Activity Report - May 2023

The merger of the black puppies with the older puppies and some of the larger dogs in the big Sala area was quite successful. Although the young puppies still need to establish their places in the hierarchy, that will be done in the coming weeks.

I had to make a few more relocations. Zola and Toya couldn't quite find their way in the newly created area and are now living in the double-gate section, which they share with several other dogs. Both dogs are fine with the relocation. The newly created area is now occupied only by Nuri and Mona.

Dina, Cookie, and Maggie Song, the three dogs that I recently discovered who were not spayed, have now been sterilized. I also had six dogs from the temple beach and two others from Wat Yang Yai sterilized. Talib and Jomo, the two older shelter puppies, have been sterilized as well.

Talib suffered an ugly chest wound while trying to pass through a metal sheet. The wound is healing well, but Talib needs to visit the clinic every three days to change the bandage. Kylie's coat condition is improving. She has decided to stay in the treatment room, and that seems to be doing her good. However, Roshi's coat condition is still unsatisfactory, despite her receiving special food.

Billy has developed swelling in the throat area. He is being treated. A blood test showed slight anemia. Kyra is also slightly anemic. Both dogs are undergoing a six-week Doxycycline/Ferric treatment.

Activity Report - April 2023 

This month has been marked by several relocations. Jake, one of the temple dogs, developed fur problems, so I took him to the shelter where he settled in quite well. He now shares the double-gate area with Khiaow, Chip, Billy, Satya, Maggie, and also Tinka, who joined from the house area. 

The five black puppies Tibor, Tarik, Tasha, Tessa, and Tina, as well as Shaina, have been relocated to the Pat area, which they share with Nuri. Dotty has returned to the temple where she is happier. She has recovered well from the surgical procedures.

 

Towards the end of the month, I realized that Cookie is in heat. During her sterilization, it turned out that not even her fallopian tubes were cut. To prevent her from being mounted by the large puppies that are not yet castrated, she stays in the treatment room for a week. 

At the end of the month, we gradually introduced the large puppies to the small ones. They will grow up together in the foreseeable future.

 

With the completion of the month, I have a new area constructed so that we have more separation possibilities. It often happens that dogs who have been getting along fine for a long time develop mutual animosities and have to be separated.

 Activity Report - March 2023

The events of the past month had not been easy for me to handle. It started with me having to take Aki to the clinic because he was not feeling well. He died under my hands on the examination table. The cause of his rapid health deterioration was internal bleeding. The day after, I was with Norbu at Dr. Oi's. His test results showed alarmingly low levels of red blood cells. Norbu was put on an IV. Serge informed me that two of the Mabprachan puppies had been run over. I decided to take the remaining five puppies with me.

At the beginning of the second week of March, I saw Jampa, one of Dahn's puppies, dead under a pallet. The day after, I found Hakim and Yana dead as well. I took Arkan and Kito, two more of Dahn's puppies, to Dr. Oi, barely alive.

Two days later, I was with Japa, Kavi, and Shaina at Dr. Oi's. I had taken these three puppies from Beppe. Japa and Kavi died after two days - also from internal bleeding. Shaina survived. All five Mabprachan puppies showed similar symptoms too but survived until the end of the month.

Norbu, Arkan and Kito recovered after intensive treatment. In his last days, Tommy didn't take in any food at all. I took him to Dr. Oi's clinic, where he died after two days from kidney failure.

 Activity Report - February 2023

During my temple visit on the first day of the month, I witnessed that Satya had been attacked by a couple of the front hall dogs she had been living with for years without incident. Since her sister Panya suddenly disappeared, Satya has isolated herself and is vulnerable now.

I detected a deep wound on Taco's back which needed to be treated. So I decided to take both dogs into the shelter. Taco got back to the temple after his wound had healed, but Satya is going to stay at the shelter for the time being.

Asha, one of the four pups I took in on Beppe's request, got bitten to death. Jade was the culprit. I took her back to the area where her mum Amy and her three siblings live. Jade blended in quite well.

The abbot of Wat Yang Yai asked me to get a couple of the temple dogs sterilized. During the month, twelve dogs have been sterilized.

Tommy lost weight recently. A blood test revealed a very high creatinine level, which is usually fatal within weeks. Tommy receives a daily saline solution infusion now.

 Activity Report - January 2023

Dotty, one of my temple dogs, developed a massive swelling on the right side of her body. A test revealed that the tissue was not cancerous and could be removed. Dotty is still recovering in the shelter. Mona received her fourth and final Vincristine injection. She will be vetted again next month. 

Towards the end of the month, I took in four more six-week-old puppies. Beppe, a rescuer friend, found them motherless on a waste ground and kept them for two weeks. Since Beppe lives in a small house, he asked me to admit the pups. 

I integrated the eight older pups together with her mother into a group of adult dogs in a spacious area. The four new pups are now staying with a couple of adult dogs in an area where the older pups have been staying. The adult dogs in that area are already used to staying with pups, which makes the integration of the new pups easier.

Activity Report - December 2022

Francine, the woman who rescued the pups, took them back within the first days of the month. They all recovered fully from the infection and are striving. Dodger recovered from the nasty nose wound and is back to his area. Brownie has been reunited with her owners. She does not use her broken hip normally, but can freely move around.

A new test which Nimnim underwent revealed a high creatinine level. Despite a daily infusion with saline solution, Nimnim died peacefully at the end of the month. Lizzy, the puppy I recently took in, has been sterilized. She recovered well.

Jutta, a German woman who recently moved to Pattaya, offered to help me with the shelter tasks. Jutta has a lot of experience with street dogs and is going to work three times a week for a couple of hours.

At the end of the month, I took in a mother dog with her eight, six weeks old pups. They had been rescued but could not stay with the rescuer, since she moved house. It is a new challenge again, but I could not reject the plea. Dahn, the mother dog, trusts me already and all pups seem to be in good health.

Activity Report - November 2022

Since I am not coordinating the SDF sterilization project any longer, I am not going to publish the number of sterilized dogs here anymore. The project is going to continue, and actual numbers can be gathered from https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1bt0XB0tNGk5JPAfGtTM_9_HyXN1InsMZ&ll=13.089429993653557%2C101.02317258713333&z=10

Usually, the dogs get on with each other quite well, but this month I had to deal with two incidents that caused injuries in sensitive areas. Lingling was suffering from a cut under her left eye, and Dodger suffered from a nasty cut at his nose. Both cuts had to be stitched up by Dr. Oi who did a very good job. Lingling's cut was healed after a week, but Dodger had to be separated from his buddies for almost two weeks, which hurt him more than the wound did.

At the end of the month, I had to take in three eight-week-old pups. Two of them had been Parvo infected and were being treated for a couple of days. The woman who rescued the pups from a certain death could not accommodate the pups, and all other places refused to take them in. I hope they will all survive and can find permanent homes.