta and her parents) miss coming to class already!"

Trainer Eurica and the Cantonese class graduates

Even if you can't attend the training courses in person, or you would like to continue with learning more about your dog and dog behaviour, you can sign up for Cactus Mok's training webinars (Cantonese only) at Rescue Happiness.  This is the latest in the series:

平常大家帶狗狗散步，想必也經常遇到類似的狀況吧。其實這狗狗有點被嚇倒呢！

看到牠的耳朵向後、眼神警覺、頭部輕微抬高、身體姿勢不自然，而且還在舔舌嗎？自己被牽繩拉著，還要以一敵三，狗狗很明顯吃不消了。如果這些狗狗的社交能力不佳，或照顧者處理失當，隨時可能會爆發大戰呢！

你也有看出這些身體訊號嗎？散步時應該怎樣避免類似情況，如何幫助毛孩呢？

來參加我們的【看懂狗狗的身體語言】講座學多一點吧，下星期日 (Mar 19) 就是第一課了，馬上報名吧！

【#基礎日常會話】HKD400

Mar19 (Sun)│10:30am-12:30pm│粵語

了解狗狗不同部位與動作的訊息，判斷情緒狀態與社交需要，了解如何紓緩不安及避免行為問題，增加人狗溝通

【#進階社交互動】HKD750 (必須先修讀基礎班)

Mar26 (Sun)│10:30am-12:30pm│粵語

如何觀察及回應狗狗與人/狗/事/物互動時的狀態與需要，分辨玩耍與打架，學習散步及狗公園的安全法則

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