Activity Report – July 2020

Two hundred more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 5,600.

 

I took two new dogs in. The first one was either dumped or ran away. He is in very good condition and wore a collar when I picked him up. The second one is a street dog that is suffering from a broken hip. Both dogs were fitting in well. The accident dog is being treated conservatively and is making progress.

 

Two of my shelter dogs who stayed with me for more than two years have been adopted. They are now living in a luxury house with a big garden and adapted very well.

 

Unfortunately, I lost a dog that was with me for more than five years. Lina suffered from a lung emphysema and died after short treatment in a clinic.Tinka, Aki and Aldo, my now seven month old pups, have been sterilized. They were recovering from the surgery very well.

 

Two of my white coated shelter dogs are suffering from persistent dermatitis. I am treating them now with a mixture of sulfur and coconut oil after any other treatment failed. Both dogs are showing signs of improvement. Lingling is suffering from blood parasites and had to start a six week long treatment with Doxycycline and blood support. Amara's test result shows an elevated creatinine level. She has to undergo lengthy fluid therapy.

Activity Report – June 2020

Two hundred more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 5,400.

I created a new smaller area by partitioning one of the spacious rear areas. That area was supposed to accommodate Leyla who had been with me for a couple of months. Leyla came to me in bad condition and never really recovered. She finally gave up and died being treated at a clinic. Now I use that additional area to separate dogs if necessary. Currently, however, this new area is connected to two other areas which can be used together or separately.

I had to take in two dogs from Wat Amparahm market. They are mother and daughter. The mother got sick and a blood test revealed blood parasites. The test result of her daughter didn't look too bad, but both dogs have to be treated twice a day. The dog with the fungal infection is in stable condition and back to his place.

I regularly routine-test dogs for anemia or blood parasites. Only a very few show normal results; some suffer from blood parasites without showing significant symptoms. Although the shelter is almost tick-free, I wonder how many strays might suffer from blood parasites dying an early death. One of my dogs suffered from a slightly elevated creatinine level. She has been treated with fluid. Two puppies are suffering from  papilomas. They are being treated with Immuplex. The last two pups I took in are now fully vaccinated.

Activity Report – May 2020
200 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 5,200.

The separation of the dogs is now pretty much established. Occasionally, a dog may need to be shifted to another group, but most of the dogs are getting along well with each other. I'm trying to keep the numbers stable. Dogs which I have to take in since they have to be treated daily or even twice a day have to go back to their places when the treatment is complete.

Right now I accommodate two of those cases. One is suffering from a fungal infection and the other one from blood parasites. The chemotherapy of both TVT dogs has been successfully completed, and they are back to their places.

Activity Report – April 2020 

200 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 5,000.

Since Pattaya had been locked down for the better part of the month, I couldn't enter the city anymore. That, however, had only a minor impact on my daily working routine at the shelter. I stored enough dry food and rice to cover the whole month before the supply chain had been disrupted. Both clinics whose services I regularly use are located in Banglamung district where I also have my shelter. The care of the temple dogs was not disturbed either, as the temple is located outside the restricted area as well.

Besides the shelter dogs and the temple dogs I now have to look after a couple of dogs on the streets. I noticed them on my way to the shelter. Two of them developed TVT, and two other ones have to be treated for severe skin problems. I had to take one of the latter dogs into the shelter since he disappeared off and on. The other three remain at their usual places. The TVT dogs have to be taken for chemo therapy treatment every ten days. The other two dogs get medicated twice a day.

I also took in two six-week old puppies. I found them in an abandoned house on the beach together with her mother. Since the mother disappeared for a couple of days, I took the puppies in. They are both healthy and thriving, and already well integrated into the bunch of dogs in the house area of the shelter.

Activity Report – March 2020
200 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 4,800.

The new partitioning of the shelter proved successful. Over the course of the month, I changed some dogs back and forth and now I have five stable groups in seven enclosures. Some connecting enclosure gates are open when I'm at the shelter; some enclosures are strictly separated from other enclosures. The dogs have accepted those spatial separations. They still have enough space to roam around, and don't need to fight for their preferred places or against dogs they don't like.

 

Due to the separation of the dogs, biting has become rare. The treatment costs have thus been reduced. Smaller scuffles are unavoidable; after all, I am dealing with dogs that had to learn standing their ground for most—if not all—of their lives.

 

The dogs are now being fed daily at noon. Twice a week they are getting rice food, and on the other days dry food. The puppies and some other dogs are getting specially prepared rice food every day.

Since  I'm now assisted by a volunteer who is in charge of the daily feeding, my workload is a bit less than normal. That's good for my physical and mental health.

Activity Report – February 2020

200 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 4,600.

By the new partitioning of the shelter, two more pens have been created. The newly created enclosures are connected by doors and can be used flexibly. That makes combination or separation of dogs more easily possible.

A volunteer is now preparing rice food once or twice a week. The dogs are loving the addition to the menu and it supports their digestive functions as well.

The last three pups I took in are already perfectly integrated. They have been fully vaccinated, and are growing and thriving.

All dogs at Wat Amparahm are also fine. They are having a good life at the temple on the beach.

Activity Report – January 2020

Soi Dog Foundation is going to fund 200 sterilizations per month in the Pattaya area for 2020. At the end of this month, 200 dogs had been sterilized and were taken back to their living places.

I had to take in three approximately 6-week-old puppies that had been dumped at a waste ground near the shelter where I monitor a couple of dogs. I put them in quarantine for a week, and fortunately it turned out they are virus-free. They now live together with the adult dogs and are thriving.

I detected another less dangerous virus—the papilloma virus—with several of my older puppies. I successfully treated the infection with Immuplex—an Echinacea extract.

All nine now 8-month-old pups that I took in six months ago are now sterilized. The wound healing process had been without incident.

I decided to create a couple of more pens inside the shelter to be more flexible separating dogs if necessary. The construction work started at the end of the month.