Sun 31st Dec: Last Sunday of the 2017

Laura's face when she saw her foster mummy

I realised looking at the wonderful photos taken by Simon Li at Whiskers N Paws today, that there's something very special about sharpei eyes.  Rafi's foster daddy came over on the sampan with me to be with him for the afternoon, and even then I was thinking to myself what beautiful eyes Rafi has, and how expressive.  Then when I saw the photos of Laura when she spotted her sadly now ex-foster across the fence, and her expression of joy, I could see the same eyes, and again in the update of Waldo and Minty which I received today.  The inbred "pure" sharpeis suffer a lot of health and skin problems, while the mixes are the lucky ones who get the best of the breed without the downside.  They are such loyal and loving dogs, perfect for families and children.

Rafi

Waldo today

It wasn't Rafi or Laura who were the lucky sharpeis today, in fact it was quite heartbreaking to have to bring Laura back to Lamma when she was clearly so attached to her foster family after just two weeks, but Laura's brother Harvey.  "Big Brother" Harvey has grown into a handsome and gentle boy and today he got his chance of a real and forever home when he was taken for a trial adoption.  Good luck Harvey, I know it's going to be a big adjustment, but you will be fine.

Harvey is very gentle with children

You can see all of Simon Li's photos here:

Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR) added 101 new photos from 1 January 2017 to the album Puppy Adoption Day 31 December 2017 — at Whiskers N Paws

and thanks to all of our volunteer photographers who have been at Whiskers N Paws every Sunday to help, as well as the coordinator Semirah Darwin, who also post the albums on Facebook as soon as they are received.

Cooper has waited a very long time for this moment

It was a busy day at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, and while only corgi Cooper was formally adopted, poodles Amber and Barry left for trial adoptions.  Barry has already become Barley and is getting on well with the children in the family, so we have our fingers crossed for a confirmation soon as well as homes for more of our poodles-in-waiting.

If you were wondering about the almost-bald poodle who was found as a terrified stray in the middle of the New Territories, his rescuer's friend is adopting him so he turned out to be a lucky boy in the end.  His complete lack of hair covering is probably due to a thyroid problem, something that's easy to remedy with supplements, so hopefully he will look completely different before too long.

I had hoped that we would already have news to share about a new Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre by the end of the year, but we won't know until this coming week if we'll be moving to where we thought or another space.  Either way I think we will be safe and staying in Ap Lei Chau, a place that is perfect for us and which we really like.

Thank you to all of my readers, and supporters of HKDR, and I wish you all a very Happy New Year!