Sat 24th July: Flag Day

Nothing to do with Flag Day, this is new boy Tommy

 I had to write about our Flag Day yesterday otherwise I would have been a day too late, so today I'll only say a huge thank you to everyone involved, and that's staff, volunteers and those who bought the flag stickers, as well as the gorgeous designs by Paintinks by Melt.  As this is an event that involves a government department you can probably imagine the red tape and paperwork required, both before and after, so I know Ka Yan will be breathing a sigh of relief that it's over for another year other than the post-event report that has to be submitted.  Anyway, it's important for us to be able to get out on the streets and to raise not only funds but also awareness, so it's not time and effort wasted.

Little Rufus is fine

I haven't previously mentioned (yet another) health scare we've been going through at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre because we really didn't know for sure what was happening.  There's been a lot of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) this year, and while these infectious diseases do appear regularly and then leave as quickly as they came, the recent outbreak was particularly lethal and was affecting adults as well as puppies.  It's heartbreaking to see the positive test results and know there's really nothing that can be done except to hope, so when some puppies started with a runny nose again we immediately sent all of them for testing and isolation.  It was such a relief when almost all came back as negative meaning it's just kennel cough, the equivalent of a human cold, and even the couple whose test was positive were so active in hospital that it was suggested they move to foster homes to recover.  

Percy is fine and really ready for his new home

However, even with kennel cough we can't send puppies to adoption events, so there won't be many at Whiskers N Paws this Sunday even if we still have many available, including the three beautiful newcomers who went straight to foster homes.  They haven't been vaccinated yet so they can't even go out, but you can apply for adoption by completing the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/

New puppy boy

We do have the "A" litter of Aggie, Angus, Arthur and Axel at our Ap Lei Cau Homing Centre, and you can see their video here: https://www.facebook.com/HKDR.DOGGIES/videos/342854594091103

Don't forget that we have many, many lovely dogs waiting at our Tai Po Homing Centre to meet their new families and you can always see updates and lovely photos here: https://www.facebook.com/HappyWoofHK