Weds 28th March: Funny Benji

Benji enjoying playtime at the park 

It's been pretty quiet this past week as the Easter break has already started for some, so I'm taking this opportunity to use a few of volunteer Harryn's lovely photos of Ap Lei Chau residents.  There are quite a few who unfortunately rarely, if ever, get seen or noticed other than by our more experienced volunteers who have built up relationships with the "red" dogs.  There really isn't a single dog that doesn't form a trusting relationship over time,  even little Benji who has some brain damage. 

He has always been a strange boy, right from the day when I took him from AFCD as the cutest puppy.  He never seemed to be quite right,  although it was hard to pinpoint what the problem was except that he had rather wild eyes, but he was so gorgeous that it was easy to overlook the other stuff like his penchant for randomly biting legs.  He was still a baby so it was never a serious issue, and over time he has become more normal although there is still something missing "up there", like his inability to relate to other dogs (or most people).  Harryn posted these photos taken the other day in the dog park because she was so pleased to see Benji, now a year old, happily playing with another dog.  This behaviour would normally be taken for granted but it's a milestone for Benji, who has never really understood the concept of give and take when interacting.   Of course we would love to find Benji a home, but it would need to be a very special one for our "special needs" boy.

Lovely photos by Harryn 

Also staying at the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, one of the two remaining small puppies found a comfortable auntie in bichon Caroline.   We seem to have quite a collection of little white dogs at the moment, all of them very sweet, but overlooked as they aren't puppies or even youngsters.

Visit us any day between 10am and 6pm if you are interested in adopting either a puppy (there will be two new ones on Thursday) or one of our beautiful small oldies.