NR's Temple Dogs - Wat Khao Din, Hua Hin

[November Rain]

Originally Posted by Norton

Really nasty looking in the first two pics and a big improvement in the last. Looks like his appetite greatly improved as well.

Yeah, he waddles rather than walks, now!

[November Rain]

Originally Posted by nedwalk

thanks NR my heart is a little tender at the moment, i walked in and spotted my old girls dog blanky and tucker dish, i best put them away now, it was nice to see someone careing for our four legged mates, keep up your great work!!

Thanks, nedwalk. Take it easy.

[November Rain]

Originally Posted by momo8

Beautiful thread Rain,and great pics.

Here in HK it is so sad to see so many dogs being dumped by their owners,usually expats moving back to their home country.

I am a volunteer at the HKDR (HK Dog Rescue) I am not a vet so can't help with dog medical issues,but once a week I go there and take some dogs for a walk in the forest park around Pokfulam.I want to adopt every one of them but where we live I can't have a dog so my babies look forward to my visit every week.

This is a pic of the great people who work and help there



Some dogs who come in have been abused and starved and it's a criminal offence in HK to abuse animals carries a goal term and fine.One man was sentenced to six months goal for selling dogs as fighting dogs for gambling,can't find that link but it was big news here about a year ago.

Keep up your good work Rain!

Same problems here, Momo.

Lovely pic & nice to see everyone helping the dogs out. They look really happy. I hadn't heard of HKDR, I got my dogs from SPCA in HK. Where are they (HKDR) based? How many dogs do they have? Do they have much success in rehoming?

[November Rain]

Originally Posted by Happyman

Had a dog 50 years ago when I was on the farm - sheepdog- one blue eye and one brown one !
Lived in an old vinegar barrel as a kennel - kills fleas and ticks - used to smell like a packet salt and vinegar crisps!!!
Now I am not so keen on them !
Prefer cats and birds - got a shitload of both !!!
Nevertheless I really appreciate people who see the need to help animals.
Keep up the good work N.R.

Thanks, Happyman. Vinegar kills fleas & ticks? That's one I haven't heard. I wonder if a diluted vinegar rinse would work? - better for them than chemicals. Hmmm... Thanks for the tip, Happyman.

[Smeg]

Animal cruelty is a real heart-wrencher. Only last night i saw a pick-up truck stacked high with cages of chickens which are no doubt all dead now. The poor little creatures were sticking their wide-open beaks through the sides of the cages, due to horror or heat, who knows. I wanted to jump out of my cab and set them all free. What a futile idea....

[November Rain]

^ I know. Living in Asia can be really heart wrenching. The stuff we see every day that would have people in the West boycotting & campaigning left, right & centre... How do you change it?

[Smeg]

Not possible. A combination of less education and poverty means that the locals have less time and ability to worry about animal rights.

[smallworld]

Talking of dumping, where I used to live in Thailand the locals would take kittens from ferral cats and put them in a bag and throw them under my house from their motorbike

[Happyman]

Vinegar

First thing that you did when you got a new dog was to go to the grocers and buy a vinegar barrel !
Sarsons used to supply in wooden casks - probably about 25 gallons -you took your own bottle to be filled .
If you paid the 30/- that the grocer pais as deposit you got one- took it home and cut a dog sized hole on one end and that was it !
The soaked in fumes were good for a couple of years !- and the dog didn't mind !

[Propagator]

Originally Posted by November Rain

Well, I thought it was about time I got off my backside and did another photo thread for TD

Should do it more often

Great work NR, good to see the before and after pics of the dogs. Can't green you yet

[kingwilly]

great stuff, awesome thread, i must admit surprise at how good some of the dogs look in such a short time.

and really nice thread, it should be translated to thai and placed on a thai one so that some more thai.s can see the results as well, it may spur them to treat their dogs better!

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Great thread NR.

[Jet Gorgon]

I just heard about the collateral fall-out of the US housing crisis: people have to move to rental properties, most if which do not allow pets. The SPCA is full and many folks left their pets locked in the garage or house with no food.

[Luckydog]

[quote=Smeg;595561]It's an interesting topic NR, but unless you are like AO and need to hide away from thailand in a gated mooban, these sights are seen by everyone every day. I don't see the purpose of being shown more.

I was sickened and angry the first few times I saw dogs in this state, but to get over this, over the years one has to harden up and find "excuses" for the thais to allow this to continue. Now i try to think that these dogs are luckier than the many millions of wild animals that starve to death or are eaten alive every day. It helps, but not much.[/quo
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Shut your Cake 'ole Smeg!
The day YOU do as much or even half as much good as NR is the day the
posters here will have heart attacks!

[Luckydog]

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Great thread NR.

Good man GS. I agree absolutely!

[Luckydog]

NR I have been treating a poor bitch on Pattaya hill for a few weeks. She was almost bald. Mange I guess. Anyway. I bought a pack of Biomec-4000 and gave her a pill every 10days. She is completely cured now and the new hair is coming through. It's good for Heartworm,Ticks and Fleas too.

If you would like me to get a few packs for you please PM me and I will be happy to do so.

Keep up the good work. There is lots of sympathy for poor Soi Dogs on TD but few actually do anything for them. YOU are a diamond!

[Loombucket]

Well done NR, I'm a bit late on this because I couldn't get the pictures to load. Nice to see the effect that you are having on the Dog community. Like the old Monk said, it is very good for the ones that you can help. They will have a better life from now on. I hope that you allow yourself to be more than a little proud of what you have done. Good work and some good photos.

[Lady Hawk]

Great thread N/r the dogs look so much better

[bkkmadness]

Finally got round to reading this thread. You're an absolute star NR.

One of the dogs in the pack near me has lost the use of his back legs now. I didn't think he was going to make it because I chucked him some fried chicken and he just ignored it. But a few weeks later, still alive and alert, though always looking in a very sorry state. Not much can be done about it I guess.

[November Rain]

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

One of the dogs in the pack near me has lost the use of his back legs now. I didn't think he was going to make it because I chucked him some fried chicken and he just ignored it. But a few weeks later, still alive and alert, though always looking in a very sorry state. Not much can be done about it I guess.

How did he lose the use of his legs? Hit by a vehicle? We (OK, I - they're in my garden) have 5 paraplegic dogs. They actually can have a fairly good quality of life - if someone's caring for them. On the streets they get friction burns & sores, often through to the bone, infections, urinary infections etc. It's very sad.