Today it was raining puppies! I got a call early morning about 6 puppies (turned out to be 7) at CMU (Chiang Mai University). I ventured over in the rains, that didn’t stop all day, to check the situation and take some photos.

They were easy to find taking shelter under the Faculty of Economics building.

Upon arrival they were hanging off their Mum’s teats hungrily suckling up her milk.

Their grandmother, whom I first assumed was the father, was also close by and very protective of them but not aggressive.  Their Mum is more shy and stand offish. She’s a lovely black & tan colour with pink ears.

The pups looked reasonably healthy and well fed. Apparently by a kind lady & her husband that works at the university who brings them food & fresh water daily.

Room service arrived while I was there and although fried rice is not an ideal menu for the little ones I was happy that they were at least being fed regularly.

I wasn’t too happy about the bunch of chicken bones & heads though and needed to explain the reasons why we shouldn’t give cooked chicken bones & fish bones to dogs & some other animals (pups or adults) as they are dry & brittle and can become sharp splinters. These splinters then have the opportunity to lodge them self in the jaw, throat or intestines and can puncture a hole somewhere in the digestive system, causing what now becomes a veterinary emergency.

The man with the food was unaware of this danger as are many other Thai people here. It doesn’t mean they don’t care it just means they’re not educated well enough on animal care. He seemed to heed my advice and innocently told me that the bones were meant for the adult dogs.

Obviously once the pups got a whiff of them they were scrambling like mad to get to them so I removed all bones from the scene. Let’s hope he follows my advice.

There are 4 black puppies

and 3 brown puppies.

6 male and 1 female. They are approximately 6 weeks old & of course absolutely adorable.
They all need a home!

Once we have found a home for all 7 pups or they’re at least 3 months old we’ll then take the mother for sterilisation.

Grandma looked a bit ragged with a problem to her right eye. I’m sure she has some health issues so she’ll go for a check up later too. Apparently the grandmother and many other dogs at CMU have already been sterilised by another dog rescue group which is great news. There seemed to be dogs coming out of the woodwork there, so to speak. Even upon entering the toilets to wash my hands I found more sleeping under the wash basins. Both dogs & students were not bothered by each other at all. There seemed to be a more caring approach to stray dogs at CMU which was very refreshing.

The CMU post office is also my best donation box location bringing impressive donations to Care for Dogs regularly. It seems from this and all the hands on support that Care for Dogs receives from numerous students in Chiang Mai that students have great big caring hearts and lots of love to give to our 4 legged friends!

If anyone is interested in adopting one of these gorgeous puppies please contact me at teresa@carefordogs.org or phone 0870 344 067.

Click here to see more photos & info of the puppies at Available for Adoption