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 room, [...]

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 wonderful [...]

This morning, like most mornings this last week, Evan & Marina popped in to the shelter to get up close with the residents and give them a cuddle and have a natter.
These guys are just what the dogs need to bring a little cheer to their stay. A pair of ‘hands-on’ people that are very [...]

Today Care for Dogs volunteers, were honoured to welcome to the shelter, a group of students from Chiang Mai International School, on what they called an ‘Activity Day’.
They had contacted us, they had chosen to visit us and they wanted to be at the shelter with the dogs.

Soraya, the Care for Dogs Education Co-ordinator had arranged an excellent schedule for the visitors and the volunteers were only too happy to assist the young folks get to visit, experience and learn the various tasks and responsibilities surrounding caring for dogs.

Recently Care for Dogs were very pleased to welcome Sophie who came to Chiang Mai from Singapore, specifically to volunteer at the shelter.
She saw the website, read all the info and stories and felt compelled to come an help out for a while.
Sophie got in touch, accommodation in the village near to the shelter was [...]

What an enormous task it is to shower 20 pups.
It’s not just the ‘you will do, come here, get wet, there you go’ routine that people might think.
These pups are about 6 weeks old. They have left their mother far too early. They have not been kept clean by the mothers constant care and right [...]

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 [...]

For the last 2 years I have been registered with a website that calls itself the “Expat Blog” and they list my earlier work with Care for Dogs in the category of Thailand, Volunteers etc.

Amazingly, today I receive an email from them to ask if I would like to update my profile…

Your blog content doesn’t fit expat blog’s policy. I regret we can’t accept it in our directory.

Our first community workshop was designed to meet with the local people in our village, Baan Wiang Dong, educate them about basic medical care of dogs and how they could prevent common diseases.
It turned out to be a small gathering of about eight or nine…..cat owners. No problem – we love cats too.
A local [...]