In the early days of Care for Dogs the little one-room house of our dog caretaker Khun Chaay was an “All in one” solution – living room, food preparation area, treatment room, and a small table in a dark area next to the boiling cooking pots was the “office”.
At that time we were not sure if we would be able to raise the funds for this investment, and we were discussing in our core team if we should take this risk. But we had the trust (or untamed optimism?) that with the help of friends and supporters we could make this milestone possible.

We are very happy that Dr. Pan has started last June working with us on a 3 days per week part time basis from Mondays to Wednesdays. Even before her official start she kindly offered to volunteer for us, brought in her vet friends, and they sterilized and operated the first dogs in our new operation room.

June 2010 – 4 years old now & growing every day, Care for Dogs is a well established foundation centre of care for the community. It’s often hard to distinguish faces of the residents & the visitors as they appear to all look so much at home. Here is a selection of characters at the [...]

This is what Irene has to tell us about her time at Car for Dogs: I really like Chiang Mai and try to visit the city on a regular basis. When there I always make a point of going along to the Care for Dogs Rescue Centre. Every visit I meet more dogs saved from [...]

On Thursday April 22 a group of enthusiastic Hand to Paw students from Prem International School in Mae Rim visited the Care for Dogs facility in Hang Dong. For the past year these two groups of animal loving individuals have forged a partnership to support one another in the care and nurturing of homeless, injured, [...]

There is just so much going on in & around the shelter right now, there seems to be a constant barrage of events & situations calling for a story & a camera. Here are just a few that have punctuated the past few weeks with adoptions, donations, rescues and unfortunately some very sad moments too. [...]

Eva Hamann, who is a longtime supporter of Care for Dogs, visited the shelter in Hang Dong in September. With this visit, she and her husband could directly see what kind of work they have sponsored. She used this moment to present Karin personally another donation by a friend of hers, Ursual Albert from Germany. [...]

These sweet little two girls Tamara and Huppy Hu were adopted from the shelter over a year ago, but sadly due to a change of circumstances their owners can no longer keep them so they need a new home, preferably together. They are small short haired dogs, very friendly, affectionate and playful and in perfect [...]

**Update – Fluffy found a home at the Birthday Party – Thanks to Elena !! ** Hi there y’all. My name is Fluffy. Yeah, yeah I know it’s a bit girlie but apparently I was named this because that’s how I look…. all white & fluffy! I’m a really friendly guy who’s looking for a [...]

Hi guys and girls from the shelter, It’s Oreo and Gold sending some hearty greetings from their holiday. As you know, we’ve been away for 4 weeks now and what can we say? We are enjoying our time with that girl speaking that mysterious tongue that also Karin speaks. At first, we were a little [...]

Some of the faces at the shelter during April 2009

It’s official, it’s great, it’s happened and it is a wonderful relief that Khun Grib has finally, after 5 months of waiting, arrived and started her work as a paid member of staff working as the Care for Dogs Shelter Co-ordinator. Answering a very detailed job specification, then ferociously screened by all the core team [...]

**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.

Nina is a cute little girl who came to Care for Dogs as a dumped dog quite a while ago and immediately became the sweetheart of one of the guys working at the shelter. Khun Nod adopted her and she travelled everywhere with him, on the bike, in the car and lived as a companion [...]

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.

Yes it’s official, Care for Dogs will be holding another adoption fair in Chiang Mai, in an effort to try to find homes for all those bouncing bundles of fun that are now just about ready to leave the protection of the shelter and find their lives in the big wide world!

Stay tuned to this channel! Do not adjust your set, the advert for the event will appear here very shortly.