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.