soi dogs

Post by **pinky** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:27 pm

Hi, this one is probably directed at Dawn. Is there anything I can do to help the soi dogs near my home that have no fur and are badly affected by fleas, ticks etc?? Is there is a spray or powder that i can buy to try and help treat them?? Obviously depending on whether i can get near enough to them!! Some of them are pitiful and i obviously dont want to do more harm than good, so would appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:15 pm

The only advice I can give you is to either contact the Tessabahn (local authority) or one of the vets around town and see what they say. Dawn is no longer participating on the forum nor involved with the Dog Centre so unless she has changed her mind, will not respond I'm afraid.

Post by **steve/m** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:57 pm

cant give you any advice realy as its all hit n miss regarding soi dogs.
there are just 2 many,and any vet will not be interested unless you take a dog or dogs to the vet.
while staying at a rented house cha am may/june this year my wife and i were visited by a young bitch one evening,wagging her tail,and licking our legs etc.
looking very thin and obviously had just had pups we decided to feed her.

for three ays and nights she stayed outside the front door.
one evening on returning from hua hin,we noticed she had gone.
so we parked up and as we were going inside, the front gate rattled and in ran mum, dad and one pup.

feeding time again.
next day another 2 pups arrived plus 2 aunts.
I noticed one of the pups was walking strange so upon examination i found a very large tumer on its stomach.
went straight to vet huahin,paid 300 baht for the pup to stay the night and to be treated.(this turned out to be 3 days and nights at a cost of 1,000 baht.
Now i did not mind paying,but i knew the pup was still not well enough to o back to its mum in its condition,so upon talking to one of the monks at the wat huahin it was agreed he would take care of the pup.
over the next 3 wks the pup made a good recovery at a cost of 3,000 baht to the monk.
the rest of the family stayed with us until we left cha am mid jul.
Its good to hear you care about soi dogs,but once you help one it soon turns out that you end up helping them all.
not a bad thing but near impossible to unless you make it a fuul time occupation.
good luck to you on whatever you do .

Post by **bluezephyr** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:00 am

When i first went to thailand as an animal lover i was quite saddened by all the cats and dogs that roam around, Noone to take care of them.

Unless they can all be caught and neutered, Vietnam is unfortunately the only realistic solution. Sad but true

Post by **richard** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:22 am

Steve/m

Bit like a Thai family really

Post by **steve/m** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:25 am

lol Rchard yep but Soi dogs not want mobile phones or mp3

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:23 am

bluezephyr wrote:Unless they can all be caught and neutered, Vietnam is unfortunately the only realistic solution. Sad but true

That's a hell of a long way to send them.

Post by **richard** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:40 am

BZ

Careful. I got a royal roasting some time back for saying what you are thinking

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:46 am

richard wrote:BZ

Careful. I got a royal roasting some time back for saying what you are thinking

Got a right grilling didnt you Richard.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:54 am

Pinky, in all seriousness the best advice I can give you is to do nothing. I know it is hard but you could go on forever spend a fortune and hardly make a diffrence as there are so many of them. You would have to change the thinking of a whole nation and that sadly aint going to happen. This is however just my poinion...

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:58 am

Well, I think Randy is about right here. There are many reasons why not to do anything unless you're setting out on a crusade.

Amongst others, temperament can be suspect along with carrying all sorts of diseases etc. There are simply too many of them and the locals won't put them down because of religious reasons.

I'll stop there, but this can be a bit of a 'Pandora's box' topic ie open with care.

Post by **pinky** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:00 pm

Thanks everyone. Will take on board all that you said. Suppose still got my western mentality and find it hard not to do anything. Anyway cheers everyone.

Post by **lindosfan1** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:20 pm

Pinky
Dawn is still working with dogs. The centre in Hua hin has closed as of today. The home has moved.
I have pmd you about help that can be given

Post by **nevets** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:10 am

Hello friends, i have not seen Dawn here or on any other forums of late is she ok.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:20 am

I believe she has moved to Pranburi and does not as yet have a computer.