Tues 30th Oct: Nancy and Cello

With quite a few dogs at AFCD waiting to be taken out, I continued today with a pug and an older puppy and will move the others as I am able.  With large sized adults each one has to be assessed and introduced individually at the Tai Po Homing Centre, and as space allows of course.

Fugu will have his ears flushed and checked on Thursday

Today's pug, now called Fugu, was apparently found wandering on Lamma Island and without any identifying microchip.  His ears are badly infected and smelly, as are his teeth, and he will need to be sedated for a proper ear flush and examination as they are too painful to be checked while conscious.  I found out the hard way while trying to guess his age for the license, so made an external assessment of ten years based on eyes and general condition.

The puppy is a happy and friendly boy, five to six months old, and while I was initially thinking of keeping him at the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre in the end I changed my mind and sent him up to Tai Po.  I think he'll have a better chance of being noticed and adopted there, and in fact I think it's time to send others from Ap Lei Chau to the big Homing Centre to give them a chance. (Update just now from Tai Po that Impi made himself at home in two seconds!  That's the thing about puppies, they are very adaptable, especially if there are other puppies for them to play with).

Nancy and Cello are currently staying in the upstairs office area at Ap Lei Chau, and the problem is that they are very happy there and consider it to be their forever home.  However both of them are really sweet and lovely girls who are missing out on being seen by potential adopters, so as hard as it will be for both humans (who love Nancy and Cello) and dogs initially, I think this is the only way they will find the homes they deserve.  Maybe someone reading this post will consider meeting them before they have to move, and save us the inevitable sadness.

Cello on one of her last WNP Sundays

Cello (l) and brother Ollie in January

Cello was one of a large litter who ended up at AFCD as very young babies.  There were ten of them initially but two died, so I took the remaining eight and they went to foster homes in pairs.  One by one they were adopted until only Cello was left, and when she became too old to attend the puppy afternoons at Whiskers N Paws she stayed full time at the Ap Lei Chau office where she fitted in well with the other dogs there.  She's a lovely medium-sized girl, very affectionate and sweet-natured, but as with all of the dogs who have become used to their living environment and daily schedule, she will almost certainly take a bit of time to settle in a new home.

Nancy came to WNP the other Sunday 

The same applies to Nancy who was adopted as a young puppy and then returned when her family left Hong Kong (and yes, I was furious).  Nancy is a really easy girl who loves everyone and all other dogs,  but she too is now accustomed to life as an office dog and her routine of going to the Ap Lei Chau dog park, so any change will be hard for her initially.

We all love Nancy and Cello dearly, and would be over the moon for them to find homes.