Weds 10th June: Role reversal

In the funniest reversal of roles the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre staff were today interviewed by a family, parents and son, who were checking to see if we were good enough for them to hand over a puppy the son had found.  It started as an email begging for our urgent help and somehow morphed into this bizarre scenario where we had to prove that we would take proper care of the puppy and keep the family updated on any developments including adoption.  I have to admire them in one way for caring enough to want to make sure that the puppy would be fine, but knowing nothing about puppies and their care and then interrogating Iris, the Homing Centre Manager, was maybe a bit much, especially when they could see the happy and well-fed puppies currently with us.  I still don't know if we made the grade and whether the puppy will be handed over but I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

Male and female, chocolate and black labradors

What I do know is that the four labradors being surrendered will be brought to our Tai Po Homing Centre on Thursday morning, and we really need homes - temporary or forever - for them to go to.  Three are twelve years old and one eleven, and we understand everything is up to date in terms of licenses and so on.  Please let Cindy know if you can help by emailing foster@hongkongdogrescue.com, thank you.

Betty has her forever home

Going back to the puppies at Ap Lei Chau, two more left with their new families today so Beatrice and Betty are no longer available.  There are now just two of the "B" group remaining, one being Ben who has recovered well from his eye surgery, and the other Bertie who may or may not be staying in his foster home.

The new black all-girl "Sugerbabe" litter started off as a little bit scared but by the end of the day were already wagging their tails and coming out to investigate so they'll be fine.


Mandy is one of our puppies that came from AFCD as a singleton, and as I previously wrote it's highly likely that she hadn't been socialised with other puppies and had never learned the all-important lessons about moderating play biting so it didn't hurt.  I'd subsequently suggested to the trial adopters of shy Kimmy, now Kimi, that they also took Mandy home so both sides could benefit from the other.  Mandy is confident but is too full-on to play with puppies of her own size and age, while Kimi needs a playmate to bring him out of his shell.  I was so happy to receive an update about the two of them and how things were working out, and I think you'll understand why I smiled on seeing this photo.  Mandy will be at The Murray event on Sunday if you want to meet her, and if she's not adopted she can go back home to Kimi for further games, so either way it's fine.

Kimi and Mandy are a perfect pair