Activity report May 2012
Khun Chatree tells me that Lizzy lost all of her puppies. She couldn't give birth and almost died. Alana, a bar owner saved her life by taking her to a clinic where the dead puppies have been removed. Lizzy was spayed as well during the procedure. After a couple of days is Lizzy joining Shana, her puppies, Arnie and Prince again. Whitney, Gina, Holly and Ronnie have been sterilized. 

Faye's puppies have obviously unintentionally buried by a digger and died. At Pattaya Bazaar I'm looking at Shana and the puppies, feed them every day as well as Lizzy, Arnie and Prince. Old Man, Diana, Bobby and Charly I feed at Talat Rung Roht

Since the rental contract of the house I've been living in with Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Holly is about to expire and I decided to move into a small apartment in Naklua, I take the dogs to the temple in Sa Kaeow. Parting with them is not easy but inevitable.

Close to my new apartment I discover four dogs, on the access way to the apartment house two females which I call Josy and Jenny and on a parking lot behind the building two males which I call Nico and Kobi. 

The management of Pattaya Bazaar decided to remove all dogs from the area. About forty of them are living there. Fortunately I found an unoccupied house at the rear end of Talat Rung Roht where I put Shana, Lizzy, Arnie, Prince and four of the puppies. Two of them had been removed by someone before I found the new place for them. For Chatree's dogs I found a shelter near Korat that agrees to take 30 dogs. 

I haven't seen Paco and Lucy for a couple of days. I think Pace died and hope that Lucy moved to another place.
Activity report April 2012
Tony calls me, he needs my help. Derek Doyle of Mabprachan dog shelter has parked his truck with eleven dogs in front of Tony’s shop. Derek received a call from the owner of a piece of land on which the dogs stayed telling him that if the dogs were not removed they would be poisoned. Tony has no idea where to put the dogs and therefore I agree to take them for a couple of days until we have found a place for them.

Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Holly are not convinced they should share the house with the newcomers and so I decide to put them in my sleeping room and the new dogs into the living room and the kitchen. Fortunately all dogs, one male dog, four mother dogs and six five month old pups, are behaving astonishing well and adapting very fast to their new environment and to me.

Coming next day back from work all dogs are well but the house is dirty and the fly screen on the entrance door is in tatters. I feed the dogs and open the entrance gate to let the dogs enter the Soi in front of the house. I clean all rooms and collect than the dogs which are still around.

The next day is a public holiday before a weekend. Therefore I have time to spend with the dogs and open all doors inside the house, but only Ronnie is interested to get into contact with the new dogs, Babe just want to be left alone and Gina and Holly entrench themselves in the sleeping room.

It goes without saying that a solution must be found rather sooner than later since I cannot cope with this situation for long.

Holly's skin is still in bad shape and I try again a treatment with Ivermectin. The correct dosage is 1 mg for 1 kg body weight. Accordingly, Holly has to be given one tablet a week. Gina's and Ronnie's skin is looking much better.

Tony found a temple in Sa Kaeow who is willing to take the dogs. A few days later all dogs are taken to that temple which is located in the middle of nowhere. The monks there love dogs and dogs have enough space to settle down there.

Shana and Bella gave birth to six and ten puppies and Faye has also puppies but I don't know how many because she is hiding them between concrete blocks. Shana is hiding their pups under a stage and Bella in an empty sewer pipe. A couple of days later I carry Bella's pups to a sheltered place. On the rear end of the large waste ground behind Tony's shop are staying two beautiful dogs which I call Whitney and Brad. When I go to feed Bella and Faye I feed them as well.

At the end of the month I see that Lizzy is about to give birth. I didn't see her for a couple of days and suppose that she had given birth somewhere near the toilet house.
Activity report March 2012
Paco sniffles now and then. I clean his eyes regularly; otherwise he seems to be ok. Until today I thought that Lucy has been spared from distemper. Now I have to realize with horror that her left eye is inflamed. I'm frustrated.

Blacky didn’t show up for three weeks now and I don’t expect to see him again. I’m now taking care of Old Man and Diana. There is also a new dog around that suffers from mange. I give him one of the blue pills I got from Tony.

During a night without sleep I’m making the decision not to renew the lease for the house and not to look for another house. The events of recent weeks and the fact that Holly's condition worsened, and now Gina’s skin condition also deteriorated is taking its toll on me. I spend a lot of time, energy and money to keep the dogs in the house and cannot carry on with this stress. I’m going to try moving back to JamJun apartment house and have to find a place for the dogs somewhere how matter how. If I don’t change the situation I’m in I’m going to burn out and that doesn’t help anyone.

I have been with Holly, Gina and Ronnie to Mabyailia clinic in Soi Nernplubwan. The vet conducted a microscopic examination and cannot find any indication of mange any more. But as a precaution all dogs receive another shot. The vet believes that they might suffer from a fungus. I get an anti-fungal shampoo and also a shampoo against mites for Ronnie. To examine Ronnie's leg, the vet refers me to her husband’s clinic in South Pattaya Road.

Gina and Holly are getting another injection for mange at the Mabyailia clinic. Now I know that the agent is Ivermectin. Tony's blue pills are actually also Ivermectin. Ivermectin is also a treatment against ticks and fleas.

I take Ronnie to see the vet at the South Pattaya Road clinic. The vet examines the X-ray image and inspects Ronnie's leg. He asks me where the surgery had been done and tells me that the Naklua clinic frequently transfers animals to his clinic for further examination. Unfortunately, Ronnie was not among them. He suspects that the hip dislocation damaged nerves and since the surgery was done more than three months ago he is saying he can’t do anything for Ronnie anymore.

I went to Pattaya Dog Shelter in Putaluang to find out if Blacky and perhaps Doggy ended up there. One of the staff took me around and I looked in every kennel but found none of them. Many kennels are overcrowded and the whole area makes an unkempt impression. The dogs basically vegetate in the dirt there. Going there I was prepared for the worst and I am at least relieved not having seen obviously injured or sick animals.

On the way to Putaluang I visit the Dog Hotel in Bang Saray   http://pattayadoghotel.com. The site is pretty spacious and there are only a few dogs to be seen, most of them kept in kennels. The owner, American Ken Yaker is back to the States for a month and his wife running the facilities during his absence.

Our cleaning lady is telling me that Harry was poisoned and she saw him dying. I don’t understand how people can do such horrible things to an animal. Harry was such a friendly dog that never did any harm to anybody. I’ll miss him badly.

I met today Eva. She cares for stray dogs in Jomtien. We exchanged our experiences and can probably work together. I also got money from Tony for spaying Diana. I brought her to the South Pattaya clinic and left her there for two days. She recovered well from surgery.

Shana, the bitch that stayed together with Harry who was poisoned, is pregnant. I intended to spay her but had not enough money to do that. Shana is always behaving like crazy when she sees me. Recently she brought some friends with her, a bitch which I called Lizzy and two male dogs, Arnie and Prince who were all very friendly right from the first encounter. Particularly Lizzy is imitating Shana jumping up on me from day one.

I haven’t been to Soi 14 for three days because I didn’t feel well. Paco and Lucy seem to be fine. Lucy’s eye looks normal, I might have been wrong about having seen her eye being infected.

I started to feed Old Man with rice mixed with canned wet food. He cannot chew bones anymore and needs to put some weight on. Diana has a new boyfriend, I call him Bobby. He is nice fellow and I established already a relationship with him. Charly is also around but is still avoiding me. He had some rows with Blacky and is probably associating me belonging to him.
Activity report February 2012
I went to see the guard who is taking care of a whole bunch of street dogs inside the abandoned market hall at Pattaya Bazaar. His name is Chatree. I brought him 10 kg rice. One of the bitches gave birth to a couple of puppies but Chatree could only safe two of them. The dogs are always excited to see me even if I haven’t been there for a couple of weeks. I hope I can help Chatree a bit more as soon as I get something going with Tony.

Ronnie's leg wounds have healed, but the surgery seems to have failed thoroughly. He can’t bend his knee and is dragging his leg. I have to see the vet again to discuss what we can do.

Gina and Holly are doing well and are growing by the day. They are very attached to the house and don’t like to leave it. Babe however likes to explore the neighborhood but I’m not worried since she is an experienced street dog.

Every other day I go to see Paco and Lucy in Soi 14. Paco is always happy to see me coming and wants to go with me when I’m leaving, but that’s not possible. His eyes are looking better now, the conjunctiva is no longer red and he is not so much wheezing and sneezing any more. I have to observe his condition and plan to get his blood tested in a few weeks. Lucy still doesn’t show any symptoms at all.

Old Man has recovered from the accident so far, the injured eye has healed but he is now probably visually impaired. Diana needs to be spayed but I don’t have the money for that. I hope I can get a donation from Tony. I haven’t seen Doggy for months and since one week Blacky is not showing up either.

I made friends with Harry who appears frequently in the underground parking lot where I park my scooter during the working time hours. He is a very friendly fellow. Recently he showed up with a bitch that inexplicably seemed to be excited to see me since she overjoyed jumped up on me right from our first encounter. It will be necessary to get her spayed to spare her the same experience as Cora that had seven puppies in the parking lot from which I’ve seen remaining two now staying with Chatree.

I have been with Hollie, Gina and Ronnie to the clinic to get their blood checked. The result is that Holly and Gina suffer from sarcoptic mange and Ronnie has demodicosis mange. Holly and Gina get a shot and for Ronnie I get tablets. Holly and Gina are going to get a shot every week for six weeks.

The vet is telling me that Ronnie’s leg stiffness can be treated with massage. My first attempt to gently touch his leg back home fails since Ronnie doesn’t like the treatment and is snapping at me.

I met Lyndy Moore Eggleton. She introduced herself as a craniosacral therapist and told me that she is looking for people who care for stray animals. I tell her about Ronnie's problem and she says that she would like to take a look at his leg.

I have been with Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Hollie at the vet. Gina and Hollie got their second shot and I also received antibiotics for them. Ronnie needs to continue taking the medication and Babe receives preventive treatment for mange.

Lyndy visits us and treats Ronnie. As she is very careful and patient with him he endures the treatment he receives. Lyndy wishes to continue the treatment on the 27th.

I’m back to the clinic with Hollie and Gina. Hollie's condition has deteriorated. The treatments for Holly, Gina and Ronnie continue. 

Lyndy tells me that she wants me to pick her up from an hotel in Soi Khao Talo on the 28th. I’m at the hotel at the appointed time. Since Lindy is not waiting for me at the lobby I ring her up but she does not answer. I try it again after a couple of minutes and a  woman answers my call who introduces herself  as Lyndy’s friend. This woman tells me that Lyndy had died, probably already on Sunday or Monday. She has been found in her bed, apparently passed away peacefully.
Activity report January 2012
Gina and Holly are developing well and Holly's skin is healing except a few scabby parts which I have to take care of. I’m trying to prevent all playful scuffle between Ronnie, Babe and Gina but it is not always possible. When the dogs are chasing each other, I always get scared that Ronnie’s leg suffers even more damage.

With the New Year I start to itemize all my expenses for dog food, medical treatments and the donations I receive.

On Sunday I plan to visit  Derek Doyle's Animal Shelter on Mabprachen Lake along with Tony and Richy. Richy is a member of a motorcycle club that recently organized an event that raised 200,000 Baht for Derek's shelter.

I have been with Tony and Richie to Derek’s shelter at Lake Mabprachan. Derek although over 80 years old is very alert and funny. He is sheltering more than 70 dogs and is helped in his daily tasks mainly by his Thai wife. He invites us also to visit his second shelter in Thamai at Chantaburi province. I have been back to the vet with Ronnie, she put a new cast on his leg.

I finally manage to place donation box in Jörg’s store. I put 800 Baht into it to encourage people to donate. Pat spontaneously donates 100 Baht.

Out of all the cats only Paco and Lucy are left. I haven’t seen Lady for a long time and it seems that Pico has died. However, Meow showed up. His left eye, which was infected at his previous appearance, seems to be fine now. But I cannot tell for sure since he did not come down to me, just sitting on the roof of a shed looking at me. As some local residents don’t like seeing me feeding the cats food bowls are frequently gone. I’m now feeding the cats inside the shed and put then the bowls on its roof.

Holly has obviously an upset stomach and is sitting quietly in a corner of the house. I leave her alone. She doesn’t eat well but that's probably the right thing for her to do. Tony handed me 2.710 Baht out of his donation box.

Ronnie’s leg was X-rayed and the vet says that the cast can now be removed. His leg is rubbed sore at three spots and being cared for. Ronnie is as always very patient and I have now not so much to worry about when he is playing with Babe or Gina. I hope that his leg is strengthening and the joints are getting more flexible. Holly has overcome her stomach problem and is feeding herself on dry food. I have given her also a bone which she fiercely defended against Gina. She seems to be healthy again.