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Photo with some of the dogs at the shelter from a few days back. The blue tray device is for the dog food, it spreads the food all out all out so there is no fighting between dogs, everyone gets there share. There are a number of these feeding trays throughout the shelter. The dogs get as much as they need.
One of the gated off areas in the shelter has the older dogs in it. This area has fans to help these weaker dogs cool down some what. Will make some photos-videos in this area next trip. Separating the dogs into different spaces allows for more room for all, they do not all bunch up in one area, less, growling, barking and fighting etc.
Note* When I was at the shelter there was extra uneaten food in the trays. This is so different than when you meet strays on the streets. The last 2 nights in beach area of Cha-am (where I am staying now) I have been feeling stray dogs with food from the local barbecue sellers. Gave them chicken, wieners, meat balls, fish strips (type of desert here), and just breaded treats. The street dogs the, strays just ate it all up, everything I offered. I started with one stray ended up with 4. The nearby street dogs would hear the feeding and come running, 1 dog would turn into 2, then 3, then 4. It was the same when I fed the dogs in other areas at other times, multiple dogs came and ate everything up. It sort of becomes a feeding frenzy. You run out of food with the multiple dogs wanting more, the last dog to arrive (number 5) often gets nothing.
When you feed dogs on the street, they often fight over the food, that same thing happened when I saw dogs in the dump scavenging for food in the garbage or when I tried to feed them. It is survival of the fittest, the older weaker dogs just die off slowly. It is so sad to see the weaker ones. One dog I fed in Mae Sot was in a village area but was near starving, all bones, with most of her fur gone. Only had a bit of Kanom (desert) to feed her but she ate it all up before another stray could get to it. Another common feature in these types of dogs is that they are much more afraid of people, many I believe have been abused through the years.
The dogs at the shelter were fatter and in much better shape, they had been saved and are living a better life. They also seemed happy, not sure how you tell if dogs are happy but most of the dogs at the shelter that I saw, seemed that way. There were a few sad and down looking animals but most all the dogs seemed rather filled with vigour an enthusiasm (at least that was my impression). You just got to help people that help animals like that. Will try to continue to raise money to help the shelter when I return to Canada. Need to learn more about the shelter, learn more about the people running it, make more photos and videos for later use Will try to do some doggy portraits as well
.
Am running out of time thou, got to return to Canada soon. Thanks
everyone for reading this rather long winded post. I am not a dog guy
(like cats) but gosh when good is being done, it is important to jump
behind those doing the good.
Photo with some of the dogs at the shelter from a few days back. The blue tray device is for the dog food, it spreads the food all out all out so there is no fighting between dogs, everyone gets there share. There are a number of these feeding trays throughout the shelter. The dogs get as much as they need.
One of the gated off areas in the shelter has the older dogs in it. This area has fans to help these weaker dogs cool down some what. Will make some photos-videos in this area next trip. Separating the dogs into different spaces allows for more room for all, they do not all bunch up in one area, less, growling, barking and fighting etc.
Note* When I was at the shelter there was extra uneaten food in the trays. This is so different than when you meet strays on the streets. The last 2 nights in beach area of Cha-am (where I am staying now) I have been feeling stray dogs with food from the local barbecue sellers. Gave them chicken, wieners, meat balls, fish strips (type of desert here), and just breaded treats. The street dogs the, strays just ate it all up, everything I offered. I started with one stray ended up with 4. The nearby street dogs would hear the feeding and come running, 1 dog would turn into 2, then 3, then 4. It was the same when I fed the dogs in other areas at other times, multiple dogs came and ate everything up. It sort of becomes a feeding frenzy. You run out of food with the multiple dogs wanting more, the last dog to arrive (number 5) often gets nothing.
When you feed dogs on the street, they often fight over the food, that same thing happened when I saw dogs in the dump scavenging for food in the garbage or when I tried to feed them. It is survival of the fittest, the older weaker dogs just die off slowly. It is so sad to see the weaker ones. One dog I fed in Mae Sot was in a village area but was near starving, all bones, with most of her fur gone. Only had a bit of Kanom (desert) to feed her but she ate it all up before another stray could get to it. Another common feature in these types of dogs is that they are much more afraid of people, many I believe have been abused through the years.
The dogs at the shelter were fatter and in much better shape, they had been saved and are living a better life. They also seemed happy, not sure how you tell if dogs are happy but most of the dogs at the shelter that I saw, seemed that way. There were a few sad and down looking animals but most all the dogs seemed rather filled with vigour an enthusiasm (at least that was my impression). You just got to help people that help animals like that. Will try to continue to raise money to help the shelter when I return to Canada. Need to learn more about the shelter, learn more about the people running it, make more photos and videos for later use Will try to do some doggy portraits as well
.
Am running out of time thou, got to return to Canada soon. Thanks
everyone for reading this rather long winded post. I am not a dog guy
(like cats) but gosh when good is being done, it is important to jump
behind those doing the good. |
| Gone to the dogs! |
