Tues 27th June: A visit to sunny Lamma

Allan, Iris and Kathy heading back to Ap Lei Chau

Sometimes you get days when everything works well and it makes you feel good, like today when the weather was perfect for a visit to my Lamma hangout by Allan Dixon, who was interested to know where all the puppies (and others) lived.   Allan is about to leave Hong Kong after his month-long stay, and he's been doing everything he can to help promote HKDR and our work to his almost half-million Instagram followers, as well as other social media pages.   He's been trying to show me how to make the most out of this kind of free self-promotion, as he's the expert at this kind of thing and I'm an absolute beginner except for my blog.

Lunch with Diamond and Tilly

Iris and Kathy from our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre and office also came along to take advantage of the holiday-like feeling of the beach and surroundings for a few hours, and I know everyone at the Homing Centre has been happy to have met Allan and seen how a professional taker of animal selfies works.  Who even knew there was such a job?

Back to the real world but actually jumping a day ahead, another two dogs left our Tai Po Homing Centre (very early on Wednesday)  to start their new life in another country altogether.  This time it was Nattie and Pringle who were set to fly off to California, and of course we're all thrilled.

Nattie and Pringle saying their goodbyes

Taurus as a foster dog

We also got a message from year-long foster of Taurus letting us know that he would be staying for ever, so we're just waiting for photos of him and his now-official family.

Puppy sisters Ruth, Dolly and Nova are now at Tai Po

Of course we love every adoption from our Tai Po Homing Centre, but there are still literally hundreds of dogs waiting to be chosen, and many of them are still puppies.  We are open every single day of the year with no exceptions, and all potential adopters are welcome any time from 10am to 6pm. Appointments aren't necessary although it does help us to know if there are particular dogs, or types of dogs, that we can get ready for interviews.  Our team are happy to make recommendations as they know all of the dogs and their characters (amazing as that seems given that there are so many), and if you complete the Adoption Questionnaire on our website www.hongkongdogrescue.com (under Adopt) it will give them an idea of who would be most suitable.