It's been a funny week with all sorts of things going on behind the scenes, even if it's been fairly quiet with adoptions. As I've mentioned before we're on the hunt for a new Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre after the sale of the whole building we currently occupy, and all around us there are new residential apartment blocks appearing as the old Ap Lei Chau is being demolished. It's not easy finding anwhere suitable, or that will accept dogs, but we want to stay in the area we know and love. The search continues.
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| Lilian has started to play with the puppies |
It's always lovely to see dogs that were initially quite scared open up and start to relax. We always let the new dogs go at their own pace, and for some it can take some time while with others it doesn't take long at all, especially when there are puppies wanting to play. Lilian has already shown that she loves toys, and she enjoys the tug-of-war games with the others at the Centre.
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| Joshua is happy despite a missing leg |
Joshua also started off being very withdrawn, a situation not helped by the fact that his missing leg had been crudely amputated and there was an awkward stump left. We decided to have that properly removed, and following a short stay in a foster home after his surgery Joshua came back to the Homing Centre where he's now happy and comfortable, enjoying his playtime in the dog park and out on walks along the waterfront. He's still not going to be suitable to live with noisy and active children, but he's made huge progress since being with us.
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| It wasn't a great time for new dogs |
It was a wild night at the Tai Po Homing Centre with the thunderstorms and heavy rain, and really not the best time for new dogs to be arriving. However that's what happened today when yet another displaced dog from the New Territories redevelopment area came to us, joining the many other lovely dogs waiting for homes. It's a dire situation now with so many people leaving Hong Kong and wanting to re-home their dogs, adding to the many from the New Territories. I know it's a challenge getting flights for pets at the moment, but please do what you can rather than asking HKDR or other rescue groups to take on even more when there are already hundreds of larger dogs waiting for homes that will probably never materialise.
There was a heart-stopping moment when someone told me that the Chinese paintings we're currently selling could be worth a lot of money, and to cut the story short we were able to get a quick professional assessment via the contact (who is also an adopter). Now we know the paintings aren't by very famous artists (which would have put them in the millions bracket), and which is what we expected since they were just given to us by a kind donor. They are still original paintings, and some very old, but just not valuable enough to buy us a new Homing Centre. If you're interested in seeing which paintings are still available to buy please ask Eva at eva.loo@hongkongdogrescue.com for the catalogue.
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