On any given day the staff from Care for Dogs is on the road to investigate cases of neglect, animal cruelty or other dire circumstances.
This past month Hand to Paw Outreach requested CFD staff to visit Mae Rim district. It had recently come to their attention that a make-shift shelter was put together by an [...]

This beautiful young cat, Willow was found on an Island, one of the busiest in Chiang Mai in fact.. the traffic island outside Airport Plaza, directly under the fly over!
Her plaintive cries were heard by Khun Bla, a tuk tuk driver who picked her up and rushed her to the vet clinic. [...]

I had the good fortune to meet this wonderful dog while living in a temporary house near to Wua Lai in the Old City of Chiang Mai for a couple of months not so long ago. My friend and I would walk our dogs the length of our soi and mid way down always see [...]

This is Tiger, a wretched little dog who was found with his 2 siblings, looking in much the same condition, living at their home, with a family, well 2 families really and kept in a tortured and pitiful condition.

We have taken advice from vets on their medical condition and their symptoms suggest Sebborrhea (Bookmark this [...]

After being found by volunteer Frances, living a desperate life on the streets, Petal is now at the shelter on 2 very healthy meals a day plus a generous tit-bit laced with Ivomec, to help her recovery from mange.
We also have her on other meds, to improve her health and I think this photo says [...]

It eventually dawned on me that I have some sort of inbuilt radar for spotting dogs in need of help. Last week I was driving home from town along the dark country lane that leads to my village and even my car lights were enough to show me one of the saddest looking dogs I’ve [...]

Snowy was rescued from a soi in Chiangkien.
He was spotted limping on three legs, bleeding from a wound on his shoulder blades and being chased by a pack of less than social other dogs. All this and in the rain too!
He was taken to the vet and diagnosed with inflamed joints from a road accident, [...]

Frances Wood is a dedicated and very capable volunteer who focuses her attentions in her local community which is fundamental to tackling the often desperate situation of dogs living on the streets or in temples.
This story by Frances is very sad. As I compile this post for publication, tears are streaming down my face and [...]

After receiving a call from a genuinely concerned Thai lady regarding the health and well being of a small black dog in the vicinity of a temple near Arcade bus station, Care for Dogs coordinator, Karin Hawelka, dispatched two of her rescue volunteers to the scene to find the little guy and transport him to [...]

Yesterday Kai Mook the little doggy we rescued from a caged life in Doi Saket a few weeks ago, developed a bit of a cough.
We assessed her condition immediately to be respiratory and to be more precise, Kennel Cough. This complaint is very difficult to contain when there are many dogs in a close environment [...]

**UPDATE – Lucky is now much improved & we are waiting for the store owner to return from a holiday after which we will return Lucky to his favoured spot! **
At the beginning of February, we were contacted by a friend of Care for Dogs, who was becoming increasingly concerned about the health & welfare [...]

What an enormous task it is to shower 20 pups.
It’s not just the ‘you will do, come here, get wet, there you go’ routine that people might think.
These pups are about 6 weeks old. They have left their mother far too early. They have not been kept clean by the mothers constant care and right [...]

Scarf passed away peacefully whilst I held him, talking softly to him and feeling his release from the daily agony he had lived. I didn’t know him very long but I did feel that he & I would have been able to chat more if he were to have been a little stronger and able to benefit from any assistance we could offer him.

Rest in peace Scarf.

Today a man contacted Care for Dogs telling us a brief story about a dog living in the road outside his shop.
We visited him a couple of times during the day and on each occasion failed to actually see the dog in question.
The man turned out to be a very caring guy and spent a [...]

I know I’ve mentioned Wolfie numerous times, as I’m definitely a proud mama! But I don’t think I’ve ever told the story of how I met her.
For those of you who don’t know me personally, I come to Thailand on a tourist visa so have to renew it every month. As my heart is also [...]