** UPDATE Yesterday Chestnut, found her new hopefully forever home. Fingers crossed for the rest of her family – still available! UPDATE** Did you ever noticed our mantra shown in the header of our homepage “Saving one dog won’t save the world, but surely the world will change for that one dog” . Well, from [...]

As many of you may know the CfD Adoption Fairs are about to return to the Airport Plaza Shopping Center. Thus, it was with every confidence that CfD decided to open its doors to a few more temple puppies this week. Of course, nothing in animal rescue is ever that simple.

A couple of weeks ago I visited one of the Dog Walk Agency clients home in Ban Wang Taan, Chiang Mai, to do the weekly duty of paying the walkers their money. The housekeeper Kh Mai, told me about a tragic event that happened that morning involving a young girl being run down in the [...]

This text is by Neil Murray, sharing with you another aspect of life while joining the volunteer team of CfD: Below is a tribute to “Nong White”, one of the many Street Dogs of Chiang Mai, whom I was asked to rescue during my time as a volunteer at “Care For Dogs”, after a phone call [...]

Volunteers and staff alike were treated to something a little bit different at Care for Dogs this week. By request, Ally Taylor conducted a roving talk on the history of many of the dogs at the shelter. Ally, who is a former shelter manager and came onboard as a volunteer soon after Care for Dogs [...]

An old man asked me at the Tha Mai II temple, where I have been taking care of the dogs for eight months, if I could have a look at the dogs at the Don Chai Phadaed temple. So, a couple of weeks later, I went to the new temple and, apart from the dogs [...]

June 14, 2010 – Alas, home from work, a quick change into comfortable clothes, a glass of red wine and I was heading to the back veranda to sit with my dogs and watch the approaching storm…or so I thought. For those of us in Thailand that work with dog rescue or in my case [...]

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 [...]

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. It’s impossible [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]