Project Streetdogs Hua Hin asks for your help
My name is Marlie Timmermans. I am currently staying in for an extended period of time Thailand and set up the www.streetdogshuahin.com project.
For years I had the desire to do something good for animals in need of help. When I knew I was going to Hua Hin, the idea for this project quickly turned into reality. Every day I visit the dogs twice. Mainly to give them the necessary medicines or to take care of wounds.
The project offers help by giving stray dogs the necessary medication, vaccinating and sterilizing them. The dogs live on and near a temple complex in Hua Hin. The project started on May 31, 2011 and great results have already been achieved. At the moment, 2,5 months after its foundation, the project has already been able to provide medical care to 65 dogs. Of which 14 bitches have now been sterilized.
The project also tries to find a good owner for puppies and adult dogs. To our great joy, the first adoption has taken place. Three sterilized females, Vosje, Luna and Caramel have found a place together with a real animal lover from Hua Hin. Take a look at the website and see which dogs are available for adoption.
Project Streetdogs Hua Hin is entirely dependent on donations. Do you also want to contribute to a better life for these stray dogs in Hua Hin? They are waiting for your help!
For more information about this project you are invited to visit the website: www.streetdogshuahin.com There is a lot of information about daily treatments and incidents on “my blog” and under “before and after” there are amazing metamorphoses of dogs that are almost unrecognizable after short-term medical treatment.
Many photos and a video on this site give a clearer picture of the ups and downs of the dogs and the help provided.
And of course: don't forget the “donate” page. All donations are much needed. With your money, the dogs can look forward to a pleasant life without pain, itching and unnecessary pregnancies. The dogs already treated will need repeat vaccinations in the future and immediate help in case of illness or accidents.
As soon as the dogs of this temple complex have been treated and their condition is back to normal, I would like to continue with the adjacent temple. There is no help available there either.
But that is only possible with your financial support!
Watch a video of Streetdogs Hua Hin here:
wonderful initiative.
congratulations for the performance, s.
keep it up..
A good and commendable initiative, but it really is carrying water to the sea, the number of stray dogs in Thailand is increasing by the hour, people are taking a puppy for the children, when the beast is a bit older they don't look at it anymore and the beast will roam and multiply.
Years ago, I made a huge mistake on Samui by giving 1 dog something to eat, the next day I had 20 of them wandering around my bungalow, causing a lot of nuisance, fighting and mating, as a result, the 1st dog had already been chased away. because of the stronger of the pack, since then no stray who walks around my house has been deprived of food, no matter how sad I think it is, in the Netherlands I have always had a dog myself, so I am not a dog hater, but you have to be realistic, you can only help a limited number of dogs and a thousandfold continue to live in misery, when I was on Koh Samui there was a vet who put the worst cases out of their misery with a syringe (even the most aggressive ones by the way). ) that was really the only way to put an end to the nuisance in the short term.
Most of the Thai don't treat their animals the way we treat our pets, matter of mentality (and money of course)
But once again I admire and applaud your initiative wholeheartedly, even if you can only offer a few dogs a good life, then you have already earned a spot.
Congratulations Marlie, you do it with heart and soul and oh so good, you are a cutie ……
In itself a great initiative, but I wonder if it wouldn't be better to hold a major clearance campaign. It may sound blunt and animal-unfriendly, but in my opinion the problem cannot be solved without drastic measures. Moreover, street dogs don't have a nice life anyway, as far as you can speak of that in dogs.
If the numbers are small, reception also becomes easier.
I am a huge dog friend myself, but I have absolutely nothing with Thai stray dogs. In fact I hate them because they are false and very dangerous for motorcyclists. They also have scary diseases.
At the temples in Thailand there are groups of dogs that are completely feral. Everyone is afraid of it and they know it. Sometimes they also attack children, I have seen it happen at a temple.
As far as I'm concerned, I'd be happy to donate if those animals are all taken off the street. I don't care what happens to them after that as long as they don't come out on the street anymore.
In our moo job there were no soi dogs before, but there are more and more now. After many complaints from the inhabitants, they were caught and chased away, but they keep coming back. An American had put collars around the necks of the dogs, so that they are now legally allowed to roam around in our park. He does not realize that he is now responsible for the damage that those animals may cause.
Do the same in Taiwan. A small message every day around 6 o'clock. Dogs on leash dogs running loose will be arrested immediately. You can guess what happened to that.
It is a large white car with a gunner painted on it, this car can also be seen on TV,
Because of this message practically no more stray dogs. All neatly on a leash. Can Thailand learn something from it? Otherwise a great message, but as so many say in the comment, carry water to the sea. It is a nuisance throughout Thailand, no city or village excepted.
When I was in Khon Kaen last November I taught a stray dog in a short time how to sit, lie down, stay, .... suddenly the dog was the favorite of the city! Perhaps a change of mentality, but teaching the Thai that a dog can be a true friend. I always want to participate in a dog school.
A wonderful initiative!
In Thailand and later in Isla Margarita (Venezuela) I have fed stray dogs and received friendship in return.
I myself also have a dog (dwarf maltese) and know how sensitive and sweet dogs can be.
I advise everyone to support this project financially.
I have been living in Thailand for four years now and see how some Thai people treat dogs every day. Hit and kick and put on the side of the road if things don't go well. It is not surprising that dogs sometimes show aggressive behavior. I respect everyone's opinion, but I can't share all the opinions expressed. If the government does not do enough, the Thai themselves do little, then it is admirable what Marlie does. Don't follow but stand up for the dogs on a small scale. It is very easy to calculate how many dogs have not been born / will be born, because of the sterilizations that Marlie has already been able to do with donations. Agreements have also been made with the monks: they provide food and give extra attention and care to the dogs that need it. In return, almost all dogs at this temple are now healthy, they look presentable again, they play very happily with each other and are not aggressive. Just look at the video. This is a big change in a few months. So I would say: prevent the birth of many pups in the coming year and donate 800 Bath (19 Euro), then Marlie will do the fieldwork with lots of love and pleasure.
@ Totally agree Marleen. Some complain about the dogs but then do nothing about it. Marlie rolls up her sleeves and actually does something. I appreciate that very much.
Great respect for Marlie and will also donate and place an appeal in my column. Last week I experienced a bizarre scene where a pick-up with construction workers deliberately drove over a dog. The fun could not stop from these idiots and disgusted by this kind of people, who have no respect for people, animals and nature. In Spain this was no different, so even worse, where I gave a truck driver a good beating at the time after it deliberately drove over a dog and watched it laughing. The government also urgently needs to do something about this, but civilization sometimes takes a long time to come. However, complaining helps because I have had the alarm number several times. Called 1337 from Pattaya about this, and there was some action. Complaining alone is pointless. Show initiative and contribute to a better society. Together we are strong, and success for this good initiative, to which I also contributed from another fellow countryman in Pattaya at the time.
Hello Colin,
Thank you for your comment and great that you want to place a call in your column.
Will you send me the link once you've posted the column?
Regards, Marlie
If you want to have a dog, you should not buy a so-called pedigree dog with the chance that you will get inbred for your expensive money.
At this temple in Hua hin we have already picked up 4 dogs to the great pleasure of everyone where they now have a good home.
You may be right, but it does generalize enormously. There are also bona fide breeders. But I don't know where they are in Thailand. But not everyone has bad intentions.
Not a nice comment, I have also bred dogs myself, A good breeder selects and checks the parents for all kinds of things, from good behavior to cataracts and everything in between that this breed club (kooikerhond) uses
Only the Raad van Beheer also issues the pedigrees to unchecked parents, in Germany, for example, only the breed club may issue this.
If a farmer only knew what you could earn with breeding dogs, he threw all his cattle out of the stables and dogs in it.
I agree that there is a lot of chaff among the wheat, and that is not much different in Thailand, I have noticed.
Parent bitches that are continuously pregnant and pubs that are already removed from the parents at 5 to 6 weeks.
Well, what those dogs get to eat there is not really conducive to a healthy dog.
I am a dog lover, but in Thailand a lot less.
Some people just love animals more than people. Marlie is probably such a person. Just keep doing that. Even if it is carrying water to the sea!
@ One does not exclude the other. Why couldn't you love people and animals? I don't understand that comment.
Maybe that's a question you should ask Marlie herself.
I was in Hua Hin myself in December and went almost every day to the monks to look at the dogs, but I did not encounter one that was aggressive.
I also made the necessary donations then, so I think it's a very nice project
dear dog lover
I am too. Would like to deposit some money
but on dutch bankno
regards tinco fs lycklama a nyeholt
Dear Tinko.
Donations can be transferred to:
MMG Timmermans
Rabobank Peelland-South (NL) (Swift/BIC Code RABONL2U)
Bank number 150655746
IBAN NL73 RABO 0150 6557 46
ovv: “Donation Streetdogs Hua Hin”
Thank you very much, especially on behalf of the dogs.
Yours faithfully,
Mary Timmermans
http://www.streetdogshuahin.com
hi marlie
Can you send me an email, I will help you with your foundation
Kind regards Marion
Hello Marion,
Great news to hear that you want to help me with the project.
Please let me know by email in any way you would like to help me.
Email: [email protected]
Greetings Marlie Timmermans