Fri 28th June: Donate with confidence

 Can it really be the end of another month?  When so much happens every day the time just seems to fly past, and now half of 2024 has gone and we start the countdown to all of the (hopefully) good things that the cooler weather brings. 

Well done Barlow!

Back to today though, there was wonderful news from Tai Po as Barlow was adopted, and as often happens it was by a volunteer who had got to know and love one particular dog.  Well done Barlow, and enjoy the rest of your life.

I thought we were going to be getting the chihuahua family today, and I had potential adopters ready to come to meet them.  However it was delayed until Saturday as the current owner wasn't available today, so hopefully several of them will be loving into responsible new homes over the weekend.

Ivy and Indigo

Izzy, Inky and Isa 

We did receive some new arrivals at Kennedy Town though, including three of the newborn puppies, with two already having been taken into foster care.  These three also stayed a very short time before being picked up by their foster parent, so for the time being the litter are safe and in good hands. The eyes will open at two weeks, and by three weeks the pups will be able to start eating soft food, but until then it's hard work bottle feeding hungry little mouths, as well as performing all of the tasks that a mother dog would normally undertake.  We really appreciate these special foster homes.

We also took in three more ex-breeder shibas, unfortunately not all young, with one poor female being ten years old.  I wonder if there's any kind shiba lover out there who can offer Aki a well-deserved retirement home. 

Behind the scenes we have been working hard to try to boost our near-empty coffers in whatever way we can.  At least one task that Margaret has been dealing with over the past weeks has finally come to an end as we received confirmation of accreditation from CAF, which meant full scrutiny of everything to do with our fundraising and accounts. 

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