Fri 16th Oct: Coordinating foster puppies

 I'm so glad I don't have the massive task of coordinating all of the foster parents with their baby puppies and the inevitable urgent messages about their condition and vet visits.  Cindy is currently juggling all of this with her own "real" job as well as being a wife and mother, and for the few occasions when I have to step in to help, or make decisions about whether a puppy needs to be seen by a vet, I seriously wonder how Cindy manages.  We have so many little ones in foster homes at the moment, with the Little Litter of 9 still having to go back and forth to various clinics (they have tick fever, Babesia Canis to be precise), and now one of the most recent babies had to be hospitalised with bad diarrhoea.  Thankfully it's nothing serious so it should be an overnight stay only, but with the very young even something like an upset stomach needs to be dealt with promptly. 

Watching these babies change and grow still amazes me, and thinking of them at the time of their rescue and how they managed to survive at all is nothing short of a miracle.  Sandboy, for example, was the smallest and weakest of his litter, and the last to be found during heavy rain.  He had swallowed water and sand and was very weak, but I got this photo of him today.  His foster parent has done an incredible job of taking care of three from this litter, as have all of our foster carers. 

The slightly older puppies who are staying at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre have got past all of those fragile baby weeks and are now happy, healthy and fully ready for adoption, as you can see from this lovely video by volunteer Harryn:  https://www.facebook.com/hkdogrescue/videos/3308869302522241

Please remember to start any adoption enquiry by completing the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/ before asking to meet the dogs and puppies at the Homing Centres.  Also, when completing the questionnaire give as much detail as you can, and make sure your email address is correct.  You'd be surprised at the number of times there's a typo in the contact details and emails bounce back.  Please also check your Spam folder if you're waiting for a reply and haven't received one.

Another reason to visit is to buy the Cube Calendar, T-shirts or even wine (at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre).   We are open every single day of the year, no exceptions, even during typhoons and Public Holidays.