Activity report – May 2015

The main topic of this month is the move from our house in Naklua to a new house at Mabprachan Lake. First to move were Lucy, Aya, Bieow, Lina, Prana und Juma, and a couple of days later Darya, Maisha, Said, Nura and Jaha. I also collected Yaya and Nacho from Pattaya Bazaar and took them to House Mabprachan.

Nora's chemo therapy was complete so I brought her back to the woman who rescued her. She is now reunited with her offspring Mudita and Nicky at Naklua slum near the beach. After another couple of days later we put Leila the cat together with my belongings into my car and bid farewell to Naklua house; a new adventure began. Ui, my part time helper, agreed to follow me to take a full-time job and our flock grew day by day. 

Bunnie, Buffy and Nadia joined us out of the bushes; I took in Silver and Rudi for mange treatment; Patty was given to me by a homeless man who could not feed her anymore; Lady had been taken from the city shelter for TVT treatment and she needed a place to stay to recover; and Jira needed further treatment for her skin problems. They all joined me at my new home. 

Yobo, Yota and Yana, three two month old all brown puppies who could not remain at the construction site; and finally Blanca and Lennard from the same construction site also joined us. We blow darted the mother of the puppies, but she ran away and couldn't find her anymore. 

Lennard and Blanca had to be blow darted to be de-sexed since they always kept their distance and could not be caught. They keep themselves separate from the flock but established contact with some dogs whom they have known for some time. 

Süa and Songsi, two siblings who were living near a street restaurant, have been spayed as well. I found them accidentally and could catch them quite easily. They are back to their old place where people feed them.

Mid month we had Parvo alarm. Louise, a Swedish dog lover who lives in Pattaya, found a mother with her four puppies on the beach. The puppies were in a deplorable condition and since Louise lives in a small house she asked me to accommodate the dogs for a month. When Dr. Sam visited us two days later he was very concerned about the puppies' condition, took them and tested them for Parvo. Unfortunately the tests were positive so Louise had to take the puppies back.  Pranee, the mother, was tested negative and could therefore remain with us. We had to disinfect the area where Pranee and the puppies were staying, my car and the cages several times since Parvo is highly contagious. Fortunately, all dogs of the flock had already been vaccinated twice. We hope we can leave this incident behind us without any further dramas.

The dogs in Wat Amparahm are well and enjoying their lives on the beach. However, Rashid, the big male who joined us from the beach and became part of the pack is dead. I can only imagine that he was poisoned since he was in good health when I saw him last time. There are some mean people squatting near the temple and I suspect it was one of them who poisoned him.

All the dogs, except Toby and Asa, whom I could not catch, received their second rabies vaccination. During one of our unsuccessful attempts to blow dart dogs for spaying we found Skinny. She was absolutely emaciated so we brought her to Dr. Sam. A blood test and an initial examination did not reveal any abnormalities; so I took her home to recover. Since her condition did not change an abdominal surgical exploration was performed and revealed a blockage in the small intestines close to the rectum. Some blockages could be removed but we are still waiting for a lab test to show whether the tissue is malignant.