It's never clear with these sneaky typhoons, but just in case we get really bad weather this weekend we need to move as many dogs as we can out of the Tai Po Homing Centre, especially the older and more vulnerable ones. I've just received one warning which states that Typhoon Soala could be "potentially catastrophic" so we need to be prepared, as does everyone else.
The new Malamute, Moose, for example, has been offered a lovely home in Singapore but it takes time to prepare the paperwork and blood tests etc, so if anyone can take care of Moose while all of this is done it would be extremely helpful, as well as lovely for this sweet but giant-sized dog.
Please complete the foster form at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/volunteer/fostering/ if you can temporarily accommodate Moose, or any of our dogs in need for that matter. We also have many smaller dogs that need surgery and a safe and quiet place to recover.
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| Prof Steenkamp with Sharlene |
We'll be sharing the whole story of Sharlene and her life-saving jaw surgery on our Facebook and Instagram pages, so I won't duplicate it here other than to say that Sharlene left hospital today and is now adopted and beginning her recovery in her new forever home. We have nicknamed Sharlene's adopter "The Sharpei Angel", because she has taken in so many of this breed (as well as others), and currently even has another one of our sharpei types in foster. This one is Zuma, and he needed to be away from the Homing Centre because the stress of life there caused digestive upsets as well as skin problems. I'm very happy to say that he's doing very well now, thanks to the excellent care he's receiving.
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| Zuma is very happy to be in a home |
I need to mention something about Sharlene's injury according to Professor Steenkamp's observations. He said it had been that way for years, and was possibly the result of a big dog engulfing puppy Sharlene's head during rough play, a common injury when a puppy's bones are still soft and vulnerable. The face bone cracks or breaks, fibrosis occurs around the break and then extra bone grows on top. The other possibility was blunt force injury, but the reason I wanted to mention the potential danger of big dogs playing with young puppies/small dogs, is because just today that's exactly what happened to another puppy who was in foster with a large adult dog (not an HKDR dog). The puppy was rushed to Acorn with a broken jaw, and luckily was able to be seen by Dr Tony. The point of this story is to remind everyone that if you have puppies or small dogs playing with large ones, then supervision is essential.
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| Arnie looks a bit shabby now |
One small dog was adopted today from our Kennedy Town North Street Centre, this time corgi Arnie. His coat isn't the best (he came to us like that) but it seems there's nothing that proper care and grooming won't fix.
Remember we have many gorgeous small and medium-sized dogs at Kennedy Town waiting for homes, as well as the larger ones at Tai Po. Please complete the adoption questionnaire before coming to visit: www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/
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