Sun 31st July: Facing the typhoon

This will be a short and hurried post as I have to leave home early in the morning to get over to Ap Lei Chau with puppies going to typhoon foster homes, grab some supplies and be back home before the Signal 3 goes up and the sampans stop running.  I hope this is another false alarm just like the previous ones, because while for many a typhoon is nothing more than a day off work and a perhaps a stiff breeze, where I am it's something quite different as there are a lot of dogs living outside and the location places me right in the face of the storm.  In fact it can get pretty scary at times.  The Homing Centre at Tai Po is also very exposed being up on a hill and many of the dogs there also have to live outside, so bad weather fosters are very urgently needed.

Justine and Leila hiding during bad weather

If you can help out you will be asked to take the dogs who are very scared of storms rather than choosing one yourself, and our Tai Po team know who they are.  Justine and Biba are two lovely dogs who are in need of at least temporary care, with Justine being particularly terrified of bad weather conditions.

Unfortunately two dogs that were taken from Tai Po yesterday have already come back, and not because of their bad behaviour.  Rocky was returned early in the morning and Bessie, the beautiful German shepherd, turned out not to be good with cats.  There's no way of knowing other than to try, so at least we can add that information to Bessie's profile.

Bessie can't be with cats

There was some good news at Whiskers N Paws with the confirmed adoption of brothers Sooty and Nero who have been in foster for a couple of months now.   Doglet Nando has also gone for a trial, and him leaving the Ap Lei Homing Centre was opportune as puppies Jonas and Wiggle were returned from their foster home and we needed the space.  These two boys are the sweetest pair and anyone looking for a lovely family dog (or two) should meet them.  Their foster did a fantastic job with training and both boys are absolute gems.

Jonas and Wiggle are the sweetest boys

At the last minute sweet doglet Barney was also taken for fostering, and funnily will be staying in the same dog-friendly apartment complex as Nando.

Barney had just got back from Whiskers N Paws when he was taken