Thurs 28th Nov: New places, different lives

There's acres of space for Buzzy and Korma to run now

It seems that there really is a mini exodus taking place in Hong Kong, with news reaching me of many dog owners leaving and thankfully taking all family members along with them.  I'm talking about the dogs (and cats) of course, because they are as much family as any two-legged members, and other than genuine emergency situations there can be no excuse for abandoning your loyal and faithful companions, especially older ones.  Buzzy and Korma, shown in the photo, are two very lucky dogs who are now in he UK, especially as Korma's sister Mango (they were a Curry Litter) is still waiting at Tai Po for someone to give her a chance.

It always seems so unfair when one out of a litter is left over (Mango) 

I went to AFCD to take out another one of the cruelty case dogs, this one more nervous than the previous three already at our Tai Po Homing Centre.  She has large scars on her head, as do some other very similar-looking dogs who are also at the Pokfulam Centre.  I have a horrible image in my mind of the three or four dogs literally fighting for their lives as they were slowly starving to death, and whether or not that's the case it seems strange that they all have such scars.

I had already planned to take this particular dog out but there was another surrendered dog waiting when I got to AFCD, a very sweet and friendly golden retriever girl, twelve years old.  For her age she seems to be in good health and was delighted to be taken out of her kennel of course.  I really can't imagine taking my old dog to AFCD, knowing that it would probably mean death at the hands of strangers.  How anyone could do that is beyond me, although I shouldn't be surprised after we had yet another surrender request for one of our ex-HKDR dogs today.  If you can give a home to Mabel, the new name for the golden retriever, please complete the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/

It should still be warm enough for dogs to swim 

Let me move on to happier things, like Sunday's event which is going to be a really great day with lots of dogs and their people coming along to enjoy the fun.

It's too late now for us to be able to send the ticket/T-shirts by mail, but you can still buy online and pick up at the event.  Other venues that have the T-shirts available are listed here https://hongkongdogrescue.com/p2f2019/ticket-information/.  Please note that the T-shirts are your entry tickets and only those wearing them will be admitted as guests for the event.

There's plenty of space for the dogs to enjoy playing