These past couple of days have quite insane, as Yannie and I have been trying to handle the offers of homes, foster and permanent, for the large number of huskies that have been arriving, or are due to come in the next few days. The first of the family of four, being a mother husky and her three sons, was the first to leave for foster care after a vet check at Acorn today, and inevitably all of the huskies tested positive for heartworm.
I can't say enough times that if you don't give your dog heartworm prevention in whatever form you choose, the chances of infection are extremely high since the disease is carried by mosquitoes. If left for a long time the worms in the heart can have serious health effects (not surprisingly), so thankfully the huskies are young enough that there shouldn't be any long-term damage. However the treatment takes a long time, starting with pre-treatment preparation, and then the post-injection period when the dead worms start to break down and have to be assimilated. During the month or six weeks following the treatment, exercise must be kept to a minimum, so the only good thing I can see is that the current intense heat would make long walks impossible anyway.
Apart from the very kind offers we've been receiving for the huskies, and one malamute, two very lucky puppies left our Tai Po Homing Centre with their new families. These were Pluto and Potato, so it seems that "P" was a lucky letter.
Over at Kennedy Town we took in four new dogs, two young poodle boys and two mixed-breed girls. We'd also accepted another young poodle over the weekend, and his name is now Polo. He came to us without a microchip so after his vet check he went to AFCD to be licensed. I was there at the same time with the two ex-HKDR dogs, Lennox and Lewis, to start the process of having ownership changed to my name. This takes a long time because the registered owner, who adopted the pair as puppies, left Hong Kong in a hurry and his whereabouts are unknown. Regardless of the legal paperwork, I have to say that both Lennox and Lewis are fantastic boys, very sweet natured and affectionate, as well as well behaved. They don't have to be adopted as a pair, so if you're looking for a small (Lennox) or medium-sized (Lewis) new family member, please bear them in mind.
For all adoption enquiries please start by completing the questionnaire at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnaire/.
If you would prefer to foster instead, the form is at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/volunteer/fostering/.
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