Sun 26th Nov: Return of Peak to Fong - and what a day!

What a great day! 

 I can't post all of the hundreds of photos from today's amazing event here, so please just go to Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR) to take a look.  We had eleven volunteer photographers for the day, co-ordinated by Elena Mathew who also posted the albums as fast as she could.  There are still more to come as I write, so keep checking back when you have time.  

Many other volunteers also donated their time, including teams along the route from Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and even ex-HKDR staff members turned up to help. It was lovely to see them, as well as so many familiar faces from over the years, and I'm sorry I wasn't able to say hello to everyone (although I did try). 

Anya was our MC for the event, and we had brilliant live entertainment from Nico Meiring, and The Lemon Ones. I know everyone enjoyed the music as much as I did.

So much goes into organising an event like Peak to Fong and it starts months beforehand, so I want to give a shout out our two staff members Yannie and Winki, as well as long-term volunteer Vivian, for their blood, sweat and tears (not literally I hope), as well as the team from Whiskers N Paws and the Lan Kwai Fong Association.  There are always huge sighs of relief at the end of the day, especially when it all turned out so well, as the photos prove, 

I hope all of the sponsors enjoyed the day and that it was worthwhile, and walking round all of the booths I could see there were lots of great giveaways on offer, as well as special promotions, so I hope you managed to take advantage of these.  

Remember, if you missed out on buying any of the great new HKDR merchandise such as our windbreakers or the Tong Gau T-shirts and sweatshirts, you can buy them at our retail outlet at 22 Elgin Street, Soho, Central.  

St John's Ambulance were on hand in case of human mishaps, while Acorn were also on standby for the dogs.  According to Dr Joe there were a few minor cases but nothing serious, and I think most visitors to the stand were after the free gifts on offer or just to say hello to Dr Joe! 

As is now tradition at Peak to Fong we had a magnificent donation from Gino's Gelato, which are proceeds from the sale of the Doggie Gelato throughout the year.  This year the Giant Cheque was for $40,000, so a huge thanks to Gino's Gelato, and their parent company the Aqua Group, who have been such great supporters for so many years. 

Gigi, Elsie and Yannie 

Now back to the dogs, with some great news about Elsie, who is now settling in her new home in Canada.  We had been frustrated by the challenges of finding a flight volunteer and an airline who would accept a dog, when suddenly both popped up at the last minute and Elsie was on her way. 

Elsie in Canada

This poor pup has a broken tail 

We took in the four very cute little pups today, and they went straight off to foster homes, with one poor little pup having to go via Acorn as she arrived with a broken tail.  She will need to have the tail removed unfortunately, but it will heal quickly and she'll be fine.  I haven't had time to give them names yet but they're too young to be adopted as singletons at the moment, so there's time. 

One of the 4 puppies 

It's lovely to see a rottie with a natural tail 

On Monday we'll start the week with taking in a very friendly rottweiler who appears to have been abandoned at a housing estate in Yuen Long.  The security guards obviously didn't want him around, but as he's really a sweet dog (we were sent videos) we agreed to take him in.