The Hand to Paw outreach project run by the children at Prem Center in Mae Rim were very pleased to respond to a call for assistance with some village pups and there mothers, in need of food & health support.
These pups will now receive a real boost to their bleak start in life and [...]

A couple of months ago, I was honored to visit School for Life to meet one of the staff, a house mother & teacher, Kh Tom.
What a wonderful occasion that was, to catch up with Hope & Freedom in their new home after Kh Tom had courageously adopted the pair from the Care for Dogs [...]

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 bigger [...]

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 [...]

**Already found a new home !! Great news **
** UPDATE – Please see separate post about the latest developments on this family ** This week we are sad to learn of 2 females and a male teenage Dalmatian family in desperate need of a home.
To add to the current foster carer’s problem’s, we hear that [...]

Joy & Sandy along with the students at Prem Center in Mae Rim, had just got started with their Hand to Paw Outreach program when tragedy has dealt them an awful blow.
This is an account written by Joy of the distressing situation at Wat Nong Pla Mun.
Please beware of the upsetting content of this awful [...]

Earlier this year, Care for Dogs agreed with the Abbot at Wat Doi Kam to progress the sterilisation of the many dogs at the temple and also the cats that were now living there.
Indeed we went along & successfully blow darted many of the dogs that had previously eluded capture for sterilisation and the monk [...]

Here is a fabulous report by Frances Wood who works hard in the local community to make a difference to the many dogs she comes into contact with.

Could you do the same? – Could you help people in your community to take the initiative and have their dogs sterilised?
Call us 086 913 8701 (Thai) or [...]

In the early morning at 6.00 a.m. the phone was ringing – the display shows “Shelter”.
I always worry when I get an early morning call from our dog caretakers. We take in regularly sick and injured dogs for medical treatment, and though bringing them to the vet for diagnosis and treatment and providing medical care [...]

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 [...]

Andy (photographed with Jojo here ) and Veronika had previously visited Happy Gambol Dog Training and Boarding Facility near Mae Rim, where the proprietors Patrick and Nok had suggested that when visiting the Care for Dogs shelter, they should take time to watch out for the dog that adopted them, a dog that was just naturally drawn to them.. and Jo Jo certainly was.

Frances Wood is a dedicated and very capable volunteer who focuses her attentions in her local community which is fundamental to tackling the often desperate situation of dogs living on the streets or in temples.
This story by Frances is very sad. As I compile this post for publication, tears are streaming down my face and [...]

The vet trip today was a little different. Khun Grib joined me and we had just 2 dogs on board the Toyota Vios, 5 vaccinations in a cool box and clean seats & foot wells. Well, that was how it started!
It was good to share the journey to the vet with a colleague and wonderful [...]

Last week we were called to see 3 dogs being kept in cages that were not just small & filthy but inhumane and in any other country, would immediately activate a legal case against the keeper on grounds of cruelty to the dogs.
But laws in Thailand do not prohibit such practices and only through committed [...]

Today, Karin, Soraya & I met up with Sandy & Joy from Prem School at Mae Rim, in the temple car park where they plan to commence a school projected whereby they will treat the dogs and cats for any problems and work with the Abbot there to have them all sterilised and vaccinated too.
We [...]