Thurs 22nd June: A busy holiday

Buster 

 Although in terms of visible results there isn't much to write about for today, in fact it was hectic from first thing in the morning to closing time, and sadly not all happy.  However I'm going to start with the good news that gorgeous Buster is heading off to start his new life, and in a home that has adopted several dogs from HKDR over the years. 

To make things more difficult, due to it being a Public Holiday we didn't have a van or driver to help with the multiple emergency vet visits, and Jude was the first dog to be sent by Gogovan from Tai Po to Acorn.  Sadly his condition was very serious and he had to be euthanised while unconscious, although we don't know what the cause of his acute condition was, only that it all happened very quickly.  

Jude was closely followed to Acorn by two little dogs from Kennedy Town, Grace and Gaia, both of whom were found to have pneumonia and needed 24-hour care in isolation, so that meant sending them on from Acorn to Concordia Pet Care in Happy Valley.   Grace is the senior female in the family of ten poodle types, so her condition was far more serious than Gaia's, but we needed to get them both into hospital for professional treatment. 

You might have been wondering what had happened to this large family as there hasn't been any recent news about them, but as they all needed to be desexed, vaccinated and licensed, as well as having their teeth sorted out, it's taken quite some time.  We were also insisting that they were adopted in pairs and that has also meant reducing the options, but we hope that they will start leaving the Homing Centre very soon. 

The young shiba inu that had been found as a stray was dropped off at Kennedy Town because the finder said he hadn't been able to make contact with the registered owner who wanted to claim the dog back.  We had also been messaging the owner without success, so I had to tell AFCD that we would send the shiba to them (in Pokfulam) on Friday for collection (and hopefully a fine).  The registered owner had previously claimed she had given the dog to a friend so I'm not sure why she now wants to take it back,  and as much as I'm loathe to hand any dog over to what I suspect is not a good situation, the law gives me no option.  Hopefully after a while the dog will be officially surrendered. 

We were also asked to take another small dog that had been found on the street, this time a young male bichon frise without a microchip, proving once again that the illegal breeding trade is alive and well in Hong Kong, and that the puppies are being bought by irresponsible and ignorant people.  I suppose you could say that at least throwing a dog on the street means it will almost certainly be picked up, as opposed to the monsters who abandon even tiny dogs in remote country parks, but I'm sure almost all of the animal rescue groups would accept these dogs if they were properly surrendered.  I should mention that the bichon hasn't come to us yet, and may never actually turn up, so we'll just wait and see.