This week the Care for Dogs shelter has had four special voluntary travellers, who came a long way to help the dogs. Sumin, Yuiko, Tiffany and Julia are students from Singapore’s UWCSEA School, who have come to the shelter for their class ‘Projects Week’. Sixteen and seventeen-year-old student from the school spend one week volunteering [...]

As we arrived so did a large truck packed full or students from Chiang Mai University (CMU). They piled out of the truck, with brushes, poop-scoops, soap, even their own media team (yes, I was also pushed out of work) in hand. By the end of the afternoon, the shelter was so clean you could see it glowing from space via Google Earth.

Each morning caretakers from various temples arrive. You can see the happiness and appreciation in their eyes as they unload dogs that they know will be getting the medical care they need.

Learning while giving, that is what volunteering is all about. It is no different at Care for Dogs (CFD) and the same rules apply for both skilled and unskilled (if there is such a thing) volunteers. Everyone has something to contribute. Everyone has something to learn. Two visiting volunteers are currently proving the point quite [...]

A while back Care for Dogs consolidated their random training of volunteers into a once a week event. Each Thursday morning at 10 potential volunteers may visit the shelter for an in-depth look at ways they can help on-site. This is a great training tool. It provides a chance for people to meet the dogs [...]

Let me introduce you to the newest member of our team. Miss Maliwan Nampreda (Ting) is our new ‘Sales Activities Coordinator’ for Care for Dogs. Ting is very excited to be working at Care for Dogs and meeting many of you. She loves animals, especially dogs and is happy to be helping our foundation to ensure their [...]

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 [...]

I want to find someone who can do the adoption follow up visits once a week, since they are so crucial, as you might understand now.

So please, anybody who is interested in helping the shelter team, whose team members are very, very busy with lots of equally important work regarding the well being of the dogs, please don’t hesitate to contact them and offer your help for 3-4 hours (one evening) per week. In doing the adoption follow up visits, you would fulfill a very important part in the care for dogs’ team work for the dogs!

I came to Chiang Mai in December 2009 and it was my first time in Thailand. I was amazed to see so many street dogs. And because I love dogs very much and had never seen this many street dogs before in my life, I was really overwhelmed and I didn’t really know how to [...]

We’re looking for volunteers!

If you are reading this notice it must be because of your concern for many of our 4-legged friends! Often times one has the need or want to volunteer in some way, but have limited time, located on the opposite side of Chiang Mai from the Care for Dog shelter, or simply unsure as to what you could do to help.

We are looking for interested, compassionate adults who would like to be part of a new Prem community outreach initiative called “Hand to Paw”. This project is designed to care for the dogs currently living at three temples located in the surrounding area around The Prem International School in Mae Rim.

Those among you who have followed Care for Dogs progress in recent times will know how much we have wanted to establish our own veterinarian facilities at the shelter. In July through to September 2009 part of the shelter was transformed into 3 purpose built rooms, offering storage, an office & most importantly a surgery [...]

Can you help?
We urgently need both Thai and Western volunteers to work on our new Sunday Walking Street Market stall/booth to help raise funds for Care for Dogs.

You would be required to sell Care for Dogs t-shirts and other merchandise, collect donations and spread public awareness of Care for Dogs with other volunteers. Full shift hours are Sundays approx. 3.30pm until 11pm. Half shifts 3.30pm till 7.30pm & 7.30pm till 11pm. These hours are still to be confirmed and may change.

If you are able help out for either a full shift or half shift or some weeks only then please contact us immediately at teresa@carefordogs.org

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.

A few happy snaps taken by Emma & Marco who are visiting the shelter regularly during their stay in Chiang Mai.

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 [...]