Mon 28th Nov: Newspaper, transport and a sad bulldog

 Well it looks like summer is back, at least for a couple of days, and this is probably my fault because I had put all of the big fans away in storage thinking they were no longer needed. 

Before I talk about other news can I remind everyone that we always need newspaper at all of our centres, to use in the toilet areas.  Not only is newspaper eco-friendly, for some reason it attracts the puppies in the same way that cat litter works for cats.  I can't explain it but I assume it's something to do with the smell, and the result is that the puppies almost automatically use it for their toilet needs, even the youngest of babies.  It's the easy way to toilet train a puppy, even if accidents will always occur and should be expected.  You can drop newspaper off at either of the Kennedy Town Centres, 22 Elgin Street (Soho), 21 Ap Lei Chau Main Street or our big Centre at 6 Shek Lin Road, Tai Po. 

It's also our driver Ming's holiday meaning we are without a van for a couple of weeks, so if anyone has a car and some time to spare and can help with transport, please let us know.

Pretty Freya

The first of the HKDR@Elgin puppies was chosen today, and it's probably obvious who that is because Freya has been very friendly from the start, as well as being very pretty.  She didn't leave Elgin Street immediately as it was already late in the day, but I believe she'll be heading off on Tuesday.  Hopefully Fitz will be following in her footsteps (paw prints) before too long, as he's also come out of his shell over the past week. 

Freya is the only girl

This boy needs a new home

In yet another sad story about people leaving Hong Kong for good and not taking their dog with them, we received a surrender request for a bulldog who had been given to the parents of the owners, and they were unable to cope.  You can see from the photo that this poor dog has terrible skin, very typical of bulldogs, a breed which probably has more genetic health problems than any other due to the deliberate inbreeding of excessive characteristics.  I know that attempts have been made to try to reverse some of this, but the fact remains that there are many issues that we see in English bulldogs that make their lives difficult.  This boy is five years old, so still a relatively young dog, and anyone interested should start by completing the adoption questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/ 

Please remember that we have literally hundreds of dogs staying at our Tai Po Homing Centre, many of them young and very sweet-natured and really perfect family dogs.  You can take a look at our long list of those that are available at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/dogs/ and we do try to keep this up to date as much as possible.