Mon 29th July: Big and small, old and young

The new arrivals as they were dropped off

While my Lamma dog Mercy was making the journey to Acorn for surgery on the growth under her throat (it all went well), other dogs and puppies were heading to Ap Lei Chau courtesy of Kaz and her Freedom Rides (see the Facebook page).  The puppies must be from the same litter and are all smaller-sized black-and-white, but their faces are very different.  There's one very cute little girl, the smallest at under two kilos, another short-legged girl, then two slightly larger ones that seem to be older but can't be.  The male, now called Spot, has a face like a Jack Russell and the litter may very well be a mix of this breed judging by their size and shape.  The most remarkable feature of the largest of the girls is that she has a pronounced overbite, meaning the top side of her jaw protrudes well over the bottom.  You can't see it just from looking at her face on, but from the side it's very apparent.  It won't bother her, it's just something that's worth mentioning because we don't see it too often.

The smallest pup, Coco, probably has a home

Also arriving with the four puppies was a tiny little female dog no older than a year, and a poodle we estimated to be around five years.  All of these newcomers have found foster homes so meetings can be arranged via Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com. 

There are still more young puppies at AFCD so please also let Cindy know if you can offer temporary care to one or two, as for health and safety reasons we like to keep young puppies in real homes. 

Fred would love a home where he could go swimming

After the successful adoption of some of our senior dogs, I was thinking about one of the long-term Lamma residents basset/beagle-cross Fred, also known as Fat Fred.  He's been here so long I can't even remember, but I think it must have been when we moved from our Pokfulam kennels to Tai Po. Fred's very happy on Lamma, but it occurred to me that if he moved out there would be space for other small "Red Dogs" who would enjoy a quiet island life.  I sent his photo to the Ap Lei Chau team and Foster Coordinator Cindy, in case there might be anyone who would be interested, but when I got Fred's file out to check his age I was shocked to see he's almost fourteen now, and not the ten or eleven I had in my mind.  Time flies past and I'm always surprised to see how old the dogs are when I still think of them as being young adults.   I'd still like Fred to end his days in a real home, and if nothing else he might lose some weight if his diet and food could be properly monitored.

Noddy is almost 5 months now

Another Lamma resident, living next door to Fred in fact but at the opposite end of the age scale, is German shepherd pup Noddy, now approaching five months of age.  His foster parents sent me some photos yesterday, and while there has been interest in this gorgeous boy I'm waiting for the right home that can offer him the sort of life he's become used to.

Piggle (l) with Chilli, who became very sick and died

I almost forgot to mention that chihuahua Piggle was taken home today, and although we had at first wanted him to be adopted with his friend Chilli, she sadly died following a short (and unknown) illness.  Piggle will have a new friend now, another ex-HKDR chihuahua, so we're all very happy for him.