Are you flying from Bangkok to Germany? .. and would you like to help a rescued street dog in an easy and uncomplicated way? Care for Dogs Foundation is looking for a traveler who is able (and willing) to accompany Maichi to Germany where her new owners are longing to pick her up. The dog’s [...]

From Hanna: Care for Dogs works tirelessly to help injured and sick dogs in the Chiang Mai area. Many of the dogs we rescue are able to make a full recovery after being in our care and after receiving intensive medical attention. Unfortunately, there are some dogs that never fully recover. These dogs will require [...]

After an emergency call from the monks at Wat Nongplaman early morning on 23 January, I found 3 new additions to the temple, but sadly the phone call was due to the death of one of their siblings by one of the larger temple dogs. The dumping of puppies at temples is quite common in [...]

There are many reason people leave Thailand for an extended period of time or may be forever and if you are a dog owner chances are high you’ve got one or more doggies and the question comes up what to do with your canine family members. At this moment another question will be decided: Are [...]

Our dear Sheena is not with us any more. She fought her battle against lymphoma with dignity and strength. A week ago she had already a very poor blood result, but still looked amazingly well. Soraya had looked at her and said: “Can’t we just pretend that this result doesn’t exist?” Sheena was well a [...]

As promised here some more details about Sammy and how he made his long way to his new family in Denmark, told by his in more than one way “human” new family members: Finally our new family member Sammy arrived in Denmark. We had been waiting for him for 3 months and we were very [...]

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Sammy made it! Thursday he arrived in Denmark. Here you can watch his first steps (runs) at his new family home on video.

What a happy dog!

More about his way from shelter dog to family member coming soon.

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Last April, we adopted Pirate from Care for Dogs. He was a stray who had been hit by a car and was rescued by some kind ladies in the Mae Jo area. They called us and I was part of the rescue team – my first rescue. The vet informed us that aside from his [...]

This adoption story is a rather special one. Not only is it about 2 dogs, 2 individually special dogs but also 2 very special people. In Mae Rim, not far from the Water Buffalo camp and Prem Tinsulanonda International School, is a Dog Training & Boarding facility called “The Happy Gambol Dog Training School” (Phone [...]