Activity Report – December 2018
Our sterilization project entered the fifth month of operation and surpassed the monthly target of 100 sterilizations by 103 cases. The number of dogs sterilized and brought back to their habitat reached exactly 1,000 at the end of the year 2018. Funds to cover the costs for further sterilizations are guaranteed by Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) until January 31, 2019. In January, SDF will evaluate the project's performance and its impact on Pattaya's stray population. After a SDF team's visit at Dr. Kwanchai's Silverlake clinic, a decision will be taken whether the project is going to be funded for the year 2019 as well.

While taking dogs to be sterilized, we stumbled upon a place with dozens of cats. Twenty-eight of them could be sterilized as well. Funds to cover the costs were provided by Michael J. Baines.
Felix, Bessie and Tommy are back to Takhientia. The treatment of Felix's conjunctivitis is complete. Bessie is not coughing anymore, and Tommy can walk again, albeit only on three legs. The radial nerve on his left front leg is irreparably damaged. Joe's tail wound was not healing. A revision surgery was inevitable. Joe is now recovering in House Nongkraborg.

With Tara, Adrian, Max, Bliss, Daisy, Joe, Merlin and Edda, I now have just eight dogs living with me. When it was really stressful having to look after 24 dogs close to me the previous months, it's now a joy having the dogs around me. It's not the dogs as such or certain dogs which can make life difficult, it's just the number of dogs above a certain limit which can be tough to cope with.

Activity Report – November 2018

Our sterilization project entered the fourth month of operation and surpassed the monthly target of 100 sterilizations by 123 cases. The number of dogs being sterilized and brought back to their habitat reached 797 at the end of the month.

At the end of the month, the Takhientia shelter was fully operating. All dogs, except for few, had been relocated from Thepprasit shelter. The 25 dogs from Baan Amphur shelter were relocated to Takhienta shelter as well. I handed over the shelter to Dr. Kwanchai who is it now operating with the help of Khun Bua, my former caretaker of the shelter. Almost all the dogs, which I have been keeping in House Nongkraborg, are also now living at Takhientia shelter. Altogether about 130 dogs are now sharing that place. Next month I'll have the exact number available after having entered the data of all dogs into the database. Unfortunately, four of the dogs I took to Takhientia disappeared as soon as they were released out of their cages.

The whole area of 11 Rai (17,600 sqm) is now fenced in.  A 500 meter long power connection has been established; water still has to be delivered by a tanker truck. The main structure of a 102 sq. meter dog house has been almost completed. It will mainly be used as rain and sun shelter. However, a part of the facility is going to serve as a treatment room, as a quarantine station, and as a relaxation room as soon as funds are available to realize that vision.

I took in Felix and Tommy. Felix is suffering from conjunctivitis and requires treatment three times a day and Tommy has been hit by a motorbike. He suffers from a bone splintering at his left hind leg and from a damaged radial nerve at his left shoulder. He cannot stand up and probably requires treatment for a couple of weeks.

Activity Report – October 2018

Our sterilization project entered the third month of operation and surpassed the monthly target of 100 sterilizations by 151 cases. The number of dogs being sterilized and brought back to their habitat reached 574 at the end of the month.

Meow continued to prepare Takhientia shelter moving cages and makeshift rain shelters from her Thepprasit shelter to the new place. A decent, spacious dog house has to be built. Money to do that is not available and has to be raised.

Meow relocated more than 50 dogs from Thepprasit shelter during the whole month of October. They fitted in quite nicely because the setting is similar to the one they were used to living in. A makeshift fence made out of corrugated iron sheets was built to separate the shelter area from a small road along the shelter.

Several pups have been dumped at the shelter. Meow took them all into her care. Some of them didn't survive because of distemper infection. The other ones have been vaccinated together with dozens more dogs that needed booster shots.

I had to take two puppies into House Nongkraborg. Their mother and their two siblings died at a hotel area. They still had to be bottle-fed for the first couple of days, but adjusted after a week. The adult dogs in the house accepted them.

Activity Report – September 2018

Our sterilization project entered the second month operating and surpassed the monthly target of 100 sterilizations again by 65 cases. The number of dogs being sterilized and brought back to their habitat reached 323 at the end of the month.

Meow's open shelter, where I'm keeping 15 dogs, has to move. Meow found an eleven Rai piece of land in Takhientia located 30 km away from Pattaya city center right in the middle of nowhere. She can lease the land for ten years at a yearly fee of just 15,000 Baht. Meow is now preparing the land to keep more than 200 dogs and a couple of cats. Fifty dogs have already been re-located, and we hope that Meow can move all her dogs to the new shelter until end of the year. If the place is prepared to accommodate up to 200 dogs, I'll close my Baan Amphur shelter and move the 23 dogs I'm keeping there to their new home as well.

This month I had to take another six dogs to Silverlake clinic for extensive treatment. Three of them suffered from TVT, one from a tumor on her front leg, one whose tail got cut off with a machete and one with a large throat swelling. All nine pups I'm currently keeping with me at House Nongkraborg have been spayed or neutered.

I took another dog in: Tara was thrown out of a car in front of a restaurant whose owner knows me. Tara is a big, beautiful and healthy female. She just suffered from a nasty wound on her left hind leg paw and was limping. Tara is now recovering and I'll keep her for the time being at my house.

Myra left. I couldn't keep her any longer since the pups chased her frequently through the garden. I took her to Meow's open shelter. Unfortunately, she got infected by distemper while she was away for a couple of days. She died while being treated.

Activity Report – August 2018

Beginning this month, Soi Dog Foundation agreed to finance the sterilization of a hundred bitches and pups each month. I created the “Soi Dog Sterilization Project” member group which is being used as a platform for its members to exchange information and advice. Several of its members contributed to the project by delivering bitches and pups to Dr. Kwanchai's two clinics. The August target had already been met on the 20th of this month. At the end of the month, 158 dogs could go back to their places sterilized.

I took in three dogs: Asa, from Wat Ampahram (she is once again suffering from skin infections); Goro, from Mabprachan 7/11 (to be treated for blood parasites); and, Bliss (who had been attacked by a bunch of dogs on a waste ground).

Karim, who was already two months at House Nongkraborg for treatment, got attacked by a couple of dogs while I was out and died. Tawn, the second paralyzed dog who lived with us, has been taken in by a friend who is already looking after three other handicapped dogs.

Three TVT dogs and two dogs with nasty head wounds are currently being treated at Silverlake Clinic. All these dogs have been found while rounding up dogs to be sterilized.

Activity Report – July 2018

All nine pups, as well as Sonya, Karim, Kimi, Tawn, Shorty and Daisy completed their Doxycycline/Ferric treatment. Sonya recovered from her hip fracture and was able to go back to her place at Chak Nork Reservoir. Kimi, Shorty and Kami, whose tail injury has been healed up, went back to Baan Amphur shelter.

Tommy has been relocated to Meow's sanctuary. He fitted in there well. Eera went back to his place in Naklua slum after a second chemotherapy treatment. When I went to the slum to pick him up for the third treatment, people told me that he died two days ago.

I took Reza into House Nongkraborg since he was ailing in Baan Amphur. A blood test didn't show any abnormalities. He recovered slightly but was then attacked. He died two days after the attack. Khao did not recover from her broken leg. The fracture didn't heal properly. Since nothing more could be done, and she can walk freely on three legs, I took her back to her place where she is being looked after.

Activity Report – June 2018

Tayo, who stayed with me for almost a year, has been adopted and now lives in Germany. He has been settling in well, since he knows his new owner who visited him two times in Pattaya. Taco is back to Wat Amparahm. He finally found his place there together with Luna.

Myra's cancer treatment had been completed. She now lives in House Nongkraborg. However, she is neither trusting me nor the dogs that live with her. Khao, also, now lives with us. She settled in much better than Myra, but is still not using her broken leg. Tommy's hind leg fracture healed, and he uses his leg quite naturally.

Boss unfortunately died. He was attacked, and despite not suffering any visible injuries, he passed away a day after that incident. Elsie, one of the pups whose mother had been run over by a bus, also died. She presumably succumbed to blood parasites. To avoid another fatality, I started a Doxycycline/Ferric treatment for the remaining nine pups.

Sonya, a young bitch I look after on a waste ground, suffered a hip fracture. I took her into House Nongkraborg where she is recovering without any further treatment. I also took Daisy in. She lived in Wat Huay Yai together with Erin, Kate and Ronan, who all disappeared from the temple. I found Erin and Kate in the city's deportation camp. Ronan arrived there already dead. Erin and Kate are now staying in Baan Amphur shelter.

I took in Kami, Karim and Kimi, too. They are all living in the shelter. Kami suffers from a nasty wound on her tail that requires a daily wound dressing, Kimi and Karim are being treated for blood parasites. Tawn is another new intake. He suffered from a spinal cord fracture while living on the street and is now paralyzed. Eera, a dog living in a slum area, developed a huge lump on his throat. A salivary gland had to be removed. Eera is also suffering from TVT. He will undergo chemotherapy treatment as soon as he recovers from surgery.

Activity Report – May 2018

Khao had surgery on her broken leg and is recovering in my house. However, she developed a bed sore on the healthy leg and has only made minimal recovery progress.

My main task this month was to organize the sterilization of some of the dogs. The following dogs have been sterilized: Erin and Kate from Wat Huay Yai; the male pups Nimnim, Puschel, Shorty, Karim, Norbu and Reza; the female pups Hala, Girly, Suki, Amara, Kami, Kimi and Roshi (all staying in Baan Amphur shelter); as well as Namtarn, who stays at Meow's sanctuary.

Rambo, who stayed at the Baan Amphur shelter, was bitten by a poisonous snake and died. Nero’s TVT treatment is complete; but Aisha died a couple of days before her last chemotherapy treatment (reasons unknown). Myra’s TVT treatment is ongoing. Tommy suffered a broken hind leg and has to wear a cast for one month. Taco, who contrary to my hopes, didn’t settle in well into Wat Amparahm, got bitten and stayed at Silverlake clinic for ten days.

I had to take in two more six-week-old puppies. They have been dumped at a waste ground. After a couple of days, they joined the group of eight puppies I had already taken in.

I also had to take in Zola and Shorty, who were both bitten in Baan Amphur shelter. Their wounds healed after a two-week treatment. Pinky’s Doxycycline treatment has been completed and then went back to Meow’s sanctuary. Hala went back to her place on the street, and Alana is now back on the beach again.

I still deliver dry food, cat food and rice to provide Thai people who are feeding dogs and cats in Naklua, Nongprue, Thepprasit and Baan Amphur on a monthly basis.

Activity Report – April 2018

Cho, who was suffering from nose cancer, could be completely cured after four chemo therapy treatments. English tourists asked me to take a look at Cocker Spaniel that was obviously dumped at a local temple. The dog were suffering from severe bacterial skin infections. I treated Daisy for one month with Cephalexin and Itraconazole which resulted in a distinctive improvement of her condition.

Another English tourist asked me to look after a pregnant dog. After Martha had given birth, I intended to take her and her pups into Baan Amphur shelter. Unfortunately, Martha was run over by a bus the day we were trying to take her and her babies in. I was therefore forced to take the eight orphans into my house to bottle feed them. All eight of them survived and are thriving.

Taco, Luna and Yumi, three dogs I picked up at the age of two months and who were pretty comfortably living in front of a grocery shop for four years, had to be removed. I took them into Baan Amphur shelter. Since Luna and Taco are fairly big and were a bit aggressive towards the other shelter dogs, I relocated them into Wat Amparahm where they are settling in well.

I had to take in Rudi, Isi and Felix, who were staying at Meow's sanctuary. Rudi was suffering from liver and kidney issues; Isi suddenly lost weight and Felix left the open shelter frequently. Since several of Meow's dogs had been poisoned recently, Meow feared that Felix would be the next one to be killed. Rudi died a few days after I took him in; also, Isi died in my house.

Pinky and Kenji completed a Doxycycline and Ferric treatment. Pinky went back to Meow's sanctuary. Sushi, Nelly, Nero and Willie who are now living at Wat Amparahm and Namtarn from Meow's sanctuary, have all been sterilized.

Residents made me aware of a dog that was hit by a car. It turned out that I know Khao who I sterilized a year ago. Khao broke her left hind leg and needed correction surgery. Additionally, I could finally catch a bitch with a monstrous TVT tumor. She is now receiving long term treatment including surgery.

Activity Report – March 2018

Brownie's and Bandit's chemotherapy treatment has been completed. Bandit has been brought back to his place and Brownie stayed with Beppe, who raised him. Brownie unfortunately didn't recover and died after two weeks. The metastases probably damaged his brain stem because he couldn't control his movement anymore. One of Prajuab's dogs started a chemotherapy treatment. Cho is suffering from nose cancer. The daily wound dressing for Adrian and Hala could be finalized. Their wounds are now healing naturally.

A double door system has been built for my small shelter in Baan Amphur where I currently accommodate 26 dogs. I set up three roofed cages which the dogs use as rain and sun shelter. Snowwhite and Maimai went back to Meow's shelter. In return, I took in Biaow and her two pups, Lina and Nura.

Thailand seems to have a new rabies problem. Dogs in so called red zones are being rounded up and purportedly quarantined. I took in Boss and Alana who are living exposed on Pattaya city beach, and vaccinated two other beach dogs. I vaccinated about fifty more dogs on the streets and in a temple area, and provided them with collars and tags.

I also took in Pinky, who is staying with Meow, to treat her anemia, Rocky from Wat Amparahm beach to treat him for liver insufficiency, and Rudi who also stays at Meow's shelter, to treat conjunctivitis. Rockys's brother, Toby, unfortunately died of acute renal failure.

Activity Report – February 2018

Stella found a new home. A Swiss couple who already took in a street dog adopted her and Stella fitted in perfectly.

Mirko's chemo therapy treatment has been completed and Brownie's treatment is ongoing. It seems that metastases severely impaired his vision. He is being treated with eye drops. Bandit, another male dog undergoes chemo therapy treatment too. Puschel, one of the puppies staying at a construction site cut his front leg and required stitches. Tayo completed a hydrotherapy treatment.

I took in Adrian, Tommy and Hala. Tommy is an orphan puppy who suffered from intestinal obstruction. He is on his way to recovery after several treatments. Adrian, the paralyzed dog, is suffering from abrasions on his crippled hind legs and needs daily wound dressing. Adrian is now receiving fluid every second day to support his kidneys. Hala, another orphan pup, developed a huge abscess on her neck and suffered from a couple of other wounds. She also needed daily wound dressing.

City Hall was threatening to remove all dogs from a construction site near a new built high rise condominium. I took in five puppies to Baan Amphur shelter and five adult dogs are now staying at Wat Amparahm, joining a bunch of dogs I already accommodate there.

Lena joined Kenji, Johnny, Patty and Adrian and is now also staying with me. She developed the habit chasing chicken in Meow's neighborhood. Meow also asked me to take Snowwhite and Maimai temporarily into Baan Amphur Shelter. Maimai chased motorcycles and Snowwhite was too often absent.

Activity Report – January 2018

To avoid biting among the five dogs I have at home, I transferred Zola and Toya to Baan Amphur shelter - keeping Kenj, Johnny and Patty with me. Zola and Toya are doing well at the shelter, now occupying a higher position in the hierarchy.

Asa has been transferred from Wat Ampharam to the shelter to treat her for ongoing skin issues. Nousha has been brought back to Baan Amphur shelter as well. She developed the habit of entering a nearby village. Stella is back at Meow's shelter. She was unhappy in Baan Amphur and lost weight. Unfortunately, she left the shelter but stays around.

I found Adrian, a severely maimed dog, and put him into Meow's shelter. His broken back and limbs cannot be fixed, but Adrian can now enjoy a better life in a safe surrounding.

Mirko, a male dog who lives in Naklua, and Brownie, one of Beppe’s dogs, both developed TVT. They are undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The Doxycyclin treatment for all puppies at Baan Amphur shelter has been completed. Mum, one of the mother dogs living in the bush, has been sterilized, as well as two of Yupin's dogs and a dog from the Pinnacle hotel.