Weds 16th March: On the road again (almost)

Well the day finally arrived when our new van was delivered to Tai Po, thanks to incredibly generous sponsorship.  It's such a relief to have our own wheels again, although ironically we still need to employ a new driver so for now we can just sit and admire it.

There's light at the end of the tunnel too for the new website, and we should have something up and running by next week, again thanks to very kind sponsorship both of a financial and hands-on kind. Not having a website for so long has been a disaster for us in so many ways, but most of all for the dogs and their lack of a platform to be seen.  Despite our best attempts at promoting the dogs and puppies on Facebook, we can't deny that adoption enquiries have fallen, along with actual adoptions, and that really hurts.  If for no other reason that to give our lovely four-legged friends the homes they need and deserve I will be so happy when the HKDR website is up and running again.

Unfortunately too, there haven't been any puppy photos to post from last Sunday's Whiskers N Paws for various reasons, but our photographer for the day, Semirah, did manage to salvage a few that she considered decent enough to share. Both of the puppies shown here are five months old, big and beautiful, and they are Banjo (male) and Lulu (female).

Amos has been in foster since he was very young, and like Banjo who was returned to us this week, he will also have nowhere to go if he doesn't get adopted this coming Sunday.  We are very grateful to all foster parents and know that due to the above-mentioned website issues many puppies stayed longer than was initially anticipated.  This is what his foster says about Amos:

"Meet AMOS, the little 3 month old rescue puppy with the biggest eyes and the warmest heart, looking for a forever home. 

Amos is fabulous with young children and feels right at home. He is energetic and loves his cuddles and is extremely patient. He is fully vaccinated, de-wormed, and paper trained and has been going out for regular walks which he loves. 

Here he is, on his favourite orange little couch."

 

There was happy news at least for one foster dog, as Lulu (yep, same name as the puppy) the senior cocker spaniel had her forever status confirmed  She'd fitted in so well at her foster home that there was no reason for her to leave.