I can tell you a lot about mongrels/mixed breeds, but I'm not an expert on the varieties of so-called purebred dogs and their fancy colourings. One of the new poodles had been described as a "phantom" (colour) by the vet, and I had to Google the term as I had no idea what this was. I now know that the "phantom" is Cooper, although somehow I doubt that AFCD have this option in their database for licensing.
As well as the most recent group of eight that came to Kennedy Town, another three who arrived just a few days earlier have been overlooked so I want to share their photos here (thanks as usual to volunteer Harryn for the lovely shots). Polly is a one year-old shiba, while Pippa is a miniature schnauzer, five years, and gorgeous Porter my favourite terrier type, also five.
After being inundated with adoption requests for the cream French bulldog, Candy, interest dwindled after she was estimated to be four years old, and not a puppy. To me, living as I do with so many older dogs, most of whom are around fourteen and still active and even lively, it's strange to hear that four years is considered to be too old.
Most of our Kennedy Town dogs come via an independent rescue group who take in waifs and strays and then pass them on for re-homing. Occasionally we also get small dogs from AFCD, and today we took two from the Kowloon Animal Management Centre, a senior poodle (Mochi) and a shih tzu girl Moko. We don't anticipate a rush of adoption offers, but it would be nice for the older dogs to at least go to foster homes if possible.
It seems that everything happens at Kennedy Town, but I'm happy to say that the Tai Po Homing Centre dogs also find homes, even if not as frequently as the smaller ones. Many of the dogs have been with us since they were puppies so you can imagine that the staff and volunteers have grown to love them as they've changed from youngsters to mature adults, although we always hope that they won't grow old without finding their own family. Puppy Sandy, sister of just-adopted Santa, was lucky to be chosen this week, as was short-legged Dixon. He's gone to live with another ex-HKDR dog, and they're a perfect match.
As a reminder, the address of our Tai Po Homing Centre is 6 Shek Lin Road, and if you want to come and meet the many wonderful dogs that are waiting to be adopted, please start by completing the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/.
The same applies for our smaller Kennedy Town dogs, and the address of the Homing Centre is Shop 4 Brilliant Court, Sai Hong Lane, 28 Praya Kennedy Town.
If you can foster one of the dogs that needs s place to stay temporarily, the form is at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/volunteer/fostering/. Please note that not all dogs need foster homes and those that we think stand a high chance of finding a permanent home fairly quickly are better off staying at the Homing Centres so they can easily be seen by potential adopters.
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