Sunday, 1 December 2024

Sun 1st Dec: Last month of 2024

 So here we are, entering the last month of 2024, and coming up to Christmas and the New Year.  Looking back there's always so much that happens on an almost-daily basis that it's impossible to recall everything unless specifically reminded, and we'll be doing a round-up of the year later, including all of the dogs that have been adopted.  

November was disappointing as far as numbers were concerned, but that happens sometimes.  Here are the lucky ones, including the larger-than-normal number of Forever Dogs, meaning those whose lives ended naturally while still with HKDR.  The number of Forever Dogs is an inevitable result of our No Kill policy, meaning that we will care for every dog that comes to us for as long as we need to.  For me personally it's a difficult time because most of my Lamma dogs, who came to me as puppies, are reaching their "teen" years, with three sixteen year-olds leaving within days of each other.  The same applies to many of our Tai Po Homing Centre dogs, remembering that we move to the site in 2010 bringing around a hundred dogs with us from our then-Pokfulam kennels. 

Tai Po Homing Centre
Joey (Multibreed)
Navy (Multibreed doglet)
Bond (Labrador Retriever)
Danny (Doberman)
Ruthie (Multibreed)

Kennedy Town Homing Centre
Gibson (Poodle)
Gina (Poodle)
Katie (Multibreed)
Izzy (Multibreed puppy)
Della (Terrier cross)
Goblin (Poodle)
Aggie (Lhasa Apso cross)
Ando (Terrier cross puppy)
Kelsey (Multibreed)
Kendra (Multibreed)

Whiskers N Paws
Bailey (Multibreed puppy)
Keiko (Shiba Inu puppy)
Posy (Multibreed puppy)
Jiro (Shiba Inu puppy)

Foster Home
Jack (Multibreed puppy)
Kitty (Poodle cross)
Dougie (Multibreed puppy)
Denver (Multibreed puppy)

Our Forever Dogs
Perky (Lamma)
Domino (Lamma)
Misha (Lamma)
Malta (Lamma)
Katie (Tai Po)
Taki (Tai Po)
Tara (Tai Po)
Pippi (Tai Po)
Bling (Tai Po)

Rescued Dogs (Total: 42)
From AFCD: 4
From other sources: 38 

You'll also see that the number of dogs we took in far exceeded the number of dogs that were adopted, and because we had no space at our small Kennedy Town for all of the slightly-larger-than-small dogs that arrived over the past week, four had to be sent to Tai Po (as shown in the photo).   We also moved several puppies who were getting a bit too big for Kennedy Town, so you can meet all of them any day of the week at our Tai Po Homing Centre.  Please remember to complete the adoption questionnaire before visiting, and you can find it at www.hongkongdogrescue.com/adopt/adoption-questionnsire/.  The adorable Odette was one of those who made the move, and hopefully she won't have to wait too long before being chosen. 

Oona the border collie and Jinks the Malinois are also still waiting for the right homes, in case you're an active family who want a sporty companion. 

There will be some exciting news to share very soon, but like the trial adoptions I prefer to hold back until everything has been confirmed.  There's nothing worse than announcing an adoption which later turns out not to be.  


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