Accepting defeat gracefully

After a year of posting to this blog and becoming linked with so many interesting dogs, cats, birds, cows & people, and living an array of emotional experiences, I have to admit that revealing ones feelings to occasional readers is quite a responsibility that I cannot continue with the same enthusiasm I once had.

If you have found inspiration from these experiences or indeed been moved by them, I thank you for reading these pages and taking time to participate in the love that so many share for dogs, homeless and in need, here in Chiang Mai.

Although not on a regular basis and in no way as detailed, I have another blog in the making called Temple Dogs and this will include some of my attempts to help needy creatures.

Sadly this will be the last post to this blog.

Warm regards

Ally

Paul - Update

Gill & I visited volunteer Sarah's home where we met up with Paul who has been given reprieve from the pressure at the shelter.

I say "pressure" as he would get picked on by other mobile dogs and boys being boys, he would get into everything and that didn't bode well for his dragging limbs, wound sores being scrapped on stone and exacerbated. He would be kept separately & quietly as much as possible but sometimes he would just be in the middle of a fight and could not escape.

We found him in the bushes, keeping cool and a little hesitant at first. Sarahs home will provide him with a quiet refuge and somewhere to rest up, without fear of attack or deprivation of food.

After a few cuddles from Gill, he soon relaxed and settled with the attention from a couple of other guests we had along, a couple of NZ vets on their holidays here. One of them an orthopedic specialist, gave Paul a work over and suggested that all is not lost and that with care and proper physio, he might just be able to use 1 if not both of his back legs.

Gill immediately pledged to attend Paul as much as possible, giving his limbs necessary exercise and massage, to encourage muscle development. Worryingly, Sarah suggested that she would observe his development over the next 2 weeks and if there was no improvement, Cfd would need to reconsider his future. - Did I say no pressure here?

September 2007 at the Shelter - Chiang Mai Thailand

Stopped by the shelter today to pick up Sarah and took a few pics of the inmates!

And folks think the UK is an advanced civilisation...

Ten men have been found guilty and a further 16 have admitted involvement in what the RSPCA says is one of the largest dog fights it has uncovered.

In a video shown to the jury squeals of pain could be heard and phrases such as "shake him" and "come on boy" as the dogs bit each other. Read more...

Wat Kao Kwai - Chiang Rai

Visited a Wat in Chiang Rai and happened across some lucky guys being cared for by the nuns at the temple. Lunch had just finished & the nuns were giving the left overs to the quiet healthy looking residents at the temple. Some of the dogs looked old, which to me indicates they have possibly been there a long time and doing ok by the nuns. It was also refreshing not to see any young pups.

If only all temples were like this, where the monks and nuns actually gave food to the dogs & cats, rather than just letting them scavenge the waste bins and remain afraid of human contact.