Fri 30th Sept: Another cry for help

Perry really loves cuddles and company

I went to AFCD to get the ownership changed on the newly-surrendered basenji's license, and to pick up a dachshund that I knew was there and ready to leave.  I also found that there was a schnauzer and a corgi waiting, but being without a van (because we have no driver) I could only manage three dogs on my own so had to leave the corgi (around ten years old) behind for today.

During the time spent waiting for the licenses to be issued I made further discoveries, one of which being that although basenjis may not bark, they howl in a very distinctive way and very loudly.  The reason Perry (his new name) was distressed was because I had had to tie each of the three dogs up away from each other while sorting out the paperwork, because the dachshund appeared to want to fight while the basenji was far too interested in the female schnauzer and she was getting upset. Urgent desexing is on the cards for all, but homes or fosters are needed please.  Perry loves human company so can't be left on his own for long periods, and while settling may start howling after even just a short time.  The standard dachshund, now called Pearl, may not be particularly young but she's very active, and the schnauzer (Jade) is ten years old and a very sweet girl.

We're also now expecting a few breeder dogs and I'm told three of them are around two years or under, but let's see when they actually arrive.  They are a beagle, shiba inu and a poodle, with the fourth being an older blind shih tzu.

Basset hound coming soon 

This was already going to be a crush, but then I got a pleading email from one of our adopters asking if we could take in a basset hound and a chihuahua from a dire situation, it already being too late for a shih tzu who had died before she could be rescued.   I had to say yes, but at the same time was trying to imagine where all of these new dogs could go when we are already full.

With the weekend ahead of us hopefully we can shift at least a few small dogs, but if you are able to foster please contact Cindy at foster.hkdr@gmail.com.  You may notice the email address is not the usual one and that's because so many emails have been going missing that we are having to change our server and until that's completed we're all using gmail accounts.

Ollie will soon be flying off to start his new life

We have some more failed fosters to celebrate, the first being Mikey the chihuahua and the second beautiful Ollie.  His fosters were due to return him in October when they left Hong Kong but in the end couldn't give him up and chose to adopt instead.  Yay!

Following a very unpleasant and difficult situation involving a pomeranian puppy that was surrendered to us and subsequently claimed by someone who began posting and sending outlandish and totally false claims abut me, I finally received this retraction.   I have been called many things over the years and personal insults are one thing, but claiming I have stolen someone's dog and somehow manipulated the AFCD system is going too far.

"Sally took the puppy, Kailey in good faith from Iona. Sally had no idea the puppy had an owner. There was no owner registered when Sally took the puppy to AFCD which is why the license was issued under her name. Sally did not kidnap or steal this or any other dog. Sally has not and never have worked for AFCD. Her concern is and always has been the welfare of the puppy based on whatever information she was given. From Kyong Kim".