Sat 11th May: Well hello sunshine!

Libby and Inca - total sweethearts at Tai Po

What a lovely surprise it was to wake up to sunshine rather than rain, although the mass adoptions I had hoped would be taking place at the Tai Po Homing Centre as a result didn't actually materialise.  There are, however, a few in the pipeline so watch out for those over the coming few days.

One thing that did make me very happy was to see a video of Santa, the doglet who was suddenly returned to our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre.  Now her initial confusion has passed she's having a great time playing with the other puppies and behaving just like a happy dog should. https://www.facebook.com/hkdogrescue/videos/422770688507699/  What a relief!

The good weather also means we can be outside at Whiskers N Paws and that makes a huge difference in many ways, not only that the puppies just love racing around and having fun.  It also means no constant cleaning and picking up of dirty newspaper because the puppies all know how to use the outside "grassy" toilet area, and no (OK, fewer) fights and arguments due to lack of space. Here's last Sunday's photos for a reminder of the available puppies  Puppy Adoption Day 5 May 2019 — at Whiskers N Paws (Hong Kong)

Tibet looking perky after some time in the oxygen box

There was an incident at the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre today that made us very grateful for the recent kind donation of an oxygen box.  This is basically a plastic box that a small dog can be put into if it has breathing difficulties and needs oxygen to stabilise the condition.  Other than the box itself there's also a large machine that produces the oxygen and pumps it into the box, so when it was delivered a couple of weeks ago we were wondering how and when we would ever use it, and where we could store both parts.   After Tibet started having breathing difficulties today due to his heart problems, it was time to put the equipment to good use and I'm happy to say it worked very well.