The resiliency of pets, especially dogs, has always been amazing to me. They can suffer the worst hardships, often at the hands of what I consider to be truly awful human beings who intentionally hurt them, yet with just a little bit of care the are ready to be the loving creatures that all of us dog lovers know there is no equal in the world.
Such is the case with this little lovely, who we have had with us for quite some time now. She originally came in with a badly broken leg but was still hobbling around the streets as though it wasn't broken at all. This is the part that impressed me the most. She realized that one of her legs is now useless, and just made the best of it. Of course we were going to intervene on her road to recovery.
As ends up being the case in most situations with street dogs here in Thailand, they almost always have at least one form of parasite infestation as well and that was the case with her as she had ticks and the beginning stages of mange as well. Thankfully, none of the parasites were internal which is considerably more difficult to treat and can result in problems that require more than just one treatment.
With just one edible treatment of Bravecto, the parasite situation has cleared up but obviously, the broken leg is going to take a bit longer. We do not have any idea how the leg was broken but in the environment that is Thailand, it was almost certainly a vehicle of some sort accidentally (hopefully) running her over.
She follows us around the compound, hobbling behind and wanting to be picked up so she can give you kisses. She also interacts with the other dogs quite well and is very social. We keep our temperamental dogs separated from the others so there is no fear of a fight but here is something else about dogs that is pretty amazing in my mind: They seem to be able to sense that this dog is already in a bad way and will never try to harm her. If only people were the same way right?
We have ourselves in a bit of a tricky situation with her though because she was so young when we took her in and she has grown so accustomed to being handled and taken care of by humans that we will not be able to reintroduce her to the "wild" so to speak. When we discovered her she didn't appear to be part of any pack so there is no one to return her to. Therefore, even though we can not afford it, we will be keeping her with us until we can find her a forever home. I would adopt this little lovely myself but I'm afraid my household is already at critical mass and I can not take on another doggo for now.
The good news is that "cute" dogs tend to achieve adoption a lot faster than older and more grizzled animals, regardless of how well-behaved they are. I am hopeful that she will be able to find a home shortly after she has healed up.
In the meantime we have a fundraiser that is taking place in the U.K. next week and hopefully it will be fruitful. We also will be having one here in Ao Nang and we are hopeful that the few members of the expat community can dig a little bit into their wallets to help us as well. Unfortunately, the expat population as well as the Thai native population are for the most part, struggling financially as well so it is a little unreasonable for us to expect very much from that. Most of the people that live in Krabi depend on the tourism industry for income, so most people are already living off of their savings as it is.
Since 3 of the members of K.A.W. are also school teachers, we have a constant and guaranteed income and will probably end up financing her care on our own. It isn't that much money as feeding and looking after a dog only costs something like $30 a month and since none of these dogs are terribly "spoiled" they haven't grown accustomed to having expensive toys brought to them all the time... simply a stick from the jungle normally suffices - and some belly rubs of course!
In the meantime, I want to once again ask you to look to your local community and see what you can do for your local animal population as well. Krabi is a small place but there are dogs and cats suffering all around the world.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
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