Another great day with the kids but this time the emphasis was on Dogs, at the Care For Dogs Open Day at their shelter , just off the Samoeng Rd.

For more information on this great organisation, including directions to the shelter please use the link to their own website, here.

This very well organized open day, ran from 10am until 4pm. Well that was the official schedule but i get the feeling that it probably over ran, Boon and I left sometime after 3.30 and it was still going strong.

It was really good to get back there and see how much they’ve moved on now, with designated areas for puppies, tvt tumour patients, newly born pups, etc.

With the number of dogs they are having to deal with, this is clearly an essential need to be able to care for all the dogs in the best way they can.

The  kids loved the visit, taking the chance to pet the puppies, who seemed equally happy.

Maybe there’s a special empathy there, two kindred spirits, with not the best start in life, innocent to the whys and the wherefores, just needing some love, and reveling in any moment they find it.

And it wasn’t just the kids taking the chance to give the many dogs at the shelter some very welcome fuss and attention.

Many of the visitors helped out with walking the dogs, and their were regular ‘tours’ of the shelter by the founder, Karin, who gave out lots of information and answered visitors questions.

There was a large marquee set up on the road outside, which had been closed to traffic, and here there was free food, activities for the younger visitors; all based around educational information about dogs and their care; and for the adults there was beer on sale, live music and even a performance of traditional Thai dancing.

All in all it was a very good and informative day and will hopefully have helped to spread the word a bit further of their constant need for volunteers, homes for the dogs in their care and of course donations.

Hopefully this small write up may do the same and any of you who didnt get to this one, never mind there will be future events and you can see that its well worth the visit.

And it turned out to be well worth it in another way for myself. There was a questionare to be filled out and put into a draw and, I discovered this morning, that mine was the winning entry for which I have a free meal for two to look forward to at The Amari Hotel in Chiang Mai. Happy days:)