Weds 27th Nov: Adoption is for life

An innocent victim who's about to lose her home and family

What a miserable day it was today apart from the glorious weather, with not only one but two surrender requests, each for two dogs. I find it very hard to stay upbeat as the past few months have been very difficult in many respects, and I know that applies to most of Hong Kong, but I spent much of my "day off" dealing with these cases. 

There really seems to be a common assumption that adoption is a temporary situation, lasting until it's no longer convenient, but I have to say that we are really at capacity now at Tai Po and there can be no more accepting of peoples' throwaway responsibilities.  "I am full of kindness towards people and animals" today's would-be dumper asserted, upset that she wasn't welcomed with open arms.  That made me laugh anyway.

The "Seasons Litter" are small-sized and perfect in every way

And seriously no, we don't have any labrador, golden retriever, beagle, shiba inu or any named breed puppies, but we do have the most beautiful, gorgeous, happy and waggy-tailed youngsters, all sizes and  variety of colours.  There are lots of photos to look through from last Sunday's puppy afternoon at Whiskers N Paws and here's the final album from the day

Puppy Adoption Day 24 November 2019 - Part 6     ( thanks to volunteer photographer Reeki Hsu)

Cactus with one of the puppies at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre

Apart from the sunny personalities and beautiful looks of the dogs and puppies waiting for homes, each adoption comes with the back-up and training support of Cactus Mok, whose years of experience and full qualifications mean that no adopter is left without help if and when needed.

You can meet lots of puppies at our Ap Lei Chu Homing Centre any day, as well as all of the foster puppies too at Whiskers N Paws on Sunday as usual, 2pm to 5pm.

Putting the day's disappointments behind me, I'm looking forward to Sunday's P2F (Pulse to Fun taking over from Peak to Fong) and the day's activities.  I don't think I've made the walk along the Repulse Bay waterfront, at least not for a very long time, and it's a beautiful stretch of seafront.

After the walk we've got all sorts of great prizes to give away as well as things to do, and all in perfect time to catch the last of the year's sunshine before the drop in temperature (according to the HK Observatory).  There's still time to buy your ticket/T-shirt, and last-minute online purchases can be collected at the venue on Sunday.