Care for Dogs has been treating TvT cases for over 3 years. On average we have 10 cases living in our TvT enclosure for their course of treatment, weekly injections with Vincristine administered by a trained veterinarian.

The cost of this treatment is very expensive and although we manage to reduce costs by purchasing bulk supplies of this powerful medicine, the overall cost of treating so many dogs with this condition greatly impacts on our budget but the value is justified, these dogs would otherwise continue to spread their contaminated blood and eventually die through loss of blood, infection and being consumed by an extremely invasive tissue destroying tumor.

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 [...]

Today at the Care for Dogs shelter near Hang Dong, 13 dogs were seen by Dr Tarn and her team treating their Transmissible Venereal Tumor conditions. 11 of the dogs are living-in and one is a visitor from a nearby village, who trots along next to his companion who rides her Honda Wave to the [...]

Owing to the increasing cases of TvT we are currently managing, this weeks Chemotherapy session was held at the Care for Dogs shelter in Hang Dong. A clinic area was set up to allow Dr Tarn the facilities she needed to administer the therapy and whilst we had her captive within the enclosure, we took [...]

Today we took along 10 dogs for their Chemotherapy injections at Dr Tarn’s Hang Dong Road clinic. Thankfully this vet is very flexible and rather than making us drive back and forth with 2 car loads of patients, like we did last week, she kindly agreed to see them at her clinic nearer to the [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]