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 mother with 3 pups. All the dogs were infested with ticks but the mum & pups seemed to be more troubled than the others. On this occasion, I didn’t manage to get many photo’s as I was more interested in de-ticking than clicking.

We sat down and after a good spray, we literally plucked the ticks off the pups with tweezers. There were so many in each ear and between each toe, it was hard to imagine how the poor things could hear, let alone walk.

The mother had a row of ticks clustered along her belly, in between her warm & moist droopy tits, quite amazing.

Unfortunately, the conditions in the grounds of this temple are not exactly ideal, as if any temple grounds are, the toilet block being just a dump site and the cloisters just rotting rubbish.

During our stay, many people were coming & going who were making merit for the forthcoming festival period of Khao Pansa. Some came and looked at us plucking ticks and wondered why we were interested in doing this.