Sun 22nd Dec: A fruitful afternoon

Adele is one of the super-friendy older puppies

Usually when we have a variety of ages in the puppies at Whiskers N Paws we have to separate the babies from the older ones to prevent bullying, but currently all the puppies have such amazing temperaments that it hasn't been necessary.  Even the two older girls, Maddie and Rio, have never bothered the little ones, and that's carried on right down the line of four and three month-olds who leave the youngsters alone.  It's really unusual not to have to rush to help when the big puppies ambush the small ones, and we had another peaceful afternoon on the terrace as seen in the two lovely sets of photos by Matt Baker

 Puppy Adoption Day 22 December 2019 - Part 1 

and Aaron Howland

 Puppy Adoption Day 22 December 2019 - Part 2

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Echo joins ex-HKDR Amy in her new home

The session started off very quietly and I was anticipating a slow three hours, but suddenly the terrace started to fill up with people.  Only one puppy, Echo, who had been taken for a trial last Sunday, had her adoption confirmed, but quite a few went off to foster homes.   Six month-old Maddie, who had been staying at Whiskers N Paws full time with water-mad Rio, had been missed so much by her previous foster home that they asked if they could take her back.  It's true Maddie is a very sweet girl, a real cuddler, while Rio is the type who loves games and playing.   Big puppy Tiger has replaced Maddie at Whiskers N Paws, and no doubt he and Rio will become friends very quickly.

Rio and Tiger are now staying together at Whiskers N Paws

In case you're wondering we will be back next Sunday as usual, but in the meantime you can meet all of the puppies that didn't get taken for fostering at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, open every single day over the holidays from 10am to 6pm.  We have all ages, from very young (five weeks) to a few months, so drop by any time.

Toby was already smiling when he left Tai Po 

We have a few Tai Po dogs waiting to have their adoptions confirmed, and today it was Toby's turn.  This sweet ten year-old boy had been cruelly abandoned at AFCD by his owners, who said they were leaving Hong Kong, and luckily he didn't have to wait too long to find his new family.  A video posted on our HKDR Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hkdogrescue/videos/pcb.2951306744882038/446314976277018/?type=3&theater show how quickly Toby has settled, and how happy he is. 

Many people think ten years is old for a dog, and while it is considered to be senior in terms of age a dog should still be fit and active at ten.  Many of my Lamma dogs who are well over ten years are still running and playing as they always did, and it's important that you still exercise older dogs just as humans need to keep fit to stay healthy.

With our driver Ming taking the coming week off, I'm hoping to be able to make a start on the long list of overdue things I've been meaning to do.  I'll still be keeping you up to date on news and adoptions of course, but my blogs might be brief.