Dogs,Dogs & more Dogs

Today Karin & I teamed up again to visit some previous adoptions and take care of some other doggy matters together.

After this mornings vet trip for TvT & Sterilisations (starting out at 09:00), we visited a temple near Hang Dong where there were apparently some serious cases of TvT. None of the dogs were around when we arrived but Karin said she would follow up tomorrow. (She did, there were 3 serious cases of TvT)


Next we did a couple of follow up visits in the village near the shelter.

(Yes that is a dog in a metal bowl for a bed, next to an electricity generator for welding!!)

Aidut was the dog who previously had a problem with blood parasites and this week we are checking if he had been given his medication. Some of it was missing from the bag but about 80% of what should have been given was still there.

He was covered in red dye and the owner said the local authority vet had visited the village, giving sterilisations on the spot for 100baht. Poor Aidut showed the wound to us readily and we saw the stitch, on the scrotum, and noted it was looking unhealthy. The vet had taken the money & run. No meds, no after care. No collar to stop Aidut licking & no bandage covering the wound. Maybe their policy is to reduce numbers by sterilisation.....?! We bandaged the wound & gave him a collar for a few days. He sat in his bed for a diary photo. We hope he doesn't move about too much in his sleep!

Another doggy Bouy, living at the same home as Mee, was also not eating for a while. Turned out he had some pretty nasty gum & teeth infections & would need some antibiotics & maybe an extraction or 2.

Next we headed to Airport Plaza, returning Freeway after her sterilisation last week and gave her vaccinations too along with a few tasty snacks to welcome her home.

We met the very kind lady from the Plaza office who regularly feeds the residents of the car park. One poor guy was having problems walking on a hind leg and another had got thin & not eating. The vet said the leg problem was an old injury to the tibia and there appeared to be some ligament damage in the elbow area. He suggested anti inflammatory tablets to relieve the problem but said there was nothing more that could be done.

He said the problem with the other fella (gingjok) was not obvious but should be observed.

Next we visited a pair of previously adopted puppies and gave them their second vaccinations. They were very playful and were obviously enjoying their freedom in a new home.

We came across this poor fella wearing a big leather muzzle with the price /product lable still on it, exactly infront of the dogs eye view. Looked like Hannibal Lecter. He also had 2 big ding dong clang clang bells on his collar. That all came off, poor guy.

So back to the vet & pick up the sterilisations but enroute, we stopped off to see another serious TvT / Cancer case and took her along with us for a blood check.

We also caught up with some other dog loving people who had 2 Golden Retrievers & 2 Dalmations.

The female Dalmation Tdik, had puss coming from her vulva and it looks like Pyometra. I will take her to be sterilised & clean out the infection on Saturday.

By now its getting late, 20:00 and some folks turned up at the shelter, wanting to adopt. In the darkness ( and the smog of distant burn offs!) these 2 young people met Karin & she introduced her to some dogs and fell in love with Mom Maem and adopted him. I got home at 21:00

11 dogs

Started off with a trip to the small animal hospital in Chiang Mai to see the Orthopedic specialist with 3 dogs we have with bone problems.

Firstly there is Bill, the vet said the damage seen in the Xray was so old that surgery was out of the question and as the teeth were so strong, he would not recommend extraction either. Some student observers washed her mouth out for her and they asked a lot of questions about Cfd work.

Then there was Nong Dai, the puppy I picked up yesterday with what appeared to be paralysed back legs. The vet identified a damaged spine, vertebrae 8 & 9 were compressed together and there was a definite kink at that point. The vet suggested that to operate would not guarantee success and felt the chances of improvement were very low.

Finally there was Chrissy. A shy girl that is foster cared at Karin's home. It appears from Xray & the vets diagnosis, that she has a luxating patella which is why she occasionally limps. The vet said that to operate would most certainly cause more distress to the dog than to leave it alone and try to help the dog with anti-osteoarthritis medication instead.

Visited Hillside Condo 2 car park to see a dog that was reported to us recently as having an injured leg. Sure enough, his right front leg is lame and he doesn't use it. The security guard says that a motorbike hit him 2 years ago and the injury got wet and it didn't heal properly. (Well that's what he said!) So here is another case for next Thursday Orthopedic trip.

Next we visited a local vet, who was caring for a little terrier that had been beaten up by some other dogs & had some nasty bite wounds. We will take this little fella to the shelter next week and we are sure he will find a home very soon.

On route back to the shelter, we stopped at Mr Chan Pizza to check how the remaining 6 of the 9 pups were and to give them a spray for fleas & ticks. Amazing, someone had taken away another 5 and therefore only 1 remained. She looked so lonely. She will now join her 3 other brothers & sister back at Karin's home.

So, back to the shelter and drop off the 4 dogs on board. Then picking up Daeng & BuunKeow for their TvT injections, along with Mee from the village to have his ears looked at. Karin also took Coffee along and asked the vet about his ears.

Great news about Daeng, her tumour looks a little smaller already and certainly not bleeding like last week. Only 1 injection & that has had an effect.






BuunKeow's tumour is internal so far so not noticeably different but certainly no blood coming out of her vulva.

Mee's ears no longer had maggots in them, thanks to the efforts of the owner, applying medication every day but they were now still very dirty and needed to get a thorough clean daily too. At least the dog didn't scream this time every time the vet prodded his ears.

Coffee tipped the scales ( literally) at 36 kilos and it seems his ear canal is smaller on one side and therefore harder to clean inside. Karin said that when he was originally rescued from a temple, he had a wound from a severe bite on that ear, so this may be why he now has a reduced opening to that ear.

Ok, so that's the second trip over. Finally Karin & I went to the rear of Airport Plaza to meet up with a dog loving woman who told us about some of the dogs living around the car park there. We picked up 1 gentle girl we named Freeway ( after a sign on a truck near her) and we will get her sterilised next week.