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My Parents: The Soft Touches
Dec. 8th, 2012 11:47 amMeet Hugo.
Hugo is currently being fostered by my sister in Hong Kong for the RSPCA. He was rescued from a butchers where they were planning on fattening him up and then, well, chopping him up.
He was due to go back to be put up for adoption on Monday. The problem my sister had with this is that in HK, they don't vet adoptees of animals; it's literally a case of walk in, say you want the animal, walk out with the animal, so there was nothing stopping him from ending up back in someone's cook pot.
Naturally my sister wasn't too happy with this, as she has gotten attached. Apparently he has a lovely temperament, and my parent's dog, Amber, has so wanted a friend to play with....
You see where this is going, right?
Yup, my parents have adopted him. Legalities of how to ship him over are currently being worked out. We think he's a Rottie cross, although the debate is on as to whether what he's crossed with is a Husky, an Alsation or a Leonburger.
Also, currently, he's been shaved everywhere but his head; it was overly warm in HK and he wasn't doing too well. Alas, I don't have photos of that yet. I do have a couple more, under the cut.
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Hugo is currently being fostered by my sister in Hong Kong for the RSPCA. He was rescued from a butchers where they were planning on fattening him up and then, well, chopping him up.
He was due to go back to be put up for adoption on Monday. The problem my sister had with this is that in HK, they don't vet adoptees of animals; it's literally a case of walk in, say you want the animal, walk out with the animal, so there was nothing stopping him from ending up back in someone's cook pot.
Naturally my sister wasn't too happy with this, as she has gotten attached. Apparently he has a lovely temperament, and my parent's dog, Amber, has so wanted a friend to play with....
You see where this is going, right?
Yup, my parents have adopted him. Legalities of how to ship him over are currently being worked out. We think he's a Rottie cross, although the debate is on as to whether what he's crossed with is a Husky, an Alsation or a Leonburger.
Also, currently, he's been shaved everywhere but his head; it was overly warm in HK and he wasn't doing too well. Alas, I don't have photos of that yet. I do have a couple more, under the cut.
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