Some pics of the dogs with Christmas outfits on

I'm including this because it is really cute and because the dogs involved are some of our "stars" at the various areas that we look after in Krabi Province in Thailand. Not just any dog will allow you to put a headdress on them and if you see a dog on the street I highly recommend that you do NOT try this. I think this is a great way to get bitten if you do. We are very familiar with these dogs and have been looking after most of them for years even though they live outdoors.

We were giggling the entire time we were doing this and the dogs didn't mind because they really like us and know that we come to them with food and snacks. They have gotten used to us and as I have mentioned many times before, they recognize the sound of our truck's engine and come running when we get near.

I would tell you the names of these dogs but since we look after probably 1000 dogs in this area I can't possibly remember their names. Some of them don't even have names. It is only the "star" animals at these locations - most of which are temples - that end up getting named by the monks.

When we first encountered these animals, most of them were in pretty bad health because while they were semi looked after, they were only getting occasional food, not any sort of medical care. Once we intervened and started our sterilization drive, we discovered that most of them had parasite infestations so that became the first thing we decided to conquer right after the sterilization.

These dogs live in packs and they have a hierarchy that you might expect in that sort of environment. We have to be very careful when feeding them because even though they do get along, introducing food into the situation can make things aggressive very quickly. Keep this in mind if you are ever considering trying to feed some dogs that live outdoors. Even the best friends of dogs will guard and protect any food that they receive and it is a great way to start fights if you aren't careful.

The cats that we also look after were considerably more difficult to get to pose with the Xmas decorations on their backs. The only way we could get it done was to distract them with food and as their purring motor was running put it on them then.

At the end of their photo shoot, the dogs were all well-fed and we checked them all again for any sort of health issues. Thankfully, we found very few problems and only a handful of new dogs that had been dropped off or introduced into the various pack locations around the area.

Krabi is not a huge place, it just one of more than 70 provinces in all of Thailand. With our efforts as well as several other large animal-welfare organizations around the country, our overall goal is not just to improve the situation with the dogs in our regions, but to make a big enough difference that people who live here start to recognize that this very wide-spread problem in Thailand can actually have a solution. Thailand has no animal control and no government programs designed to help out with this. Over time, we are hopeful to make an impression on both the government and the locals that there can actually be a long-term resolution to this suffering. Even if the government never does anything to help us, we will still never give up.

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if you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at

http://krabianimalwelfare.org

_{Krabi Animal Welfare is a charity run entirely by volunteers and are a registered non-profit organization in Thailand and the U.K.. We aim to relieve the pain and suffering of dogs and cats within Krabi Province.}

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http://krabianimalwelfare.org

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