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 [...]

In the cab of the truck today was a lovely little creature, Heidi who was apparently occasionally limping on a back leg. During the ride into town, she alternated her position between standing on my knee with her nose out of the window, to standing on the passenger seat staring at the road ahead. Why [...]

The month of May in Chiang Mai is usually hot but this year it seems more so than previous years. Maybe it’s the lack of Air Conditioning in the new truck we have purchased and the breath of a hot dog sat on my lap on the truck’s bench seat ! The truck is fabulous. [...]

Typically on a Monday I take a few dogs from the shelter to the vet for assessment and specific treatments Today however, was a slightly different story. All assessments of current cases had been done by a visiting vet to the shelter and on my arrival at the shelter Soraya greeted me with the plan [...]

**UPDATE – Lucky is now much improved & we are waiting for the store owner to return from a holiday after which we will return Lucky to his favoured spot! ** At the beginning of February, we were contacted by a friend of Care for Dogs, who was becoming increasingly concerned about the health & [...]

After lots of reassurance from Sarah, Karin, and Ally (as well as others!) who thought that it was still more likely for Licorice to be suffering from e-canis (the SNAP tests can be fallible and give a false negative) than from cancer (both would affect platelet and red blood cell count). I started Licorice on [...]

I’m really scared. Although Licorice’s mange had dramatically improved, the stress of the flight had caused her to start loosing some hair again. I therefore opted to put her back on Ivermectin but with no real improvement this time around. Since Licorice’s mange hasn’t gotten much better there was a concern in my mind that [...]

As ticks and mosquitos are rampant in Thailand, I recently pulled blood and did a SNAP test on my two adoptees- Wolfie and Licorice. The SNAP test is incredibly easy to use and requires just three drops of blood to test for Heartworm, Ehrlichia, and Lyme disease. Licorice’s was clear! Hurray! But, surprisingly, my bounce-up-and-down, [...]