Tues 25th Aug: A happy family reunion

 I wrote before about one of the baby puppies that was found and sent to us, and his subsequent struggles with eating, or rather with keeping his food down.  After a CT scan showed he didn't have the more serious problem which would have resulted in him having to be euthanised, it still meant that after every feed he had to be held upright to help the food go down rather than come back up. Luckily Ned was in a wonderful foster home who took such good care of him, and he grew bigger and stronger by the day until it was finally time for him to have his first vaccination and come to the Homing Centre.  Now he's eating well, even if he still needs to be held upright for five minutes after every meal, and hopefully as he grows even bigger this won't be necessary any longer.  I think Ned's going to enjoy having the other puppies to play with, and he's a beautiful boy as well as being very lucky.

We've been expecting more puppies to arrive although they haven't come yet, but we did take in a senior poodle girl today.  As luck would have it, I'd just received an enquiry for a poodle that was good with children, and I think Yoyo will be a good fit.  

There was a happy reunion at Ap Lei Chau today when husky Floyd (previously Fire) came with his foster parent to pick up "sister" Toffee, who'd just had surgery for the removal of mammary tumours.  Willa and Wonton are their daughters, so they were all delighted to see each other again (the puppy isn't related!).  It's lovely to know that Floyd and Toffee (in the coat) will be staying together, even if temporarily, and very kind of the foster home to offer to take Toffee in too.  

I want to write about adoptions, especially from our Tai Po Homing Centre, and I have a feeling they're all going to come at the same time.  We've been having a regular and fairly constant flow of visitors meeting the dogs, but usually they want to think about which one to choose and maybe bring their own dog to help with making a decision.  We have so many lovely dogs I know I would also have a hard time taking just one, so it's understandable that others feel the same way.