Thurs 25th April: Shuri is found and emails restored

Shuri and her daddy reunited

Starting with a brilliant piece of news: lost dog Shuri has been found, alive and unharmed, and has been reunited with her very relieved parents.   It was thanks to the HKDR Facebook post that the woman who spotted Shuri in a covered drain in Mid-Levels recognised her as a lost dog, and after checking her phone was able to contact the owners.  It shows that sharing information on social media really does work, and thanks to everyone who did just that.   It's also a reminder that you can never predict what a dog will do under these circumstances, and whereas I thought that Shuri would keep heading along the waterfront after she was last seen at the Shun Tak Centre, in fact she went uphill.

It was incredible good luck that Shuri was spotted in this drain

The second piece of good news is that our website and emails have been restored, another big relief.

Lizzie stays in the corner and dozes at Whiskers N Paws

I was back at my usual haunts today, starting with AFCD in Pokfulam where I had taken two five month-old puppies for their rabies vaccinations and licenses.  Now Lizzie and Inky officially belong to me until they are adopted, and I hope that will happen soon as they are lovely girls.  Inky is (not surprisingly) all black, while Lizzie has beautiful facial markings and is the only one of her litter still waiting for a home.  That's because she acts shy when she goes to Whiskers N Paws and hides herself away in a corner, but at the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre she's happy and playful.  I know she'll blossom in a home of her own if she was just given a chance.

Cribbage has the familiar teeth of many small dogs

One of the dogs that had ended up at AFCD after having been found wandering and without a microchip to identify an owner, was ready to go after the mandatory four days so I took her out. Now called Cribbage (a card game in case you're wondering), this little girl is very sweet but she has a cough when stressed, probably a tracheal problem but it will be confirmed with an X-ray later.  It was hard to assess her age when she was licensed at AFCD, particularly as she has wonky front teeth, but I made her eight years old so that is now her official age, right or wrong. 

I was able to get Cribbage checked at Acorn as I was on my way there anyway with a group of puppies going for their second or third vaccinations, every one of them lovely and very ready for adoption.  There's the litter of smaller pups who will be medium sized as adults, and they all have hard-wagging tails that whacked everything within reach, plus a previous pair of puppies who are also not particularly large.  If you are from the UK you might recognise the names of Dorothy and Perkins, but even if not it doesn't matter, these are also really lovely puppies, sweet and smart.  Take another look at some of the puppies we have waiting for homes, and there are many more than these   Puppy Adoption Day 21 April 2019

Martha was a much loved Tai Po dog

It wasn't all happy news today as we had to say goodbye to one of our lovely Tai Po dogs, gentle rottweiler Martha, who had come to us as part of a large ex-breeder group seven months ago.  When she arrived Martha had a large growth on one toe which turned out to be an aggressive sarcoma, and although removed sadly it had metastasised and X-rays today showed advanced lung cancer.  As Martha was already sedated when I was informed I chose to let her go immediately, and while it was a shock for the Tai Po team I know they understood it was the kindest option.  Martha was the sweetest lady and she will be missed.