Tues 21st July: Adoption is for LIFE!

Little Kit is 8 months old

It's a challenging time for everyone now, but for me and all of our adoption staff we also have the difficult task of trying to make the right decision about potential homes for our dogs and puppies. There are so many people currently working from home so adopting seems like a good thing to do, but it's the long term that we have to consider.   Today we had a puppy returned who we thought had gone to a lovely and forever home, and the worst thing was that at the time he was adopted there were two families at the Homing Centre both wanting Kit, so it seems he drew the short straw.  He's only eight months old now and still a very small boy, easy to take to any country but obviously just not worth the hassle in his now ex-adopter's eyes.  Being still a puppy Kit got straight down to the important business of playing as soon as he was put with the others, and you can see on this video that he's a happy boy regardless of losing his family https://www.facebook.com/cactusndogs/videos/294873508519414/

Talking of eyes, sadly Kit was returned with cherry eye on both sides so he'll need surgery for that.  It's quite a common problem with certain small breeds, particularly the bulldog types, and although repair is often offered as an option I have personally never seen it successfully carried out.  Apparently Kit had the surgery to stitch the tear glands back but they popped out again so now they will just have to be removed.

We have more smaller sized dogs and puppies arriving at Ap Lei Chau on Wednesday to join Kit, Fizzle, Percy and Goose, and if you're interested in adopting please start by completing the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/   and please include as much detail as possible.   It's often quite impossible to be able to make any assessment when answers are vague.   If you have already completed the questionnaire and are waiting for the right dog or puppy to coma along, please do contact us again.

We haven't had a need for any foster homes lately but there are five dogs due to come to us that may need temporary care depending on the available space at the Homing Centre.  Four of them are medium sized adults, terrier-husky cross (if you can try to imagine).  For foster enquiries please contact Cindy at foster@hongkongdogrescue.com.