Activity Report – June 2021

216 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 7,476.

Navo and Safo recovered well from castration. However, Safo, who recently recovered from Babesiosis, suffered a relapse and is since again on Doxycycline and Ferric. Bo, whose right front leg had been amputated, stayed for two weeks in my shelter and is now back to his place. Piak still receives daily infusions with saline solution. His condition is stable.

My new TVT station accommodates the first case. Since the bitch has already been spayed, she has to wait for her first vincristine injection for three weeks. The walls have been rendered, and the roof has been insulated.

I had to take in seven pups since they were born dangerously close to a busy road, and they started to explore their birthplace. Four of them have already been re-homed; three are still living in my shelter and are already accepted by the dogs in the house area. The three pups I took in last month all found new homes.

Activity Report – May 2021

193 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 7,260.

Two units of the TVT station have been built. Still, the roof has to be insulated and the floor tiled.

Safo and Navo, the last two pups I took in, have been sterilized. Bo, a street dog that lives near my home, had been hit by a car and suffered severe nerve damage on his left front leg. Since conventional treatment failed, the leg had to be amputated. Bo is still recovering in the shelter.

Piak's recent kidney test results revealed a creatinine level of 1.8 which is only slightly above normal. The daily treatment with saline seems to be working.

The eight dogs I took in since their owner was arrested are still with me. They are all in good health, albeit one of them was bitten by a nonvenomous snake. The dog recovered from a badly swollen paw.

I was made aware of three one-month old pups dumped on the beach. Fortunately, another rescuer took them in and will try to find homes for them when they are a few weeks older. For another seven six-week old pups, we have to find a home as well. They are now staying at a safe place in a ragged garden together with their mother that is still lactating them.

Activity Report – April 2021

132 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 7,067.

Taco, one of my temple dogs who developed TVT, fully recovered after four chemo treatments. Piak, another of my temple dogs who I took into the shelter, received daily fluid treatment for the whole month. Piak is responding well to the treatment. His creatinine level went down from 3.7 to 2.1. His fluid treatment continues. Coco picked up a tail wound that needed surgery. She is recovering.

All nine shelter pups and five street dogs recovered well from sterilization surgery. Safo, one of the recent two pups that I took in who developed blood parasites, completed a Doxy/Ferric treatment. A conclusive blood test revealed normal levels.

I was made aware of eight dogs whose owner got arrested for overstay. Since no one else was ready to take in the dogs temporarily, I had to do it. The dogs are in very good condition and are staying now in two shelter areas that were available since two dogs went to Wat Amparahm. The eight dogs are used to living in a house and garden but adapted well to the shelter life. Talo and Tara went to Wat Amparahm since they consistently broke through the metal sheet fence. They quickly got used to the temple life and are now enjoying their fenceless freedom.

At the end of the month, I finally found handymen who started to build the TVT station. They are as expensive as the other options I refused to take during the last two month, but I have no choice to wait for another offer since TVT street dogs have to be treated.

Activity Report – March 2021

One hundred forty-one more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 6,935.

The two pups that I took in two months ago, and that have been treated for blood issues, completed their treatment and are doing fine now. The third pup that I took in last month could not adapt; she went back to her rescuer and lives in her house. She is there getting cared for very well.

Taco, one of my temple dogs, developed TVT. He has already received three Vincristine injections and is on his way to recovery. Piak, another temple dog, lost weight. A blood test revealed renal impairment. A PCR test to determine whether Piak is suffering from a Leptospirosis infection came back negative. I took Piak into my shelter to treat him with saline solution on a daily basis. Since Piak's creatinine level is way too high, his prospect of recovery is unfortunately poor.

My plan to build a TVT station was hampered by several obstacles. A power supply on the land that was chosen to build the station on could not be obtained. I, therefore, decided to build the station inside my shelter. However, two cost estimates I obtained to build the station were unrealistic. Two other handymen I approached were too busy to accept the job.

After the completion of a month-long Doxy/Ferric treatment, I got nine shelter pups sterilized. Additionally, I managed to sterilize another five dogs that I picked up from the streets.

Activity Report – February 2021

114 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 6,762.

Apart from my daily routine work at the shelter and my weekly visits to Wat Amparahm to look after the dogs living there, I was busy getting 30 dogs for sterilization in two neighboring Sois near Wat Nongprue. I got four of my shelter pups sterilized as well.

The two pups that I took in the last months were ailing a bit. A blood test revealed blood parasites in one of them, and mild anemia with the other one. They are now on long term medication and are doing quite well. At the end of the month, I took in another motherless pup from the area the two pups are from. The rescuer, who is looking after the dogs there, asked me for help.

Activity Report – January 2021

149 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 6,648.

I reunited Navo with his brother Safo who completed a ten-day-long quarantine without issues. Both pups are thriving and getting along well with the bigger dogs.

My new staff made me aware of unsterilized dogs in his neighborhood. I took 17 of them to the clinic that has now been approved by Soi Dog Foundation to conduct the sterilizations for the year 2021. The mother of the five pups, that I took in in October, has been sterilized as well.

A dog I regularly monitor on the streets developed a tumor above his left eye. The tumor was removed successfully.  One of the dogs I monitor at Wat Amparahm disappeared. The young bitch was healthy and lived happily for two years with her four siblings on the temple grounds close to the beach.  

Within the last two weeks of the month, we got three visits from cobras. I was able to save one of the snakes; the other two were bitten to death by the dogs. Fortunately, none of the dogs were bitten. However, the snakes spat into two of the dogs' eyes. Both dogs were treated and recovered fully.

Activity Report – December 2020

99 more dogs have been sterilized and were taken back to their living places. The total number of sterilized dogs now stands at 6,499.

I took Navo in, a tiny, six weeks old puppy whose mother was killed in a car accident. His brother is currently in quarantine and will be taken in as well when a parvo or distemper infection can be ruled out.

The last month of the year passed without major issue. Most dogs are content living in their areas and are getting along with their companions well.