Tues 28th March: Smooth move, and new arrivals

The puppies from Elgin are now at North Street

 It wasn't only the Elgin Street dogs and puppies that made the move to our Kennedy Town North Street  Centre today, because several of the dedicated volunteers who have been such a great support over the past months came along with them.  When I got there in the afternoon with a group of new arrivals, all puppies already looked very settled, and the adult dogs had already been out for their first neighbourhood walk. Thank you to everyone for helping make the move such a smooth operation.

The real Otto

Now for the newcomers, and once again they were really not what I was expecting, at least as far as the puppies were concerned. 

The Otto I had been expecting

You may have seen the photos shared yesterday and last week, but what became obvious when I arrived at ALCVC where the dogs and puppies had been dropped off, was that those photos had been taken some time ago.  As I have written many times before, puppies grow fast, so rather than tiny little things the puppies that greeted me were already much larger than that, and the poodle puppy is actually not still a puppy at all!  Still, of course the puppies are lovely, and at least two of them are small in size as promised (Opal and Odette).  There's one puppy missing from the photos because Ocean was picked up for fostering, but again she was already several sizes larger than we had expected so I hope that's not going to be a problem. 

The actual puppies

The four new puppies joined the Elgin puppy gang, and after the obligatory initial inspection they got down to the serious business of playing.  That's the wonderful thing about puppies, they happily accept all newcomers as best friends regardless of looks, size or anything else. 

Four of the new adults are what I call the Big/Little dogs, meaning larger bodies with short legs, and they seem to me to be sisters because of their similar age and body shape.  Esme is a bit different and reminded me very much of Dilly the puggle from Elgin Street, and Eden is also definitely not related. All of them are young adults, a little bit scared today, but that's to be expected given the huge upheaval in their lives.  They'd already started to settle down by the time I left North Street. 

Along with the Elgin Street group, others who had temporarily had to move out of North Street while renovations were happening, also moved back in from nearby Brilliant Court, and a full list of where each puppy is staying will be coming shortly.  In any case, the walk between the two Kennedy Town Centres is only five minutes, so it's best to start at our official Homing Centre at Shop 4 Brilliant Court, Sai Hong Lane, 28 Praya Kennedy Town unless you know that the puppy you're interested in is staying at North Street.  All adults, including the new six and those that moved from Elgin Street, plus Otto the poodle, are all at North Street now.

Either way, if not already completed please make sure you fill in the adoption questionnaire as first step, at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/