Charity X'mas Card & Handicrafts Fair at St. John's Cathedral 10-11 Oct 2008

The first Charity Fair of the year takes place at St John's Cathedral on Fri 10th and Sat 11th October, and HKDR will be one of the particpating charities so please come and buy

Please come support HKDR at the fair. Do your part...
Things on Sale:
Tribute Book, 2009 Diaries, Christmas dog toys, T shirts, Christmas Cards & personalized HKDR Christmas cards

See you at the fair...

More about Melamine

A lot of our cousins are asking why melamine......

Melamine is sometimes unethically added to food products in order to increase the apparent protein content. Standard tests such as the Kjeldahl and Dumas tests estimate protein levels by measuring the nitrogen content, so they can be misled by adding nitrogen-rich compounds such as melamine.

And a great excerpt from Scientific America below:

Protein Pretense; August 2007; Scientific American Magazine; by Alison Snyder; 2 Page(s)

After hundreds of dogs and cats fell ill this past spring, government officials traced the source to melamine, a nitrogen-rich compound found in plastics and fertilizer that, when ingested by the animals, crystallized in their kidneys and caused renal failure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration later announced that producers may have deliberately added the compound to wheat gluten and rice protein concentrates to inflate the measured amount of protein. The greater the protein level in the concentrates, the higher the market price the products fetch. Regardless of whether its addition was deliberate or accidental, melamine snuck past standard industry protein analysis, suggesting that the century-old test methods should be reevaluated. Several alternatives exist, but the food industry has yet to make a switch.

Traditionally, food protein is measured by a method developed by Danish brewer Johann Kjeldahl in the late 1800s. In this analytical technique, a strong acid digests a sample, breaking down the organic matter and releasing nitrogen, which is then converted to ammonia. The amount of ammonia indicates how much nitrogen was in the original sample and, hence, the amount of protein. This "proved to be a robust, precise method," says Julian McClements, a food scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It is attractive because it can be used for a variety of products and protein types. Another, similar nitrogen-based technique, called the Dumas test, is also popular with industry. It relies on burning the sample to release nitrogen. The Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) International, a scientific association that sets standards for analytical methods, lists the Kjeldahl and Dumas techniques as the standard methods for measuring protein in food.

Melamine and us

After killing so many of distance cousins in the US last year, melamine is now found to be hitting human kids and babies now. As the article attached in the link below suggest, you should get your mum and dad to check where are the ingredients of your feed are coming from.

http://www.naturalnews.com/024261.html

We don't want kidney stones and we don't know how to tell even when we get them. So please check.

Now even mum & dad's kid-time favorites, white rabbit candies are found to have this horrible stuff. They never needed additives before because there are test standards to meet. Protein contents etc........

Why bother checking?

I can fly... I can fly...

I can fly
I can fly
I can spread my wings out wide
and touch the sky ...
sounds familiar? yea its the CX theme song... you hear it everytime when you wait for your airmiles redemption... I can fly...

Guess what's in my mouth

Don't tell mommy. I stole the egg shell from her rose plant. hehe :)

Google Browser - Chrome

http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/
A lot of people will be talking about this browser soon. If you haven't heard about it yet, then remember you heard from us first :)

Cadet featured in his old friend's blog - Mandy - HKDR volunteer

Cadet's old friend Mandy was happy to see Cadet

http://www.photoblog.com/MandyChu/2008/08/31/7-pups-are-homed-in-homing-day.html

Photo Shoot by Ali Bullock

Lucky us, Ali was taking shots for the whole family
http://www.alibullock.com/
at Red Dog Studio
http://www.reddogstudio.com.hk/site.htm

Guess we ain't as hot as some of the models out there...

But we are cute... And Cadet met Mandy - who remembered him from hk dog rescue days ("is that Cadet?")....

Groom us!!

This is a surprisingly rewarding experience. All of us, including the "fierce" Cadet, have always been groomed by Mum. Sometimes when we go for our daily walk, we see some of our brothers looking decidedly scruffy. Always wonder if it's the horrible pet-shop not doing their jobs right or just their mums and dads not taking care of them.

Great website on Schnauzers grooming below:
http://miniatureschnauzer.ca/grooming.htm

Maybe mum will put up something of her own.
But then again, you should check out Aaron, one of our brothers in Japan.
http://aron.a-thera.jp/category/31472-1.html

Home baking for doggies - Healthy Dog Recipe - all natural

Recipe for dog muffin 犬用のビスケット

wheat flour
self raising flour
egg
water
honey
apple sauce
almond or peanut powder
cinnamon and nutmeg powder
vanilla essence

Say Cheese!!! チーズ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_Schnauzer

Cadet - The New Look

Now, I look more like one of them.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Cocker_Spaniel

Three Brothers all snoozing

Mum and dad have taken forever

To take just 1 simple picture

ZZZZzzzz

Such a touching story - every dog has its day

Britain's most unwanted dog finally finds new owners after 11 years in a rescue centre

Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027743/Britains-unwanted-dog-finally-finds-new-owners-11-years-rescue-centre.html

Do adopt from HKDR
http://www.hongkongdogrescue.com/

The Bad Boys!!

Didn't know who started it. But the mutts started a fight yesterday again!! While I was trying to read.
It's not always walks, treats and bakery.......
Need discipline, these guys.

Training for Agression - Cadet

Jack the canine trainer...
Before... Cadet bites
Ear infected
Then... Cadet gets a haircut!!!
Imagine that
And now... He knows the command down...
can be muzzled...
and is very happy
If you need a referral... let us know...

Doggie Baking

Mummy took a doggie bakery course and we got lucky

from doggie icecream sundae

to apple pie

to pretzels

to doggie bread

http://www.threedog.com.hk/index.php
https://www.threedog.com/

Cadet youtube video when he first arrived Feb 2008

We adopted Cadet from HKDR. Was very insecure when he first arrived.

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=8AzSEvIwOC0

other youtube videos on Cadet - from HKDR

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xfzlU1MZQ&feature=related

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=beSlhnifusE&NR=1

Born to be hungry

Can I get muffin please? (Update - Taken in Three Dogs Bakery, Happy Valley, but sadly the shop is no longer there. So Buddy can't go and buy his favorite treats anymore.)

Please pretty please.... pretty pretty please..... TREAT PLEASE!!