I'm still not able to include photos in my blogs for some reason, so I have to attach them to the Facebook posts. Apologies to those of you who aren't on Facebook so can't see the photos, but I have no idea what's happened or how to fix it.
It's always good to be able to tie up a group case, whether it's a litter of puppies or several dogs from the same home or situation coming in together, like the chihuahua family. Their owner had been keeping chihuahuas in her home and not desexing them, which inevitably meant that they were breeding. At the time of the surrender request there were twenty tiny dogs, and although were asked to take ten, which we agreed to do, two had been given away by the time they arrived. This weekend the last two found their new homes, with Ricky going on Saturday and Ranger today, so this particular file has been closed, assuming that the chihuahuas still with the previous owner aren't busy producing more babies.
With the smaller dogs and puppies, the group intakes aren't so much of a problem when it comes to finding new homes. It's a different story for the large dogs, however, and I've mentioned the many surrender requests we're received for huskies over the last weeks. Luckily we have a couple of potential homes for huskies now, so we agreed to accept two from one home (a very urgent case as it turned out), and one from another, and they'll be arriving at our Tai Po Homing Centre on Monday. Of course we don't know for sure if the adoption enquiries will end up as adoptions, and there are still more huskies needing new homes so please get in touch if you can help. It's so hot at the moment, and it's extremely difficult for these cold-weather dogs to have to live outside.
One of the huskies that was being given up because of a new human baby in the home won't now be coming to us. The reason is that the dog wasn't desexed and nor had he been on any heartworm prevention, meaning that the likelihood of him having heartworm was quite high. We asked the owner to have him tested for heartworm, or at least pay for us to have him tested (and desexed), but she said she was too busy, didn't have the time, and didn't want to pay anything. With so many other dogs on the waiting list to come to us, we ended up bypassing this poor dog in favour of the other huskies, especially as HKDR is already facing serious financial issues and we are the charity, not the owners of the dogs who are being ejected from their homes.
I also want to give a shoutout once again for another very large homeless group, this time turtles that are sitting at AFCD in miserable conditions. There are at least fifty of them, quite possibly as many as a hundred, and if I can help any of them find homes that would mean a lot to me. I know lots of people keep turtles, sadly not always in suitable environments, so I'm looking for homes with either large tanks, or even better real ponds. Please email me at sallyandersen@hongkongdogrescue.com if you are in a position to give a turtle or two a forever home.
Jimmy Tsang was the volunteer photographers for the Whiskers N Paws Puppy Party Puppy Adoption Day 4th Aug 2024, and he was there to record the adoption of gorgeous little Minty.
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