It is moments like these that make the work we do all worth while.
After a short stay at the Care for Dogs shelter, receiving regular medication and care for his Canine Pyoderma condition, eradication of a severe infestation of tape worm, along with meals twice a day and a dry place to sleep, he was [...]

Tdik went to the vet today from Wat Pha Gee. His swollen feet and legs, which were giving him problems walking, were actually bleeding as were his gums. He has a very short coat but with the sores all over his body it looks as though he is losing his hair.
Petrified as I picked him [...]

Today I visited a temple that I call into from time to time, to look at the dog population, offer medication and sometimes drop off a bag of food to the monk living there. On this occasion Lek, another volunteer with Care for Dogs came along too.
I started going to this temple because of a [...]

This set of photos from Wat Pha Gee were taken in November 2007.
Care for Dogs first came here in the summer of 2007 to find the place just crawling with ticks. Specifically, 3 pups born to the brown short haired mother, all completely covered in ticks, in every crevice & orifice, literally hundreds in their [...]

This temple is so similar to many in Thailand, tucked away in a small village away from the main road, a microcosm of society and if you didn’t know it was there, a tourist would never find it.
Today I visited Wat Pha Gee with some food directly sponsored by a friend (Gwen) of mine from [...]

Karin, Amandine & I were out on the road together today and made a visit to a temple we had not been to before, hearing that a previously adopted dog had been dumped there.
We found that dog right enough and he was quite pleased to see us. There were also 6 others and a [...]