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 to [...]

First of all a slight apology to readers about this weekly synopsis of my Monday vet run, my ‘Hands-on’ contribution to Care for Dogs, because it might be getting slightly boring, with the same names, same faces and same stories appearing each Monday.
Some of the other volunteers do write and are capably telling their stories [...]

This is not all about horrible gory wounds dripping with blood and scenes of horror, well except for one dog, its about blood and bone checks.
Bones
2 dogs along today for bone troubles were Daeng Spa & Coke. They have both previously been through surgery for broken bones, pins inserted and both told to lay up [...]

Blood
Today Tim came along for a blood test and the results demonstrated a vast improvement from other tests done daily this last week.
TvT is a terrible disease but it can be cured if treated properly and if the dog remains healthy. Vincristine, the medication used to combat the tumor, hurts the liver and kidneys and [...]

Kh Nod, one of the team, saw her at her home near the railway station in Chiang Mai, when he was returning 2 TvT treatment cases a while ago. He noticed a big lump on her neck and encouraged the family she lives with, to go to the vet with her themselves, as at the [...]

A visit to the vet with many dogs at one time can seem a little bit daunting but if you are organised and well prepared it can be a terrific experience.
I have a 4×4 pick-up and today I was able to fit 4 transportation cages on the back and transport 5 dogs to the vet [...]

Today at the rescue centre, I took a few photo’s of Tim, to show the marvelous improvements his Vincristine treatment is having on his nose and the internal TvT.
The tumor within is now well under control and receding, therefore his face looks less swollen. But more importantly, he is able to breath through his nose [...]

This is Tim upon arriving at our shelter. Tim is not a Bull Terrier with a bit a deformed nose. He’s a lovely normal Thai dog, who had a perfectly normal nose, until he developed a TvT tumor (Transmissible Venereal Tumor) about 2 years ago.
His original Thai name is “Tingk” which means “Dumped”. He lives [...]

Kazim is another one of those dogs that some folks pass in the street and think how on earth they got there and in fact wonder how on earth are they still walking and breathing.
Kazim was found wandering with a variety of fleshy, bleeding tumors, in his eye, nose, back & his penis. A record [...]