All Creatures Animal Services (ACAS)

22/01/2025

WHOSE WALK IS IT ANYWAY?

Imagine going on a long-anticipated walk, through new scenery and exciting smells after being cooped up in the same place all day, but you have been fitted with a blind fold and are being dragged or yanked along at a fast pace.

I imagine that this is how dogs feel when we don’t allow them time to stop, sniff and explore the environment.

Dogs largely perceive their world through scent and it’s how they collect and process information to help the world make sense.

Taking away an opportunity for sniffing on a walk really isn’t being fair.. As much as physical exercise is important, the mental stimulation that sniffing provides is equally, if not more important.

Allowing dogs to choose when to stop and sniff provides so many benefits – increases self-confidence, promotes calmness, lowers stress and anxiety levels, lowers pulse rates, reduces cognitive decline in older dogs and provides important mental and environmental enrichment.

Make time for a slow sniffing walk when you can, where your dog is allowed to choose which direction to go and allowed time to just investigate, interpret, process the environment and follow wherever their nose leads them.

It may take far more time and patience as we wait for them to finish smelling that particular blade of grass, but the benefits are well worth it – after all, whose walk is it anyway?

10/01/2025

‼️⚠️☠️Path Opposite HKA Bus Entrance☠️⚠️‼️

FYI from the telegram group concerned with recent poisoning cases.

Sharing as this is actually meaty crap with white powder put on it, which raises the concern massively as not just ‘white powder found’

Please be vigilant. All of this is sickening and I truly hope our dogs remain safe and the persons doing these things causing fear and panic get karma in their next lives 🤬

Telegram Group Link also shared (mostly Chinese but pictures and Telegram has a translate function 👍🏼)

31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all 💫🎉🥂

May 2025 be kind to us all and our beloved companions! 💕🐾

Looking forward to what the new year has to bring and wishing you all a wonderful celebration 🎉

23/12/2024

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS ….

Not just for Christmas, but every day of a dog’s life – these are some of the things I believe dogs would want -

Gifts of love, kindness, compassion, understanding and knowledge.

Gifts of helping them feel safe, secure and protected in their environment

Gifts of unconditional love, second chances and a forever home

Gifts of allowing appropriate choices

Gifts of mental and physical stimulation.

Gifts of proper nutrition and health care.

Gifts of never using punishment, force, fear, intimidation or tools that cause pain.

Gifts of acceptance for the dog that they are.

Wishing you and dog’s everywhere a very Happy Christmas filled with the gifts that really matter!

16/12/2024

⚠️ Posioning ⚠️

Lam Tsuen Area

Absolutely horrific for anyone to do this to any animal and tragically 4 beloved dogs lost yesterday.

Please be vigilant and report to SPCA (HK) 香港愛護動物協會 SPCA(HK)-Eng and the 香港警察 Hong Kong Police any suspicious foods seen

My heart goes out to the poor guardians who lost their beloved best friends yesterday 💔

14/12/2024

ACAS’s 15 yr old resident Chi Sanka says hi! 🐭🩵



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13/12/2024

Always a pleasure spending time with senior friend Oliver 🩵
All the good snackos for the goodest boi!



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10/12/2024

Up the hill we go! Giving our pretty pink leashes a workout 😂 Everyone loving the cool, clear and crisp weather ☀️
Chasing sunshine and wagging tails, one paw at a time! 💕



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12/11/2024

UPDATE: Smudge is hopefully sorted out and will be on her way back to her family shortly 🙏🏼😊
Thank you to everyone who shared and reached out offering help 💕

‼️🔊✈️ FLIGHT VOLUNTEER NEEDED ✈️🔊‼️

Anyone travelling HK to the UK anytime, to any airport (Heathrow or Gatwick preferable - as there are more flight options if possible - but her people have said they will collect her from any airport in the UK!) willing to add this beautiful cat to their ticket - please reach out 🙏🏼

Smudge has been separated from her humans for an extended period due to a family emergency and her now UK based family are desperate to get her back safely.

All paperwork and logistics will be handled by her shippers - and her people will be waiting at the UK end for her - literally just need someone flying, that she can be added to their itinerary up to 5 days pre / post your flight! 🙏🏼

Let’s make this families Christmas and get their beloved girl back to them.

Please PM me for owner contact or WhatsApp me on 67739907

If you are unable to help with the flight - please help SHARE! 🩷 Thank you!!

11/11/2024

It’s been a wonderful few weeks recharging the batteries and getting ready for all the fun, fabulous weather, great hikes and time with your beloved companions, as the end of 2024 rapidly approaches!

ACAS is providing walkies and pet checks all weekends and public holidays, so your companions can have some festive fun too and give you peace of mind!

WhatsApp Kaz on 6773 9907 to discuss your companion’s needs and book in for Dec!
Very limited spots available. Sai Kung District Only.



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17/10/2024

ACAS is taking a little break to see family and we’ll be back in action from 15th Nov ✈️ 💜

Looking forward to seeing all the fur crew when we return! 🐾

You can still email needs to [email protected] and I’ll get back to you asap 👍🏼

02/10/2024

It’s been busy!!! 👟🥰🐶🐾 And we are so so excited about the tease of cooler days!!! 🎉



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01/10/2024

DON’T FORCE ME TO BE SOCIAL!
It may be really disappointing and frustrating when our dogs are not the social beings we expected them to be.

Many believe dogs should just naturally get along with other dogs, after all they’re the same species.

Some believe the “unsociable” dog has a behaviour problem that needs to be “fixed”.

Early, appropriately timed and correct socialisation is vitally important, but sometimes despite all of this, some dogs are just not that sociable.

Sometimes this can be improved, especially if the cause is from a negative experience, but genetics, breed tendencies, individual personalities, health and age all contribute to tolerance and sociability, which also change throughout life.

If we, as a human species, don’t get along with everyone we meet, how can we expect our dogs to?

Do we label every person that has an argument, doesn’t make friends with everyone they meet, doesn’t like every other person, prefers not to socialise - as having a problem that needs to be fixed?

Why is it so easy to accept that every individual person is different than to accept that every individual dog is different?

When we have done what we can to improve our dogs’ social skills, we need to accept and acknowledge our dogs for the individuals they are, allow and respect their choice of whether to be sociable or not and never force interactions that a dog is not comfortable with.

30/09/2024

SPCA rescued over 25 cats from Sai Kung last week that had been cruelty dumped in carriers in 3 different areas and are now calling for fosters and help. If you are in a position to help a cat in need, please do reach out to them 🙏🏼

Chinese:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/wtSQB8UxQf3iNZtj/?mibextid=WC7FNe

English:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/4C47DaUc2yuL6YU8/?mibextid=WC7FNe

25/09/2024

25/09/2024

DISTRACTED DOG WALKERS

The distracted dog walker is commonly seen chatting on their cell phone, wearing headphones or socializing with other people while oblivious to what their dog is doing, how their dog is feeling or what is going on in the environment.

This may not sound like a problem to some, but it is something that many people have a problem with, even more so if you have a reactive dog.

I compare walking a dog to driving a car. It’s not so much about our driving skills, but having to constantly be aware of the driving skills of others – trying to predict what they will do, which rules of the road they will ignore and how distracted they are. This is especially true in the country I live in, where driving can be a stressful experience.

I understand that we often need to multi task – there simply doesn’t seem to be enough time in our day to accomplish everything we need to, but walking our dogs should not be one of these times.

Some people might say – “but my dog is really friendly, well socialized, gets on well with everyone, is well trained, knows this environment well etc. and I hear that.

But another dog might not be – maybe they need space, are reactive, are not sociable, are recovering from an illness, might be terrified of another dog racing straight towards them chasing a ball thrown from a ball launcher etc.

If distracted dog walkers have no regard for other dogs or other people, they should at least have regard for their own dogs. Walking your dog should be a time of bonding, of relationship, of seeing the environment through the eyes of your dog, of reinforcing and teaching wanted behaviours, of keeping them safe and protected from the unknown.

Our dogs need us to be focused, to pay attention, to be aware and attentive.

Our dogs depend on us to advocate for them.