Weds 16th June: The importance of microchips

 I wonder why it is that someone would have a much-loved dog but not have it microchipped? I say this because I received an email about the dog that was found and who we called Kettle.  The message was from the owner wanting to claim her dog back, and even though it seems "Kettle" had apparently been desexed and vaccinated,  she wasn't chipped.  The reason for the microchip is that had we scanned "Kettle" and found her microchip number, we would have asked AFCD to contact the owner to come to pick her up and that would have been the end of it.  As there was no microchip we had "Kettle" licensed (microchipped and rabies vaccinated) and health-checked, plus given a vaccination, and she went to our Tai Po Homing Centre.  Now the previous owner has to adopt her dog back and pay for everything we had done, but at least it means that if "Kettle" gets lost again it will be easy to trace the registered owner.   This time at least the story has a happy ending, but it could have been very different.  

Due to an admin error it turned out that a lot of our smaller dogs weren't appearing on the website, and when I realised what had happened and it was fixed there have suddenly been a lot of enquiries.  I'd been wondering why these dogs were staying with us when normally they'd be adopted very quickly, so now if you go to the website www.hongkongdogrescue.com/dogs/ and search for small dogs you'll see a big selection to choose from.  If you're interested in meeting any of them please start by completing the adoption questionnaire so we can see who would be a good match.  It's at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/

Jimmy is lucky to have kept his natural tail

For example, Jimmy the long-tailed corgi is friendly to people but not well socialised with other dogs, so he wouldn't suit an inexperienced adopter living in an area where there were lots of other dogs around.   Johnnie is very lively and playful and will need a lot of exercise, but he's quite shy to start with and may take time to settle.  Every dog has its own personality so we don't match adopters with any particular breed, rather the nature and energy levels of the dog.

Bye sweet Binky, enjoy your new life

Binky is a very sweet and easy little dog and she found her forever family today, while pom Button's foster parents joined the Failed Fosters Club, an exclusive group of members. 

Button is staying for ever