Weds 24th May: Thanks, but please be patient

 As always the message about a whole family of small dogs that needed help came in the late afternoon, and the story is that the owner of the dogs, an old man, had passed away.  A death is always sad, but in this case it meant rescue for the dogs, who had never been desexed (or seen a vet) and had been allowed to breed freely, resulting in the large number and of various ages.  Catherine's Puppies had previously taken in some dogs from this family that had been found wandering and in very poor health, and it's clear that the old man was totally incapable of caring for them.  Today it was also Catherine who arranged for the poodles (or poodle types) to be picked up from the old man's home and taken to Pets Central in Sai Kung for safety, and HKDR will collect them from there on Thursday morning.  There are ten in total, with ages unknown but three are old and I don't think there are any puppies (many of the enquiries for fostering or adoption have been for puppies). 

On the way to safety 

By late evening I had already received so many emails about this dog family that I wasn't able to even begin replying, especially as we have no specific information about age or health.  After we collect them from Sai Kung we will be sending them to Concordia in Happy Valley to checking and vaccinations, so they won't be available to meet until after that. 

I also want to mention that these dogs have always lived as part of a large family group and will find it very difficult to be single dogs.  Whether for fostering or adoption we will therefore give priority to homes where there is already a resident dog, or to anyone who can take a pair.  If you have sent either an adoption questionnaire or a foster form, thank you, but please be patient and wait until we have had a chance to even briefly assess the dogs.

Please also remember that we already have many dogs of all sizes and ages that have already been through all of their health checks, vaccinations and everything else, so if you want to help then please also consider one of these.