Tues 26th Nov: An early start for nothing

A younger and slimmer Minky in her walking days 

I was up very early today as one of my Lamma dogs was booked in for minor surgery and I wanted to go with her to Acorn rather than send her unaccompanied.  If you've been a long-term follower of HKDR and my blog you may remember Minky from way back, when she and Sparkle were best friends as puppies and inseparable until they grew up.  Sparkle subsequently died of diabetes, which due to her being a very nervous type couldn't be treated, and although when young Minky used to join the daily hikes she grew lazy and eventually stopped.   Now at eleven years of age Minky needed to have a small growth removed from her leg, almost certainly nothing serious, but traffic jams between Tai Po and Aberdeen meant I had to cancel for today and instead one of the older Ap Lei Chau puppies went for desexing.

As mornings are a busy time for me with dog walking and feeding as well as my "office" work to do, if there's any reason for me to have to go over to Hong Kong Island before midday it means a very early start.  That's not such a problem for me even if I don't like it, but it leaves the dogs and their inner clocks totally confused.  They have their routine and know exactly when and in which order things happen, so an early walk has them puzzled and some miss out on breakfast because the timing is wrong.  Now I have to do it again next week when Minky's rescheduled operation is due to take place.

That's going to be Monday, the day following Pulse to Fun (and Whiskers N Paws puppy afternoon) so there'll be a mad rush to write my blog before leaving home.  Hopefully there'll be lots of good things to talk about, starting with the walk along the waterfront https://www.facebook.com/hkdogrescue/videos/470762943547761/?v=470762943547761
followed by hours of fun and shopping at the pulse.
We've got Doga (yoga with dogs), swimming (for dogs) food and shopping for everyone, so really a great family day out.

Thanks again to our amazing sponsors https://hongkongdogrescue.com/event-sponsors/ for supporting, including the prize sponsors for the highest amount raised for the Sponsored Walk https://hongkongdogrescue.com/sponsored-prize-list/

On top of that there's a fantastic Goodie Bag for all participants wearing the P2F T-shirt (remember that's your entry ticket) so nobody leaves empty-handed.