If you drink coffee or tea, it’s time to make yourself one, take a seat and read this report about a very interesting vet trip. But first, the shelter is seeing a major change at the entrance, with the development of a clinic, surgery and office / store, which is very exciting and needs a [...]

Anyone who has been near an Alsatian dog will know what I am talking about when I say “Big Dog” and indeed, if you have sat next to an Alsatian whist driving a car, you will know exactly what I am saying. Having a big dog like Freedom around needs a sense of humor and [...]

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 [...]

Star, the sweet & innocent, unfortunate girl who was severely beaten at a temple where her mum died last week after being shot 3 times, joined me today in the cab of the truck on the vet run. In the back were Perry, Muli, Wawee, Jenny, Kai Dao & Maggie. The journey was fairly uneventful [...]

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. [...]

**Update Already found a home – No surprises there !**
This story just shows what the right action and a little bit of time can achieve.

This is Alfie, a gorgeous little guy who was found dumped on the side of the road.

Maybe it was because he had hardly a hair left on him, we will never know. But he was picked up and bought to the shelter where he was diagnosed with mange and was promptly given a special bath and put onto daily medication.

James is one of those full of character cute guy’s, that is if you are into hunk’s, who came to us a few weeks ago in a poor condition, with very little hair on his body having tried to cope with a long term skin problem living rough in and around Wat Bupparum off Thae [...]

Today, Karin, Soraya & I met up with the volunteer team from Nakorn Payap International School (NIS) at Wat Ban Tho, the temple project they have recently initiated. We were there to collect a couple of TvT (Transmissible Venereal Tumor cases) and to check in with Elissa Francemone, the teacher who is driving this project. [...]

Vet trips are typically on a Monday but as this week we have something else happening on Monday, 3 problems went to vet on Saturday ! Problems, well no, just doggies in need of some specialist attention and what better place to take a dog than to a Veterinarian Clinic. Alice was first on the [...]

**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 & [...]

No no not Craig David but David, the cute looking guy we have at the shelter right now.

This poor guy has been through the wars and still he suffers misery daily.

Today there were 6 dogs in the car, 4 in the front & 2, including David in the back. The whole point of the title of this post and the crush in the front, is because David, bless him, is having a terrible time with his bum.

With ‘Topical Cleanser’ and some cream, we will help them regain their coats fully and raise them as fluffy bundles of fun for prospective adoption appointments during late January & throughout February, March, April & May! (We think we might be open 24 hours a day, just to get through all the adoption appointments!)

Ok, ok so I jest!

We will however be organising an adoption fair in another month or so to cater for the massive influx of puppies into the shelter.

Having been away for a week, today I returned to my routine and volunteered my time to Care for Dogs as the driver of dogs to see the vet. In the front with me was Morg, by his appearance it would seem he is an old boy and possibly of Ban Kaow breeding. In the [...]

3 hours of time, ability to drive 25 kilometres and a sense of humour. That’s all you need to do a vet run. Well almost. It’s a bonus if you know how to approach a dog, talk to them, pick them up and understand their needs. But most of all you must have the inclination [...]

In front of me, was a brown fur patch on the tarmac. Something like a moth eaten rug that granny kept from her early days and you just wanted to throw out and buy her a new one. Something that I nearly ran over!

As he lay there curled up in the middle of the car park, not in the shade of the stall holders umbrella’s and not out of the way of cars and people driving or treading on him, my heart went to my throat and I squatted down and talked to him.