Hello all Hand to Paw supporters, The CAS students are having their first Bake Sale to raise much needed funds for the Hand to Paw Outreach program.  All proceeds from the bake sale will be used for the next rabies combo vaccines for 9 temple dogs and 4 Prem Farm dogs. As most of the [...]

Hello everyone, Just a quick update to let you know the 4 students from the Saturday CAS team (Julia, Tor, Thai and TZ) met at our new temple outreach at Wat Mae An. We were met by the Lung Por, village Mayor (K. Rat), A. Chris and A. Boo to help with translations and explanations [...]

CLEANING UP THE MESS Continued from Soi 4 Poodles – part 1…. (please click here to read part 1 first) Following part 1 of this story of the shocking discovery of 4 owner dogs uncared for in my housing village… Upon taking them to the clinic, here is the list of health problems that were [...]

Sorting out various dog issues in my Moo Baan has become a regular activity for me over the past year providing numerous street projects very close to home for me. I’m happy that our village landlord now chooses to advise me of these situations rather than taking matters into her own hands by poisoning unwanted [...]

Almost 6 months since I came upon Daisy lying listless, emaciated, anemic, bleeding from her nose and vagina from a TvT tumor in front of Wat Nong Pla Mun the day has finally arrived for me to chauffer Miss Daisy back home to the temple. Unused to finding a dog in such a dire state [...]

Another contact from Joy – the Care for Dogs volunteer working with the students at Prem Center on their Hand to Paw Outreach Program. Sadly, Khun Grib confirmed my worse fear yesterday. I have not seen “Dave”, an all white male dog from Wat Nong Pla Mun that we had, with the help of the [...]

Joy & Sandy along with the students at Prem Center in Mae Rim, had just got started with their Hand to Paw Outreach program when tragedy has dealt them an awful blow. This is an account written by Joy of the distressing situation at Wat Nong Pla Mun. Please beware of the upsetting content of [...]

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 [...]

Here is a fabulous report by Frances Wood who works hard in the local community to make a difference to the many dogs she comes into contact with. Could you do the same? – Could you help people in your community to take the initiative and have their dogs sterilised? Call us 086 913 8701 [...]

Magic has nothing to do with what we saw today. This week, we received a call from a dog loving lady in Chiang Mai who told us that she wanted to help some dogs living near her home, as they were all looking very unhealthy and needed our assistance to hopefully improve their condition. Today, [...]

Below is a clear demonstration of the commitment of the core drivers to this excellent initiative. This email was sent out by the team to pupils, parents and Prem Center contacts, in an effort to raise awareness to the project and hopefully encourage people to help in any way they are able. Calling all animal [...]

Today, Karin, Soraya & I met up with Sandy & Joy from Prem School at Mae Rim, in the temple car park where they plan to commence a school projected whereby they will treat the dogs and cats for any problems and work with the Abbot there to have them all sterilised and vaccinated too. [...]

Today, Karin, Soraya & I met up with the volunteer team from Nakorn Payap International School (NIS) at Wat Ban Tho, the temple project they have recently initiated. We were there to collect a couple of TvT (Transmissible Venereal Tumor cases) and to check in with Elissa Francemone, the teacher who is driving this project. [...]

February in Thailand is the start of the hot season, with temperatures in the mid 30′s in the shade it is sometimes a little debilitating. But not so it seems for dogs escaping eager blow darting dog catchers and thankfully, the heat didn’t stop to the lads from making this another blow darting success. Doi [...]

The kids at NIS are busy again with another temple project. This time, these self-motivated, dog-loving students are going to reach out to the dogs at Wat Baan Tho and the surrounding area. They arrived in a van on their own time after school, equipped with doggie treats, plastic gloves, flea and tick spray. More [...]