Mon 4th March: Always puppies and more puppies

The new babies enjoying their dinner

I was back at AFCD today to take out the four new baby pups that arrived over the weekend, luckily a bit older than the seven real babies so able to eat by themselves. They really tucked in when given their dinner and it's always good to see puppies devouring their meals as lack of appetite is the first sign that something's wrong.

Cotton and Dobby were very scared at first

There was good news about one of the puppies taken for fostering on Sunday as little Dobby's adoption was confirmed.  He was one of the group of seven from the illegal breeder/hoarder, and from his looks and size I'm guessing there's shiba inu in there somewhere, but who knows. 

There was another slightly older non-fluffy that we had put together with Dobby, and although both were

scared on arrival at our Homing Centre they are quite different now and very happy.   Iris shared photos of Cotton holding and licking her hand, and I also saw her playing with the other puppies.  Cotton is also a smaller sized mixed breed, although we have no idea what that mix could be.

Dobby was already very different on Sunday

Cotton is a very sweet girl, around 6 months old

The two remaining fluffy pups from the group went to Acorn today to have their blood re-checked, as they had tick fever, or something causing anaemia.  The conditions at the place they escaped from are so bad that there isn't a dog or puppy that's totally healthy and we know many die before they can be rescued.  This ongoing situation is really upsetting as there's nothing we can do until we find out where the place is.

Barney is undeniably VERY cute as well as being small

As always we have so many lovely and healthy adults waiting for homes, and please do visit our Tai Po Homing Centre to meet them (see map below).  Many adopters are swayed by the cuteness of puppies, but in terms of behaviour, looks and size when you choose an adult you know exactly what you are getting.  A lot of our dogs are only a year old so you still have a full lifetime to share.