While writing this post I've got one eye on my phone as I'm waiting for a message to let me know about the small dogs that are expected to arrive (on Wednesday) and how many there will be. We had to ask driver Ming to switch his regular day off so he's be available to meet Catherine (from Catherine's Puppies) in Sai Kung to pick the dogs up and bring them back to our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, so by the time I've finished writing I may have some updates for you.
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| Olive looks pretty shabby right now |
While we regularly collaborate with Catherine's Puppies we also do the same with Kirsten's Zoo, and today picked up a cat for Kirsten from AFCD as I was there anyway to have the new terrier-type dog licensed. Her name is now Olive, and although she's got bad skin and dry eye she's not as old as we thought she would be. I had to estimate her age as she wasn't microchipped, and I made her five years old. It's not easy to be accurate about an adult dog's age so it's always guesswork, but Olive's teeth only have a small amount of tartar and the bad skin is a result of her having lived as a stray, so five it is. She's a very sweet girl, and once her skin and general condition has been sorted out she'll be a fantastic family dog.
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| Joshua has good reason to smile |
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| Luke's littermates? |
As well as the anticipated large number of dogs being picked up this morning (latest news is they're on their way), we're also taking in some puppies that we think are Luke's littermates.
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| Luke arrived a few days ago |
It's the end of another month and I'm looking forward to the cooler autumn days ahead (although wondering if we're going to see any big typhoons before that happens). The number of dogs adopted during August was 33, but as you'll see we took in 38. The totals don't include those dogs that have died from old age, sickness or - in the case of at least one Lamma dog - cobra bite (RIP Hershey).
Tai Po Homing Centre:
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