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| Corgi Topper is ready for a home |
I want to mention a couple of the dogs that are currently staying at the Lamma Home for Small Delinquents but who are actually very adoptable and don't really have behaviour problems. Like just-fostered Cooper, Topper is a corgi who had guarding issues when he first came to us a few years ago, but he has since dropped all of that and is a pretty easy, if overweight, character now. Due to his past we have to say no to a home with young children, but other than that there are no restrictions.
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| Puddle is a smaller sized mix of sorts and very active |
Puddle is a mix of sorts and a very active girl who enjoys playing with the other dogs and running in the garden, and she was sent to Lamma just because she was unhappy at the Homing Centre. I wish all of the dogs could have the space that's available on Lamma so they could have a holiday, but the number has to be restricted to just a few at a time. If Topper and Puddle find homes we can send over other dogs who need a break.
There are FAQ (frequently asked questions) that I hear regularly, and one of them is how do we pay for the upkeep of six hundred dogs and all of the considerable overheads? The answer is that it's a non-stop and ongoing challenge, hindered somewhat by the false statement that HKDR are a rich charity and we don't need donations. Just the food and vet costs for all of our dogs amount to hundreds of thousands every month, and because we are a No Kill Organisation we have many seniors who require expensive end-of-life care (currently Tai Po dogs Louise and Cynthia are receiving special treatment, with Roger also the same although luckily in a foster home). The many breeder dogs that we have been taking in almost all need surgery on top of everything else, and there is no free vet service.
Eva is the staff member who handles most of our fundraising and events, and she works incredibly hard at it. In fact there's a lot that even I'm often unaware of, such as this link on the Crown Motors website http://www.toyota.com.hk/tc/new-toyota/latest-promotion/adoptionisforlife/
Another FAQ is how and why I started HKDR, and it was completely unintentional, at least as far as ending up with such a large organisation is concerned. I only meant to help a couple of dogs at a time but events took over and here I am. I was almost completely green in terms of dog knowledge, and had learned the hard way about things like heartworm, my own three rescues dogs having become infected due to lack of any prevention. Even now I enjoy learning more, and with so many dogs we do see a large variety of weird and not-so-wonderful things going wrong.
There are FAQ (frequently asked questions) that I hear regularly, and one of them is how do we pay for the upkeep of six hundred dogs and all of the considerable overheads? The answer is that it's a non-stop and ongoing challenge, hindered somewhat by the false statement that HKDR are a rich charity and we don't need donations. Just the food and vet costs for all of our dogs amount to hundreds of thousands every month, and because we are a No Kill Organisation we have many seniors who require expensive end-of-life care (currently Tai Po dogs Louise and Cynthia are receiving special treatment, with Roger also the same although luckily in a foster home). The many breeder dogs that we have been taking in almost all need surgery on top of everything else, and there is no free vet service.
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| Eva is an invaluable staff member, here at Peak to Fong |
Another FAQ is how and why I started HKDR, and it was completely unintentional, at least as far as ending up with such a large organisation is concerned. I only meant to help a couple of dogs at a time but events took over and here I am. I was almost completely green in terms of dog knowledge, and had learned the hard way about things like heartworm, my own three rescues dogs having become infected due to lack of any prevention. Even now I enjoy learning more, and with so many dogs we do see a large variety of weird and not-so-wonderful things going wrong.
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