Today the 5 dogs visiting the vet along with our new man at the shelter, kh Suriya were a typical bundle of joy, moaning, groaning and making a nervous mess for us domesticated animals to clean up.

First up on the table was Nuu Daeng who was rescued last week from one of the busy underpasses, locked into the 4 lane carriageway by high concrete borders, after she had been hit by a car and sustained a broken leg.

At the shelter during tehe week, we have kept her sedentary, bandaged and along with medication for the inflammation and healing, she has been wearing a ‘no-lick’ collar.

Silly me, I suggested for the short trip to the vet and in order to actually get her into a transportation cage, we could take the collar off for the ride. Wrong !

Looking at the completely striped open wound that Nuu Danaeng had exposed en route, I felt totally embarrassed at having made the mistake.

Anyway, the wound is healing, the stitches were removed and the leg redressed. Needless to say, she wore a borrowed collar for the journey back to the shelter.

Next up was Angie, who last week we discovered had a blockage in her left tear duct, this week was having problems eating, was a little lethargic and coughing.

The vet listened to her lungs and they rattled from the moisture there. A blood test revealed she is anemic as well, so we will need to see if the meds she is currently on make a difference to her pneumonia and pep her up with FBC.

Star, the victim of a crazed dog murderer at Wat Nong Pla Mun, who after killer her mother, beat her so hard 6 weeks ago, (read more here …) is still getting over her fractured Scapular.

In addition to now having a defined calcified ridge along the length of the repair, the loss of muscle and fat around the leg and shoulder are quite apparent.

She has started to use her front left, putting some weight on the leg but the vet recommended Star be massaged, exercised and encouraged to use the leg in order to build strength and overcome the wastage and atrophy.

Spot was next to be seen and the vet took a biopsy of the tumor sticking out the left side of her body. It turns out to be a Mass tumor cell, not Lymphoma or TvT and she can have it removed tomorrow.

Last but not least today was Magnum. The last time I brought him to the vet he ended up biting one of the staff. Today that girl wasn’t at work and when I asked why, Dr Beer told me something quite strange. Yesterday the girl was badly bitten by another dog and has been admitted to hospital for 3 days. Do do do do !

Anyway, Magnum was on his best behavior today and looking at his wounded foot was not a problem.

This guy lost 2 toes and part of one of his pads back in early January this year.

He has been cared for at the shelter for the last 7 months, wearing a ‘no-lick’ collar and having meds & wound dressing daily.

At last today, his wound has nicely healed and his foot need not be bandaged anymore but will wear his collar a little while longer, just in case.

For information, there is a bit of an update regarding a case last week, Sheena. After the Ultrasound showed an abnormality in the bladder last Monday, Sheena underwent minor surgery on the Tuesday to investigate what was going on. Was she unsterilised? Did she have a Cyst, Why the abnormal view of her bladder.

Well the great news is, that Sheena was indeed fully sterilised (3 years ago, we paid the vet !) but the abnormality lies within the bladder itself. It would seem from investigation, the wall of the bladder is thickening and also inflamed, therefore bleeding.

So the reason she is passing a little blood when peeing is from this. We have her on approriate medication and in 2 more weeks will know if we are making a difference.