Sat 29th Oct: Little hopefuls

Beautiful Stanley

It's always upsetting to receive emails from adopters wanting to return their now-grown up puppies, as it's a completely different matter finding homes for adult dogs as opposed to babies.  Stanley, as you might guess, was a Stanley Barracks pup from 2015, and as it happens one of the latest group currently at AFCD is clearly one of the same whiskery family.  Anyway, despite being (according to his adopter) a very sweet boy which is great with children, she needs to re-home him as she is currently in hospital.  I really really hate to send family dogs to Tai Po because it's too much of a shock for them to go from much-loved pet to having to cope with the hundred of other dogs at the Homing Centre, and although still looking at options such as employing a dog walker it is likely that Stanley will have to go.  As you can see from the photo he's an exceptionally beautiful dog and if anyone is interested in meeting him please let me know.  He's still just a year old.

Stanley when adopted

In the meantime and before taking the latest Stanley Barracks recruits, I'm obviously hoping to see the puppies already with us in homes, including two that arrived as young babies and are just about ready to make their Whiskers N Paws debut, not this week but possibly next.

Arrow's adoption is confirmed

At Tai Po it's still the breeds that are those most likely to be chosen, and as husky Arrow had his adoption confirmed, German shepherd Xavier left for his trial period.  He was thrown out by a breeding kennel for being too thin, which he undoubtedly was, but it turned out that he had a simple case a coccidea, a very common intestinal "bug" that is easily treated with antibiotics.  He's an incredibly sweet boy and I'm sure his new family will love him.

Sweet boy Xavier

The weather seems to be turning cooler, which is great news for the dogs who can start to enjoy the hiking season.  It's also a good time for the Sunday puppy afternoons on the terrace at Whiskers N Paws, and I'll be there as always with the little hopefuls.

Mistral

Bongo

Lizzie

Xena

April 

Combo