On June 23, 2008, we were confronted with a terrible case: A poor villager had used a flea + tick product for his dogs. This product should be diluted with lots of water and then only sprayed on to the coat of dogs but instead he had injected the highly concentrated insecticide directly into their body!

One dog had died already and the other four 5-months old puppies and their father, were in very critical condition. We rushed them to the vet clinic for emergency treatment. The insecticide had killed lots of their red blood cells already. Therefore a blood transfusion and various injections were necessary and they had to stay at the clinic for monitoring.

Two days later Matt, Mandy (Pictured), and Mary were in stable condition, and Minnie and Mr. HiFi are still on IV, but will hopefully survive. The total vet bills added up to approx. 18.000 Baht for the 5 dogs. This is a very big amount for our non-profit rescue organization, but we couldn’t turn a blind eye on them and wanted to give them the chance to survive. The owner can’t afford to pay the vet costs and has agreed that we keep the dogs at our shelter and find new homes for them after their recovery.

Often missing education can cause horrible incidents like this. We therefore to plan a work-shop for dog- and cat owners about basic medical care in our surrounding villages and hope we can raise awareness and responsibility for their pets.

Would you be able to either contribute to their vet bill or give one or more of them a caring home? If yes, please contact us by e-mail or phone. Thank you.

Our Bank account: Care for Dogs (K. Hawelka), Kasikorn Bank (Siyak Sanambin), Chiang Mai, Account No. 414-2-28483-4 (In case of a donation, could you please inform us in order to send a card of acknowledgment to you.)