Thurs 30th Dec: Coming to the end of a busy year

Tinsel in September when she first arrived

 More than any other adoptions, I love to write about those from our Tai Po Homing Centre because there are so many lovely dogs waiting there to be chosen.  I can't even say which out of the hundreds I could especially recommend because there are too many "Top Dogs" now, but I wouldn't even have thought about Tinsel as being one of them because when she first arrived she looked like a well-chewed carpet, half bald and in a sorry state.   So when the Tai Po team told me that Tinsel had been chosen I was really happy, but also surprised because the image in my mind was still of that scrappy little thing.  However now her coat has grown back in and she's a different dog in terms of appearance, and with her sweet nature and petite size she had become a Top Dog after all.  The paperwork was completed today and Tinsel will be picked up on Saturday, so I don't have an adoption photo to share just yet, only one of her when she first came to us from AFCD in September.  

Paxo's adoption is confirmed

Ap Lei Chau's adoption rate is always much higher due to the fact that the smaller sized dogs, as well as young puppies, stay there, and today was really quite busy with a lot of potential adopters visiting, as well as many online enquiries.  I know that at least one dog will be leaving on Saturday, but as always I'll keep the name a secret until the Adoption Agreement is signed.  I can, however, confirm that Paxo will be staying in his trial home where he went to see how he and the cat could get along, and it seems it's all going well.

Finn is one year old 

 

We took in a new dog today, a young French bulldog called Finn, and he has a skin problem that needs to be checked on Friday.  If you're interested in adopting him please complete the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/ and we should know what the results of his skin check are very soon.  

I'm writing this on the last day of 2021, a year that has been quite a momentous one in many ways, some good, but more not.  I don't need a crystal ball to predict that early in 2022 the Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre will close and the Kennedy Town Homing Centre will open, a move that wasn't our choice but which we will make the most of.   Work has already started on the Homing Centre side, as the office and "Red Dogs" will be in another nearby location, again not what we wanted but there was no available site large enough to accommodate everything under the same roof.  You can read about the progress here of course, as well as everything else as it happens.