Thurs 29th July: Finally a new flyer

We’ve been working on a new flyer for such a long time and it’s finally ready for printing.  The initial hold-up was that we didn’t know what our new address would be when we left Pokfulam, and then it was other issues including agreeing on the colour and the photos, but here we are:New 2010 HKDR flyer

I put on my (imaginary)  builder’s hat today for some physical work at Tai Po today.  The pens at the side of the swimming pool have been a problem with trying to make them rain proof, so instead of covering the entire pens I used the spare sheets of corrugated plastic roofing to cover the crates themselves.  Hopefully the puppies in the one enclosure and the dogs in the other can stay dry now.  I have to apologise to anyone standing nearby for the (blue) yelling as I was being attacked by sharp puppy teeth while trying to fix the sheeting in place.  My legs, bare from the knee down, were being used as chew toys and it hurt!

This is the basic style for the proposed dog houses but they will be double ones

The last few sheets of roofing were moved up to the husky area, and now that’s it for shelter until the sample dog house arrives.  At least the weather is supposed to be improving, at least for a while, maybe long enough to get some more dog houses installed.

Someone also sent me the link for these car shelters and they look pretty good.  If we put these up over the dog houses then I think we’ll have cracked the problem.

I wonder if these will be typhoon proof?

There was some great news when I got a call to say that Hercules will be picked up on Monday to start the first part of his new life in California.  He’ll be moving to an air-conditioned private kennel, which I’m sure will help his general condition.  Actually he seems to be doing OK now, and all of his tests haven’t come up with anything obviously wrong.  He’s had ultrasound and X-rays, and enough blood taken to drain a small dog dry.

Here are some more puppy photos:

Baby Ludo

Baby Jimbo