Thurs 15th April: Baby puppy fosters needed again

 Once again I was receiving and replying to messages late into the evening, normal for this kind of work which is definitely without set office hours.  The easier of the issues was a surrender request for a young beagle as I could just say yes, but of course in these situations the dog may never come or there may be a delay.  He's a male two year-old in case you would be interested, and of course the usual procedure applies meaning to complete the adoption questionnaire as a first step: www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/.

Poor little babies when found

The other messages were about newborn puppies found on a beach, with the tide coming in and one pup already drowned and another subsequently dying.   I was asked about finding foster homes but as it was already late in the evening of course there was nothing I could do, and at the time of writing the rescuer is still trying to trap the mother while taking care of the surviving babies at home where they've been cleaned up and look very presentable now.  I don't understand how or why the mother had her litter in such a dangerous location, but desperation results in strange behaviour. Whatever happens regarding the mother foster homes will be called for very soon and obviously the pups are still suckling so need to be bottle fed. As always we will provide the bottles and milk and anything else required.   I need to mention again the incredible dedication of these rescuers who are out at all hours of the day and night doing what they do.  They're really quite amazing people. 

We have some adoption meetings arranged for the coming few days as well as new surrenders arriving, and it seems that suddenly the effects of the past year's business closures are starting to show. That's certainly the case with the two corgis we anticipate will be coming, and we took in another poodle today who was already spoken for but we subsequently found out that she has a hernia (fixable) as well as a heart murmur which can't be mended .  We'll have to arrange for a heart scan to see how bad the heart is.