Mon 30th Dec: Poor little Ferris

I posted the photo of poodle Ferris prematurely, because although he looks lovely he's not a well boy at all.  I'd been told he was off his food before he arrived but it's more than that, he's not only refusing to eat but vomits even glucose water.  Of course he and Schnitzel the schnauzer went to Acorn today for their health checks, and the blood test result for Ferris weren't bad enough to suggest anything majorly wrong. However we're going to have to send him for hospitalisation onTuesday so he can at least be hooked up to an IV glucose drip if he can't drink himself.  I had many applications to adopt Ferris and a couple even came to meet him once we were back from the vet, but everything will have to be put on hold until we can fix whatever's wrong with him.

Schnitzel is a sweet boy

Ironically, although Schnitzel is older at around eight years, his health is fine other than completely rotten teeth and infected gums which will need to be dealt with as soon as we can get an appointment.   Dental problems are so common in smaller dogs especially, and it's because they're only fed soft food.   Dogs need hard things to chew on, whether it's big bones or dog chews (please not cheap made-in-China rawhide), otherwise problems can start as young as a year old.

Romeo

We have a further two new small-to-medium dogs coming, but for now we still have those already available such as Igloo the pom cross and Romeo the French bulldog, Mercury the poodle, Midge and her sister Renee, Bonnie the corgi and others.

Gorgeous Ivory and Tusk

Over at Tai Po we have literally hundreds of dogs, and so many of them are perfect for any family.  The last remaining Stanley Barracks pair of Ivory and Tusk are a good example, and I don't know why they haven't been chosen.  We recently said goodbye to Stan (now Arthur) and Violet, also from Stanley Barracks, and I've since seen them at Whiskers N Paws and looking so happy with their new families.   It gives me the best feeling knowing that these dogs were saved and have completely new lives now.

Violet was also a Stanley Barracks dog 

Jumping a day ahead (because in real time it's the last day of 2019) I wonder what the New Year and new decade will bring.  I hope it's all things good, but I'll settle for a record number of dogs adopted and the breeding businesses closing through lack of interest. Is that too much to ask?

Stan is now Arthur and a very happy boy