Fri 9th April: Eight new puppies

A size comparison for the new puppies

This one's a girl

 The puppies we'd been waiting for arrived today, six little ones and two a bit older/bigger, so now I have more group names to come up with.  I do this so it's easier to remember which puppies belong to which litter, especially when we have so many that they can get lost in a crowd. All of these new arrivals have gone to their respective foster homes so they're not available to be seen at the Homing Centre, and anyone interested in adoption will have to take a pair home for the initial couple of weeks at least.  It seems that the white puppies are particularly popular for some reason, and there are two in the new litter of six, a male and a female. 

7 year male dachshund

Other than the foundling puppies that come to us on a regular basis we really haven't been getting the small dogs in that we used to.  I think there are several reasons for this but our "supplier" (independent rescuer) of the smaller dogs has been very quiet lately so we have to wait for the one-by-one surrenders.  Today we were asked to accept a seven year-old long-haired miniature dachshund, and in anticipation of many adoption requests please remember that there's only one dog available.  That means we will choose the most suitable home, which in this case will probably be someone who already has experience of the breed and understands their health and behaviour (see yesterday's post for potential genetic issues, which for dachshunds include spinal problems because they have been bred to have too-long bodies and short legs).  If interested please complete the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/

We have lots of puppies available at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, and adults plus puppies at Tai Po, with both Homing Centres open every single day of the year from 10am to 7pm.  We also have puppies and other dogs in foster homes, so when completing the questionnaire please try to include as much detail as possible so we know who and where to recommend.

Recently there seems to have been a spate of questionnaires with miminal information, such as "Hong Kong" as an address, or "0 to 10 hours" as the time a dog will be left alone.  It's really not helpful, and in fact impossible, to understand what answers like these mean, and having to prise enough detail out of the potential adopter to try to get a reasonable idea of the situation is frustrating.  Worse than that are the people who get angry and even aggressive when asked to clarify what they mean, and for these types I just ask them to go elsewhere.