Activity report  – February 2015

My house became a refuge for several dogs, some of them stayed and some had to go back to the places where they stayed before they came to me. Bieow and her puppies settled in nicely. The puppies are striving; Bieow is gaining weight and can use her broken leg quite well. Yayas abscesses disappeared completely and he developed to a strong and healthy dog full of energy. Since a second scrape test didn’t show any parasites on Lucy’s skin I suspended the weekly Ivermectin injections. She and Aya also developed very well. 

Boss skinned the paw of his paralysed leg; therefore I decided to amputate it. Boss recovered well from the surgery and is still with me. He could have already gone back to the beach staying with Alana but since City Hall is planning a round-up of all street dogs, I’ll keep him for the time being.

Some women in my neighbourhood are accommodating a bunch of street dogs. For two of them I provided sterilisation. Two more bitches from the parking lot have been spayed as well. Unfortunately one of the remaining dogs had puppies again. Another dog which I failed to catch before she got pregnant had her puppies in a bush area. Out of seven she had, two were taken by someone, one died and one has been adopted. The remaining three are regularly with me in order to keep them free from ticks and fleas. They are striving well. 

I continued the treatment of several mangy dogs and fed dogs in my neighbourhood if necessary, provided dry food to residents and security guards who are looking after dogs. I picked up a TVT male dog with a huge open wound on his back side who is responding to chemo therapy well. 

The market woman that I employed feeds the dogs with rice food and I feed them with dry food. I took one of the dogs with persistent skin problems to a save place in Pattaya where I provide her with medicine on a daily basis. I took several dogs and who live in bushes and grasslands for a shower and treated them against ticks and fleas. 

Fortunately, I found two of the dogs who disappeared last month. They had been taken by some residents. But unfortunately, a young bitch disappeared who had been recently spayed. I hope that she just changed territory.

Activity report – January 2015

I settled down in “my” new house and had already several guests there, some are still staying which are Yaya, Lucy and Aya. Boss is back to the beach where he stays with his girlfriend Alana. For a couple of days I had Jake with me. He is from Wat Amparahm. Jake had a nasty bite wound which I could treat myself. He is already back to the temple. I also had Flake with me. She stays in a parking lot and had been spayed. After her recovery I brought her back to the parking lot. As a long time guest I have now Bieow. She was hit by a car and broke her leg.

Bieow was pregnant and gave birth at my friend’s house. Since Karin is now treating several new TVT dogs she asked me to take in Bieow and her six three weeks old puppies. Besides Flake, I also have Figo, Fanta and Farah sterilized. They also live in that parking lot and stayed only a few days in my house. Two more dogs, Bliss and Bessie, have been sterilized as well. Bliss lives in a slum and Bessie at a bar. The expenses for all of these dogs were covered by donations. 

In Wat Amparahm I also organized the sterilization of four dogs. The expenses were also covered by a donation. All dogs in Wat Amparahm are now sterilized, except one bitch that is pregnant and one male dog which we could not catch. 

I have been to clinics many times, Yaya developed abscesses, Lucy needed injections to treat Demodex, Bieow needed to be treated every week and then in and out for all the sterilizations at three different clinics.

Five times a week I provide dry food for the Naklua dogs, residents and security guards got a bag of 15 kg each; I provided 60 kg rice to feed the dogs in Wat Amparahm and Tongklom; I supported Nuan, the poor woman with her cats and now Ui, another woman, as well who is giving food to street dogs near my house. She is starting to help me to look after Bieow and her puppies when I’m working.

Activity report  – December 2014

Currently I’m looking after more than 80 dogs in and around Pattaya. 39 of them are living in Naklua area which is the oldest part of Pattaya. I have been staying there in a flat for almost three years and moved recently into a traditional Thai house not far away from that apartment house. Boss is now staying with me. From the parking lot of the apartment house I also took Leila with me, a street cat who I’m looking after for almost three years.

The dogs in the Naklua are living on several Sois (alleys), on a scrapyard, in a slum, in a residential area and some of them on their own at different places. I regularly provide dry food for the scrapyard dogs, the slum dogs and a couple of dogs at one of the Sois. This food goes to residents or security guards at these places who are feeding the dogs with rice food as well. The other Naklua dogs are getting fed by other residents or restaurants. 

I go to see all of these dogs at least two, three times a week providing those with dry food who are not regularly fed by residents. The Naklua dogs are pretty well fed and except a few they are in fairly good shape since I monitor them regularly. All except two female dogs have been already spayed. The two unspayed ones I couldn’t catch yet despite several attempts but they are the next on my list. Several of the male dogs are neutered as well. However, I discovered recently four more dogs, two males and two females. They are not sterilized as far as I know and two of them are mangy, so I started treating them as well.

There are dogs on several places in the Naklua area that I’m treating for Demodex mange. This is an ongoing treatment since Demodex is very difficult to cure. Actually, I can only try keeping this kind of mange at bay. 

At Pattaya Bazaar, where my working place is, I’m looking after seven adult dogs and two puppies. Three females are spayed and one male dog is neutered. I managed to spay the remaining fourth female just recently after several unsuccessful attempts. The two puppies are staying with their mother. This dog was successful treated for TVT and is now spayed as well. I’m currently trying to find new homes for the puppies. Two puppies from that place have already been adopted recently. All dogs are daily fed with dry food in the morning and rice food in the evening. The rice food is distributed by Wan, a dedicated dog lover from Myanmar whom I work together with for more than two years.

At three days a week I go to see dogs in a Buddhist temple located 20 km outside of Pattaya. Currently I’m looking after 21 dogs there. They are all rescue dogs from different places in Pattaya where they have been chased away. The abbot of the temple was so kind to offer me a part of the temple which borders directly to the beach. I know some of these dogs for more than three years, a few of them I raised since they were born. For more than a year I fed the dogs only with dry food since they were not fed by the temple. 

Two months ago I found a market woman who is now feeding the dogs with rice food daily. All dogs are well fed and in fairly good condition. They are all spayed or neutered. I also provide food and monitor three female dogs in a village near Pattaya. One of these dogs recovered fully from mange and the second one from TVT. All three dogs are now spayed as well. 

Finally, there are twelve dogs in South Pattaya which are looked after by security guards. I provide dry food for them and I’m regularly treating two of them for Demodex mange. All female dogs are spayed.

Besides my daily routine I got two female dogs and six female cats spayed this month. Five of these cats belong to an old woman who is looking after about 20 cats in her house. This woman goes out every night to feed cats and dogs in Naklua area. She has very little money and therefore I support her. The sixth cat I found near the house I moved in recently. One of the spayed dogs is a dog from Pattaya Bazaar and the other one I am treating for Demodex mange. After some sort of recovery she became in heat. Therefore, urgent action was necessary.

Bieow, one of the dogs Wan is looking after at another place was hit by a car two weeks ago. Bieow suffered a fracture to her left hind leg and is now in foster care. She received another two treatments recently. Her treatment has to be continued for a couple of weeks. Bieow is pregnant. Right now we don’t know what to do with her after have giving birth. 

Yaya, one of other three Pattaya Bazaar puppies ate some toxic substance and suffered kidney damage. He was admitted for a couple of days receiving intensive treatment and is now staying with me at my house. Yaya is recovering but requires ongoing treatment against blood parasites. Lucy, another puppy from Pattaya Bazaar developed a huge abscess at her right front leg. She needed daily care at a clinic but recovered well. Since Yaya and Lucy require daily care I took them with me together with her remaining sibling Aya.

Activity report – May 2012
Khun Chatree tells me that Lizzy lost all of her puppies. She couldn't give birth and almost died. Alana, a bar owner saved her life by taking her to a clinic where the dead puppies have been removed. Lizzy was spayed as well during the procedure. After a couple of days is Lizzy joining Shana, her puppies, Arnie and Prince again. Whitney, Gina, Holly and Ronnie have been sterilized. 

Faye's puppies have obviously unintentionally buried by a digger and died. At Pattaya Bazaar I'm looking at Shana and the puppies, feed them every day as well as Lizzy, Arnie and Prince. Old Man, Diana, Bobby and Charly I feed at Talat Rung Roht. 

Since the rental contract of the house I've been living in with Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Holly is about to expire and I decided to move into a small apartment in Naklua, I take the dogs to the temple in Sa Kaeow. Parting with them is not easy but inevitable.

Close to my new apartment I discover four dogs, on the access way to the apartment house two females which I call Josy and Jenny and on a parking lot behind the building two males which I call Nico and Kobi. 

The management of Pattaya Bazaar decided to remove all dogs from the area. About forty of them are living there. Fortunately I found an unoccupied house at the rear end of Talat Rung Roht where I put Shana, Lizzy, Arnie, Prince and four of the puppies. Two of them had been removed by someone before I found the new place for them. For Chatree's dogs I found a shelter near Korat that agrees to take 30 dogs. 

I haven't seen Paco and Lucy for a couple of days. I think Pace died and hope that Lucy moved to another place.

Activity report – April 2012

Tony calls me, he needs my help. Derek Doyle of Mabprachan dog shelter has parked his truck with eleven dogs in front of Tony’s shop. Derek received a call from the owner of a piece of land on which the dogs stayed telling him that if the dogs were not removed they would be poisoned. Tony has no idea where to put the dogs and therefore I agree to take them for a couple of days until we have found a place for them.

Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Holly are not convinced they should share the house with the newcomers and so I decide to put them in my sleeping room and the new dogs into the living room and the kitchen. Fortunately all dogs, one male dog, four mother dogs and six five month old pups, are behaving astonishing well and adapting very fast to their new environment and to me.

Coming next day back from work all dogs are well but the house is dirty and the fly screen on the entrance door is in tatters. I feed the dogs and open the entrance gate to let the dogs enter the Soi in front of the house. I clean all rooms and collect than the dogs which are still around.

The next day is a public holiday before a weekend. Therefore I have time to spend with the dogs and open all doors inside the house, but only Ronnie is interested to get into contact with the new dogs, Babe just want to be left alone and Gina and Holly entrench themselves in the sleeping room.

It goes without saying that a solution must be found rather sooner than later since I cannot cope with this situation for long.

Holly's skin is still in bad shape and I try again a treatment with Ivermectin. The correct dosage is 1 mg for 1 kg body weight. Accordingly, Holly has to be given one tablet a week. Gina's and Ronnie's skin is looking much better.

Tony found a temple in Sa Kaeow who is willing to take the dogs. A few days later all dogs are taken to that temple which is located in the middle of nowhere. The monks there love dogs and dogs have enough space to settle down there.

Shana and Bella gave birth to six and ten puppies and Faye has also puppies but I don't know how many because she is hiding them between concrete blocks. Shana is hiding their pups under a stage and Bella in an empty sewer pipe. A couple of days later I carry Bella's pups to a sheltered place. On the rear end of the large waste ground behind Tony's shop are staying two beautiful dogs which I call Whitney and Brad. When I go to feed Bella and Faye I feed them as well.

At the end of the month I see that Lizzy is about to give birth. I didn't see her for a couple of days and suppose that she had given birth somewhere near the toilet house.

Activity report – March 2012

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.

Activity report – February 2012

I went to see the guard who is taking care of a whole bunch of street dogs inside the abandoned market hall at Pattaya Bazaar. His name is Chatree. I brought him 10 kg rice. One of the bitches gave birth to a couple of puppies but Chatree could only safe two of them. The dogs are always excited to see me even if I haven’t been there for a couple of weeks. I hope I can help Chatree a bit more as soon as I get something going with Tony.

Ronnie's leg wounds have healed, but the surgery seems to have failed thoroughly. He can’t bend his knee and is dragging his leg. I have to see the vet again to discuss what we can do.

Gina and Holly are doing well and are growing by the day. They are very attached to the house and don’t like to leave it. Babe however likes to explore the neighborhood but I’m not worried since she is an experienced street dog.

Every other day I go to see Paco and Lucy in Soi 14. Paco is always happy to see me coming and wants to go with me when I’m leaving, but that’s not possible. His eyes are looking better now, the conjunctiva is no longer red and he is not so much wheezing and sneezing any more. I have to observe his condition and plan to get his blood tested in a few weeks. Lucy still doesn’t show any symptoms at all.

Old Man has recovered from the accident so far, the injured eye has healed but he is now probably visually impaired. Diana needs to be spayed but I don’t have the money for that. I hope I can get a donation from Tony. I haven’t seen Doggy for months and since one week Blacky is not showing up either.

I made friends with Harry who appears frequently in the underground parking lot where I park my scooter during the working time hours. He is a very friendly fellow. Recently he showed up with a bitch that inexplicably seemed to be excited to see me since she overjoyed jumped up on me right from our first encounter. It will be necessary to get her spayed to spare her the same experience as Cora that had seven puppies in the parking lot from which I’ve seen remaining two now staying with Chatree.

I have been with Hollie, Gina and Ronnie to the clinic to get their blood checked. The result is that Holly and Gina suffer from sarcoptic mange and Ronnie has demodicosis mange. Holly and Gina get a shot and for Ronnie I get tablets. Holly and Gina are going to get a shot every week for six weeks.

The vet is telling me that Ronnie’s leg stiffness can be treated with massage. My first attempt to gently touch his leg back home fails since Ronnie doesn’t like the treatment and is snapping at me.

I met Lyndy Moore Eggleton. She introduced herself as a craniosacral therapist and told me that she is looking for people who care for stray animals. I tell her about Ronnie's problem and she says that she would like to take a look at his leg.

I have been with Babe, Ronnie, Gina and Hollie at the vet. Gina and Hollie got their second shot and I also received antibiotics for them. Ronnie needs to continue taking the medication and Babe receives preventive treatment for mange.

Lyndy visits us and treats Ronnie. As she is very careful and patient with him he endures the treatment he receives. Lyndy wishes to continue the treatment on the 27th.

I’m back to the clinic with Hollie and Gina. Hollie's condition has deteriorated. The treatments for Holly, Gina and Ronnie continue. 

Lyndy tells me that she wants me to pick her up from an hotel in Soi Khao Talo on the 28th. I’m at the hotel at the appointed time. Since Lindy is not waiting for me at the lobby I ring her up but she does not answer. I try it again after a couple of minutes and a  woman answers my call who introduces herself  as Lyndy’s friend. This woman tells me that Lyndy had died, probably already on Sunday or Monday. She has been found in her bed, apparently passed away peacefully.