Looking at today's date I see it's a month until Christmas, and once again I find myself wondering where the year went. There have been no markers of the seasons, no annual Gala Dinner event or Peak to Fong, no Christmas Fairs or Pet Expos where we can sell our merchandise. We haven't even been able to hold our Sunday Puppy Afternoons at Whiskers N Paws, although as mentioned several times we always have puppies staying at the store for adopters to meet, and our own Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre always has a good selection of youngsters available every day of the week.
A lot of families are looking for smaller sized puppies, and while we have quite a few small adults we don't have any of the small breed puppies like poodles, Maltese and so on. We do however have a number of mixed breed puppies that won't grow to be larger than medium sized adults, including little Zia (left) who was returned from her foster home for her own safety after the resident dog turned out to be very unhappy about having puppies around. Brother Zack was lucky enough to be adopted but Zia, the smallest of all nine in the litter, is now at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre. Most adult dogs will accept a puppy, either happily or initially with some reluctance, so it's very unusual that puppies are in any danger from existing family dogs. However it does happen that on a few occasions it just doesn't work.
Other smaller puppies at the Homing Centre include brothers Freddie and Doddy, and sisters Mandy and Kiki, and we don't anticipate that any of these will suddenly have a growth spurt that will turn them into larger-sized adults.
We also have two slightly older puppies, Toby and Mikki, who aren't a specific breed but are a mix of sorts, not typical "village dogs" by any means. They're both five months-old boys and again won't be large as adults.
If you're interested in adopting and of our dogs or puppies, please start by completing the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/
Both of our Homing Centres are open every single day of the year from 10am to 6pm, so you can come to meet the dogs when you have time.
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