Many bikers in Thailand share opinions and record their motorbike rides on a highly popular and extremely useful internet forum – The Golden Triangle Rider.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the forum riders and dear friend Franz, suggested we plan a ride to include a visit to the Care for Dogs shelter to raise [...]

We see so may dogs suffering with this condition and feel we need to discuss it more and let people know how important it is to treat.
For nearly 3 years now, Care for Dogs has routinely treated approximately 10 dogs on a weekly basis for Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TvT).
Dogs don’t catch this at the shelter. [...]

Ann who is now working at the shelter was able to welcome these and other Thai visitors this week.
We just love it when people come to the shelter and share their emotions with us.
They open their hearts and tell us how they love dogs & appreciate the work we do.
Today’s visitors were able to learn [...]

Today a group of over 30 bikers visited the shelter on their way to Doi Inthanon, delivering food & blankets and bringing smiles & happiness with them too.
MBSC – (Motor Bike Story Club) have a web board where they record their trips.
Here is a collage of the visit.

Wednesdays are always busy at the shelter and today was no exception. We have a schedule to keep to, as this is when we have a vet on site to help us treat all our TvT (Transmissible Venereal Tumor) cases and also check out any other cases of ill health that we need assistance in [...]

At last after 3 years of working towards this goal, Care for Dogs has finally become a registered charity.

It’s been a struggle and Karin has been the person behind all this heavy work, liaising with lawyers and other parties to make this happen.
Managing to meet very important and rigorous requirements under Thai law, satisfying various levels of government office, responding and chasing endless clarifications and of course paying the appropriate processing fees, is a demanding task in itself but having ‘a day job’ at the same time can not have been easy.

Setting up a foundation requires a committee, a formal structure, independent accountant amongst other things and to establish these, has not been without difficulty.

The vet trip today was a fairly boring affair, so that’ s the reason for the title.
In the truck cab with me today was Freedom the big Alsatian we rescued from the desperate situation in San Sai just 6 weeks ago, a terrible story you can read about here … Note the difference in Freedoms [...]

In February, Silke & Valentin visited our shelter in Hang Dong. They were on a trip around the world from Switzerland and while in Chiang Mai, they decided to take a look at Care for Dogs. It is obvious that despite it being a relative short stay of just one day, the experience left an [...]

The purpose of this article is to raise readers awareness of some of the work that Care for Dogs is involved in, apart from Sterilisation, Adoption and caring for sick or wounded dogs at the shelter in Hang Dong, Chiang Mai Thailand.
Dogs that suffer with this awful condition pass it on to one another very easily. Either via intercourse or contact with the blood, a dog can easily contract it and pass it on to all those that are in their vicinity.

This week, Gordon & Malai Barnes along with Malais sister Maew, brought food to the shelter for the residents and said they wanted to do this on a monthly basis.
Now that’s exactly what Care for Dogs needs, regular support and a brighter future for the dogs !

Thank you Gordon, Malai & Maew, your donations [...]

We are always very pleased to receive donations and this week we received donations on-line from kind & caring people in Holland and also here in Thailand.
Thank you Greta & thank you Nong & Maew!
Your contributions will make a difference directly to the dogs in the stories you read on this site and we hope [...]

Well it turns out that the first day was extremely well attended, all volunteers said they were very busy during their shifts between 10:00 and 22:00, T-Shirts were doing very well, as were the donations, extremely well actually.
It is an amazing experience standing amongst a crowd of people, talking about the work we do and [...]

Below is an extract from an email from 2 folks who recently spent some of their vacation helping out at the Care for Dogs shelter in Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
As with so many volunteers, they see the true characters of the dogs through prolonged exposure and their situations touch their hearts.
This is what Chanel [...]

Care for Dogs is pleased to announce the launch of our Exclusive On-Line Catalogue !
“Store for the Paws”

We are able to offer people the facility of shopping on line – to the benefit of the dogs and cats of Chiang Mai.
‘Shopping’ means paying money for something in return. We hope you can come to appreciate [...]

Care for Dogs could not wish for higher praise than that expressed in the following post found at this site mandyandbryan.com

On our last day in Chiang Mai I volunteered with Care for Dogs, and it was a pretty emotional day. I was really excited to play with dogs and it felt good to give attention [...]