Sat 12th Jan: One man's trash is another man's treasure

Handsome Archie gets a second chance

It was quite a frustrating day today, with lots of enquiries and potential interest but no actual adoptions other than Archie going home from Tai Po.  This was Archie's second chance at a family life as he'd been adopted once before as a baby pup but returned as a young adult.  It turned out that despite the promises he was never taken for walks and was instead expected to amuse himself in the garden.  The thing is that although having an outside space is a real bonus, it doesn't mean that dogs should miss out on experiencing life outside the confines of their twenty-four-hour home.  Things get boring for any intelligent animal when you never meet other people or dogs, sniff new smells or see unfamiliar things.  A garden just becomes a large prison where Archie was left to chase the birds, which upset his owners enough that they considered him badly behaved.  What did they expect?

Luckily Archie's looks and potential were spotted by another family, and after some time spent integrating him into the home (where there's already an older ex-HKDR dog) Archie's adoption was finalised and he left the Homing Centre for good.  One man's trash is indeed another man's treasure, as the saying goes.

Hopefully some of today's enquiries will lead to more adoptions on Sunday, and of course there's the Puppy Afternoon as Whiskers N Paws with lot of lovely girls and boys hoping that they will be chosen.

We do also have puppies available at our Tai Po Homing Centre although they tend to be older ones up to a year old, or those that are a little bit shy and need the help of the great staff and volunteers to bring them out of their shells.   This is the latest litter of five gorgeous girls who are currently undergoing socialisation and you can meet them any day.

These girls are doing well with their training at Tai Po