Activity Report – December 2017

Nimnim, one of the pups I placed on the waste ground where Beppe feeds dogs, developed coronavirus but recovered after intensive care. Nimnim is back to the waste ground after ten days of quarantine. Norbu and Karim, two of the pups that developed severe abscesses, recovered as well after a couple of weeks.

I took over Meow's Baan Amphur shelter. I just have to pay some rent. That allowed me to take all bush puppies together with Darla, one of the mother dogs, into the shelter. I started a doxycycline treatment for all eight pups. Darla got sterilized. I also took in Elly, the mother of the waste ground pups.  She could not stay with her pups since she was bitten. I completed a doxycycline treatment for the five waste ground pups.

Bonnie, one of the dogs that lived near the temple, developed some skin issues. I took her into the shelter as well to treat her. Hanna and Nadia have been adopted. Nadia, unfortunately, ran away and did not come back. Deng, one of Prajuab's dogs, Goldie and Whitey from the streets, another Deng from the Khao Mai Kaew area, and Latte, one of the dogs in Meow's care, have been sterilized.

We found three mother dogs with pups in the bush area near Baan Amphur shelter. I vaccinated one mother dog and all 21 pups. The remaining two mother dogs could not be grabbed. Two of the pups were suffering from abscesses. I took them home for daily treatment.

Activity Report – November 2017

In the end, Boss couldn't feel at home at Meow's sanctuary and I had to take him back to his old place at Amari beach where he again settled in nicely.

I met Beppe, an 85 year old Italian, who feeds dogs in South Pattaya. He was the one who showed me Salim, the TVT dog, who lived on a waste ground together with a bunch of other dogs Beppe is looking after. Salim received chemotherapy treatment and he recovered well.

Salim's Mother, Malee, has been spayed, as well as Mila from Baan Amphur bush, Ashi, Tara and Pema who are living at Wat Ampharam, Lalei from a Naklua construction site, Yon from Chak Nork reservoir, Alexa staying in a Pong village, and Elly who lived with her five pups in a dirty shack.

We took Elly and her pups to the waste ground where Beppe's dogs are staying and built a shelter for all those dogs. Elly, however, had to be placed into Meow's Baan Amphur shelter, since she has not been accepted by some bitches there. Her five pups fitted in nicely. Elly and her pups have been vaccinated.

Unfortunately. I was told by Meow that she would not be allowed to use Baan Amphur shelter after New Year. A solution has to be found.

Suay and Nom's chemotherapy treatments are complete; Nom had also been castrated. Khiaow and Rudy received fluid treatment. Rudi recovered, but Khiaow ultimately succumbed to her illness and died.

All dogs at Chak Nork reservoir, who are being looked after by Uan, have been vaccinated. One of them that survived distemper is recovering. Three cats living there have been castrated.

Activity Report – October 2017

Boss, a three-legged dog who lives on the beach, found a sponsor who asked me to find a safe place for Boss. Boss is now also staying at Meow's Thepprasit shelter. I'm now working intensively at that shelter to support Meow. I like that place because the dogs are free to roam the adjacent wasteground since it is a shelter without fences. More than one hundred dogs and a couple of cats live there in almost perfect harmony, including 24 of “my” dogs.

Nine of my other dogs are staying at Meow's second shelter which is walled in. I'm feeding and monitoring 18 more dogs at Wat Amparahm in Baan Amphur. Five dogs are living with me. About 30 dogs are currently being monitored living on the streets and on wastelands.

I vaccinated a bunch of puppies and treated some of them against blood parasites. Rudi's mange is under control again, but he developed renal disease. He is being treated at Thepprasit shelter; his condition is stable. Khiaow is also being treated for renal disease. Her prognosis, however, is poor. She is receiving fluid daily. Uro and Frosty have been treated for an abscess; Zola for a bite wound. Nom is receiving chemotherapy after weaning, as well as two dogs from the streets, Salim and Suay. Ihu, Wan Sao, Mala, Yello, Dina, Mila and Kapoon have been spayed/neutered.

Apart from working closely with Meow at her two shelters and monitoring three dozen dogs on the streets and on wastegrounds, I'm trying to help Hope for Strays Foundation to build a shelter for 120 dogs mainly by raising funds to construct and equip the facilities. The shelter is currently home for about thirty dogs and is supposed to be complete at the end of this year.

Activity Report – September 2017

I took Rudi and Patty from Baan Amphur shelter into the house I now live in. Rudi's skin conditions deteriorated and Patty was unhappy. Rudi gets bathed twice a week with Malaseb and gets Ivermectin treatment. His condition improved. His movements, impaired by a broken hip, also improved slightly. Patty is getting along well with Kenji, Johnny, Toya and Zola.

All of the other surviving dogs from the Bang Saray municipality shelter are now either in Meow's Baan Amphur shelter, or at her Thepprasit shelter, or stay at Wat Amparahm. Seventeen dogs are now staying in Baan Amphur; eleven plus 3 newborns are at Thepprasit, and eleven dogs are at Wat Amparahm. Most dogs have been treated with Ivermectin to keep the tick problem in check and to avoid mange and heart worms. Mee and Bobby, dogs I have known for several years and whose caretakers moved up country, are now staying at Thepprasit shelter.

Activity Report – August 2017

Jack's injury turned out to be a tumor. The vets at NPW clinic recommended amputating the leg. I shifted him to Silverlake clinic where the surgery had been carried out. After a full recovery, Jack and Jane have been brought back to the parking lot. Some dogs at Wat Amparahm are suffering from skin conditions. I treated them with a cumin/coconut oil paste. Four cats and a dog at Wat Pong have been sterilized.

Fifteen of my dogs, which I had accommodated at Bang Saray municipality shelter, had been killed by people who entered the shelter. I took all surviving dogs out of the shelter and placed them into a private shelter run by Meow, a woman I support. I took Svetja, a dog which begged me to take her from the municipality shelter, to Meow's Thepprasit shelter where she then gave birth to six puppies. It also turned out that Svetja is suffering from TVT.

Activity report – July 2017

At Meow's two sanctuaries I have now six dogs placed: Namtarn and Mom at Baan Amphur sanctuary and Anna, Felix, Tayo and Rudi at Thepprasit sanctuary. Namtarn and Mom are both handicapped. Namtarn lost a hind leg and Mom has a crippled front leg. Felix overcame a severe anemia and Anna suffered temporarily from seizures. She was also bitten by a poisonous snake but recovered well after intensive treatment.

At the same day, Lola, another dog at Meow's care, was bitten by a large centipede. Lola also recovered well after intensive care. Tayo is recovering from a broken hind leg and Rudi from a broken hip. There is no other place for me to accommodate handicapped or recovering dogs than at Meow's places and therefore I support her as good as I can.

The dogs at Bang Saray shelter and at Wat Amparahm are fine. In case of a minor injury can I take one or two of them into the house where I'm living now. Lady and Khao have been staying with me for a week. Lady suffered from an injury at one of her front paws and Khao from a bite wound at her left eye.

Right now there are five dogs permanently staying with me. Kenji, Johnny, Zola, Toya and since recently also Dina. Dina stayed in Bang Saray but disappeared two weeks after I placed her there together with all the other dogs from House Mabprachan. When she appeared again she carried a wire cutting deep into her abdomen. She obviously got caught in a wire trap. A forty centimeter long suture had to be applied to secure the closure of the wound. Dina is now on the way of recovery.

Kenji had to be admitted to NPW clinic as well since he suffered from heavy vomiting and acted lethargic. Kenji has been given fluid intravenously for five days.

Luk Jeab, one of Prajuab's dogs, Avira, Mela and Somlo staying a Wat Amparahm, Cowy and Dart staying at Baan Amphur beach as well as Joo and Ming staying at a village have been spayed. Avira's three pups have been vaccinated as well as three pups at Prajuab's care.

Hiro and Zaina, two dogs from the streets being at risk to be deported to Phutaluang, have been taken to Bang Saray shelter. Jack and Jane, two dogs staying at a North Pattaya parking lot have been blow darted since they were very evasive. Jack suffers from a lengthy injury at his left front leg and Jane contracted TVT. Jack is being treated at NPW clinic and Jane has been admitted to Silverlake clinic. Dodo, a male dog, also suffering from TVT, is being treated at Silverlake clinic as well. He is one of the dogs Meow is feeding in the streets.

Activity Report – June 2017

The dogs that I placed on a separate area at Bang Saray municipality shelter settled in well. However, four of them decided to leave the fenced in, but still open, area. The dogs have a large area to roam around and enjoy their freedom. Once a day they get fed by a shelter staff with rice food and dry food.

I go to see these dogs twice a week, as well the dogs at Wat Amparahm and on Baan Amphur Beach. A mother dog with four puppies has been dumped there. All of them are in good condition and are being looked after. Two other young dogs have been dumped at the beach. Newly dumped dogs are having a hard time getting accepted by the established groups. It remains to be seen whether they will stay and whether I can get close to them.

Ivy, a pup from the street, and Deva, a pup from the beach, have been spayed. A number of puppies have been vaccinated. Muen, one of Prajuab's dogs, has been treated in a clinic for severe bite wounds. Tayo, a dog living on the beach, stayed in a clinic for two weeks to treat an open leg fracture. He has been neutered as well. Tayo will stay in a sanctuary for the time being since he is going to be adopted. Khun Chai, one of the dogs in Meow's care, has been poisoned. We were still able to save his life, and he seems to be fine now.

Activity Report – May 2017

Someone dumped a pregnant dog at Wat Amparahm. After a few days, she gave birth to six puppies; two of them disappeared after three weeks. The remaining four puppies and the mother dog were fine at the end of the month.

A blood test revealed that no parasites could be detected in Lilly's blood; I took her back to Wat Amparahm. Toby, another dog living at the temple, developed a big abscess which had to be removed surgically. Toby recovered well after a week in a clinic.

A resident made me aware of a dog with six puppies. I vaccinated the dogs two times. Another resident showed me an old dog in very bad condition. He died after a few days in a clinic.

The stitched wound at Zola's flank broke open and I took her from Bang Saray shelter into my new house. At the end of the month, the wound had been almost closed. Kenji and Johnny, another pit bull mix, are now staying in my new house as well.

The dogs at Bang Saray shelter settled in well. They are getting fed with rice food and some of them were already gaining weight. Off and on I missed two or three of them, but none of them ran away for long.

Three bitches my helper Wan is looking after have been spayed. Another bitch staying in Naklua Slum has been spayed, as well as a bitch living at Bongkot Market and two of Prajuab's bitches. Felix and Anna, who are living at Meow's place, are affected by blood parasites and are receiving treatment.

Activity Report – April 2017

I continued to relocate all dogs that don't need to go to Bang Saray shelter. Tommy went to a foster home waiting to be adopted. Iang and Ivy went back to their place at the guesthouse in Central Pattaya. Felix, Anna, Mom and Namtarn were placed at Meow's shelter. Kenji and Johnny have been castrated. Kenji cannot go back to his place; a solution for him has to be found.

A fence separating the allocated area at Bang Saray shelter from the main shelter has been built, as well as six dog houses containing 21 units during the first two weeks of the month. After the area was ready to accommodate fifty to seventy dogs, I moved the remaining forty dogs from House Mabprachan to the shelter. About ten dogs that lived in that area before we leased it are still living there. All dogs are being daily fed with rice food and dry food. After a short time of settling in, they started to explore the area inside the fence and very soon also outside the fenced-in area. They seemed to enjoy the extended freedom; even if they could run away they didn't.

Since the dogs are fed daily, I don't need to see them every day. Wat Amparahm is on the way to the shelter; so I'm now going to see all the dogs there and at the shelter every two or three days. The new set-up implies that my daily work load will be reduced by a couple of hours.

Activity Report – March 2017

The appeal against the eviction order had been dismissed. The sub-district administration was giving me time to remove the dogs until end of the month. All my attempts to find a suitable place for the dogs failed. By the end of the month I applied for more time to find some piece of land for the dogs. The administration allowed me to keep the dogs just one week longer.

Finally, my foundation partner Som and I were allowed to place one hundred dogs at the municipality shelter Bang Saray. A one Rai piece of land was assigned to us, which we had to fence in and build shelters for all the dogs.

To keep the numbers of dogs there as low as possible, the ones that could go back to the streets had to go during the month. Kenji was the first one. His wounds had been healed, and I made a last attempt to keep him staying at the Mabprachan 7/11. Panya, who had been treated for a wound on her face, went back to Wat Amparahm; as did Asa, whose skin conditions improved and who was not limping anymore. Toby went back to the temple as well. His skin condition improved. I brought Jorie back to the guards at Thepprasit Road and Josie took back Kylie and Lina Song.

Felix, Anna, Mum and Mae, dogs who currently live in House Mabprachan, have been sterilized, as well as Shima and Nana who just recently appeared at Mabprachan 7/11. Mika, a dog staying at a parking lot, has also been spayed.  Also spayed were Dam, one of the bitches in Prajuab's care and Dia, a dog from a market place.

I had to take Lilly in, a dog from Wat Amparahm beach. Lilly was severely anemic. After two weeks of treatment her condition improved remarkably. By the end of the month, I had to take in Kenji again. He was suffering from multiple bite wounds and needed daily wound dressing. He obviously cannot go back to his place at Mabprachan 7/11. Zola also suffered from a bite wound which had to be stitched up. It turned out that Al, the dog with the broken hip, had been infected with distemper before he suffered the accident, and he did not survive that horrible disease.

Activity Report – February 2017
Kenji's neck wound is nasty and required a daily wound dressing. The TVT bitch, who I call Iang, is being treated for anemia. Rocky's chemo therapy treatment has been completed. He is suffering from a large burn on his neck, which is healing without treatment.

A bitch from a resort in Jomtien, a bitch from Naklua slum, a bitch living at a bus parking lot in Central Pattaya, a bitch staying at Amari Hotel, and another one from a village near Highway 36, have been spayed.

I took Asa in to treat her skin problems and to give her time to recover from a leg injury. I had to take Dina back. The new owner could not cope with her energy level. The six cats that have been sterilized a couple of weeks ago have been vaccinated for the first time.

A puppy named Yuri has been hit by a car and suffered from a spine injury. I took him in to give him a chance to recover, and he is doing quite well. Another dog, Al, a big male who is already quite old, has been hit by a car. The x-ray revealed a complicated hip fracture. Surgery was not an option, so I took Al in.  He will hopefully recover in a couple of weeks, if not months.

I received an eviction order from the sub-district administration, to which I lodged an objection against. If the majority of the dogs have to be removed, they are doomed and all my effort was in vain.

Activity report – January 2017

Rudi developed a swelling at his rip cage. I took him in and treated him for a week. Rudi is now back to his place at Best Supermarket. Samlee and Kenny are also back to their places. Samlee’s hip fracture healed up and she can move freely again. Kenny completed a Doxycycline treatment. He can also move freely on his three legs.

Toby is now being treated for his skin problems after a one month with Doxycycline treatment. His condition improved. Zhenya’s condition also improved. He is suffering from Demodex mange and receives a treatment with Ivermectin and Malaseb. Nina developed a cherry eye which requires regular cleaning. Yana recovered fully from a bowel inflammation and gained back her full weight. Unfortunately, Yoshi passed away. His condition deteriorated and he died after suffering a seizure.

Dia, Daen und Boonma, three of Prajuab’s dogs, have been spayed. Now are all bitches under his care spayed. It goes without saying that will change very soon since dogs are being dumped at the reservoir frequently. Sally and Hudiao, two dogs from different 7/11 stores, have been spayed as well as two other dogs from the streets and one dog from a waste ground. A tourist made me aware of a TVT bitch. She has been treated and another bitch staying with her has been spayed. Kenji, a dog from a 7/11, whom I treated already three times for bite wounds, was severely bitten again. This time he needed surgery to close the wounds. Kenji stays now at House Mabprachan for the time being.