Yet two more dogs are due to arrive at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre on Friday, this time a ten year-old pom cross and a mixed breed. Meanwhile behind the scenes there's been a lot of activity with foster puppies being adopted, and meetings arranged for the weekend for those still available. In fact it's really difficult to keep up, especially as we don't really know until after the meetings which puppies have homes but for today at least Dylan was adopted, as was Gina (by her foster parent).
Of all the puppies available it's inevitably the smaller sized ones that are most popular, like Zia and Zack shown here and already adopted by their foster parents (lucky babies). All of the remaining pups from this litter have interviews lined up so we'll know after the weekend if any are left.
Most adoption enquiries are for puppies, but if there are young children in the home having an additional four-legged baby can be a challenge. I can't say it enough times because it's the one thing that our trainer Cactus has to answer questions about so often, and that's that ALL puppies bite. If they still have their baby teeth, which means five months and under, those teeth are needle-sharp and hurt, so please think about an older puppy that already has adult teeth and some sense of bite control. You can't expect a young puppy to understand that human children aren't also puppies, and it's unfair and unrealistic to do so.
Thanks to Tai Po dogs Pansy and Kellogg (both still waiting for homes) for being our models for Friday's Share My Song and to band Nowhere Boys members, Van & Ken, for picking Hong Kong Dog Rescue to be the beneficiary charity for the radio show Share My Song@ 881903! From today (10/30 6:00 am) to 10/31 6:00am, please support Hong Kong Dog Rescue by sending a SMS to 50 881 903! Each SMS means a donation of $5 to HKDR. Your telecom service provider will debit the money from your monthly statement.
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