wildewillie89

1 hour ago, meatboy said:

heartbreaking,something I try not to think about,i have always said please let me go first.

Yep, giving the nod to the vet and having the dog die in your arms is a shocking feeling, but at least his last few minutes were comfortable and with his loved ones. 

Since him I have only ever owned guardian breeds. They do it a lot harder than us if we die first so it is important I don't go first, but I can see where you are coming from.  

1 hour ago, JLCrab said:

People have been posting useful information on this ThaiVisa Forum for years without having to list the entire family's CV every time the want to comment on something even as ridiculous as a noise complaint.

 

...and you ain't the only one on this forum with 'connections'.

So far nearly every post regarding nuisance cases, since I joined the forum/ones I have seen/remember, have not contained the correct avenues to go down. There was one that did, and that was because one of the posters described a situation one of his farang friends went through and was successful in (would that be listing his friends CV in the 'experience' section? lol). Go back and go through them if you feel the need (seems you have a lot of free time). Saying such things fall within the portfolio of my wife and father-in-law would hardly be categorised as listing a CV. Your CV mustn't be all that impressive if you think it is. 

If it was as ridiculous as you seem to think, then one, you would have realised the previous posts re nuisance cases provided the wrong information, and two, I wonder how ridiculous you think your own existence must be for you to spend so much time on the thread in the first place. (Where the boredom/bitter jealousy comes in I think).

As this has been the case, people have found the information I have provided useful and thanked me for stating the most efficient way to fix the nuisance in the past. It is concerning if you feel my family is a 'connection' to me, I just see them as, well, family. But I also understand that many people do not understand the right paths to go down, so if I can help, then why not? I can see where the bitterness comes from now though if it is all about 'connections' with you. I really do hope your day picks up a little bit. I get paid to sit all day looking at the internet so I am not all that fussed about it, but in the interest of relevance to the thread nice chatting to ya :). 

1 hour ago, JLCrab said:

But 30+ years in Thailand or not, if your brother-in-law's brother-in-law ran the the municipality, you would know these things.

Father-in-law, couldn't say it as much as you think I do to make that mistake lol.

Clearly the OP is unaware of the relevant steps to take, regardless of how long he has been here. Would have thought you would know these things also seeing as you feel the need to irrelevantly express who you know in past threads. 

For me to express knowledge to help a situation, I need to actually explain the credible sources I got it from - completely relevant. I also post the relevant government policies re these issues for those who have trouble believing things.

Are you going to offer something actually useful, or just live a life of utter boredom and bitter jealousy? If it's not jealousy then please refrain from any future comments about my family that are not relevant to different threads :). Thanks

9 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

I spoke with a Thai lawyer, and he suggested I take grievances to relevant authorities. Yea, uh huh.

 

I once went to Tourist Police office to mention about noise so loud it actually rattled my windows from 9 pm to 2 am.  As soon as I stated my concern, a cop (Tourist Police are required to speak some English) chastized me in a loud voice, "If you no like. You go home to your country. Go away.  We don't want to hear from you."

And he was exactly right as there are a few different legal avenues a resident can go down regarding nuisances.

'Relevant' authorities in nuisance cases are the municipality, not volunteer tourist police. Thai police even are generally only responsible for fining people after the municipality has investigated the nuisance. So I'm not sure what you thought the tourist police were going to do. The fact they were there would indicate a high tourist area, so it would more fall on you choosing a parry place to sleep near than any Thai needing protection from noise. 

The post was relevant to the thread....I see you are having another amazing day in life though to take the time to stop whatever fantastic thing you were doing to write that. I will let her know how much interest you have :)

On 27/09/2017 at 7:36 PM, pgrahmm said:

Do you think you'd get the same level of professionalism if your were to need an operation & post op care?

Depends on the hospital I think. My cities government hospital I had my appendix taken out at. The post op care wasn't amazing, but nothing that made me any less comfortable. Would need to be pretty fussy to complain about it. Basically you are taking your pills out of the packet yourself rather than having them handed to you. Got a private room.

Khon Kaen hospital I was in for the whole of Songkran having every test under the sun done. The nurses and doctors on the ward I was in compared to the hospitals back in Melbourne. Also got a farang menu. They were incredibly caring, even had an American come around who works at the hospital to help/give support to any farang admitted. As it was a non-specific illness I had a good 5 or 6 doctors from different departments come and look at me each day and spend a good 15 minutes discussing everything in detail. Nurses constantly on the move also. 

I think private is good regarding waiting times mostly. Will vaccinate our children in a private hospital so don't have to wait around the masses, but anything more serious the private doctor will just book us in and meet us at the government hospital anyway (free for us).

Maybe a slight difference in nursing (1 nurse to 1 patient, rather than 4 to 1), but in terms of Thailand, all I care about is the doctor getting it right. As so many private and government sometimes get it wrong. 

This one is Bear (11 months in the photo - 2009), currently still living with the folks in Melbourne. He was unfortunately beaten his whole first 11 months of life and we were given the near impossible task of re-homing him by Maremma Rescue. Took a good few months to get him back to some sort of confidence just to let us touch him. He is kicking along nicely now though, had a couple of knees that went but other that is healthy and of a stable temperament. But not nearly as instinctive as Kimba was, but understandably - different lines, different upbringing. 

Some breeds just hate their feet being touched. I used to own a couple of Maremma Sheepdogs, they are famous for disliking their feet being touched. Not much you can do, just walk to keep the nails down. Although interestingly enough the Maremma's nails used to pop off when they got too long. The dog would be laying down and you would hear a pop noise and find a nail across the floor. Very odd. Either that or they used to bite them when they got too long. 

This was Kimba, a great family guardian dog. 45kg, wouldn't ever accept food or water off anyone except his own. Would always choose the weakest in the room to sit with. Used to go to each room of the house to make sure we were all safe before looking out the front window before he slept. One of few dogs I know that really used mirrors and the angles they created to assist him. Unfortunately he got diagnosed with epilepsy when he was a couple years old so the drugs really threw out his instincts and made him love food (which went against his earlier actions). He later died of bloat, possibly in relation to his imbalanced temperament and the want for food due to the drugs.

1 hour ago, boomerangutang said:

 

WildeWillie, You appear to be more in tune with complaints, than I.  I have never heard or seen a Thai complain about loud and/or annoying noise.  I've been visiting Thailand for 34 yrs, and resided here for 19.  For sure, I've seen Thais grin and/or roll their eyes, in response to loud noise, but never seen one take the initiative to complain.  I'll be glad if I'm proven wrong.

 

Similarly, I have never had a Thai manager/owner of a restaurant/shop ask me if I wanted the sound turned down.  ....let along what type of music I wanted to listen to, even if I'm the only person in the restaurant.

 

Additionally to the OP: I know of a farang in a rural setting who has cut wires to overhead horn blowers.  His neighbors like it, but they would never do it themselves.  They're Thai.   They like the lower levels of annoying noise, but they'll leave it up to the crazy neighborhood farang to stick his neck out and do something about it.

 

And then there's dog noise.  That's a whole giant topic in itself.  P.s. Dog barking is less problematic in Burma, than in Thailand.  I have a theory why, but won't expand upon it here and now.

Unfortunately, many Thai (still learning) and judging from this forum many farang are unaware of the avenues they can go down. Thai is exactly the same as back home. Make a complaint to your municipality, and they will investigate/deem whether it is a nuisance or not. They will take action if it is a nuisance. If you are unhappy with the municipalities work you can take them to a tribunal in each province that has been set up by the current government. Completely free and designed to hear such cases like these to free up court time. It is the one place the local authorities are scared of as it is run by the military and lawyers. So anything to do with noise, smoke, smell, heat, small time nuisance cases etc. 

But, yes, I only know the finer details of this stuff as my father-in-law is a Mayor and my wife is a Director of Public Health so many of these issues fall into her portfolio now as she took on a less serious role if you like so she could move back to her home village to start our family. However, even if I didn't know, I would assume a logical step against a persistent nuisance would be to go and speak to the municipality. Many say speak to the village head, but he just passes the case on to the municipality anyway.

From my experience, lack of complaints fall down to purely a lack of knowledge of the legal avenues, not as much to do with things like face or fear as we all seem to think. Other posts have described similar situations, the Mrs thinks all these farang on the forum think Thai are aggressive jungle people lol. But in saying that she used to  be responsible for the whole of the deep south (Muslim insurgency) and investigating prisons around the country, so has seen a lot of bombings, killings even people fed to crocodiles at the local zoo.

I live in a small rural village of 1,000 people (one of six villages within the municipality), it is not uncommon for people to complain if they are aware of the systems in place. 

Public health officials deal with these issues, I know a lot of them obviously. Violence or revenge isn't something that is even spoken about it is that rare. Mrs office has a bullet hole in it, but that was due to the old engineering head.

In terms of ceremonies, meetings, more private events, from what I see, Thais will tell people to turn down the speaker if what is playing is incredibly annoying or excessively loud (for Thai standards). So if someone's voice for example is annoying, people will ask for it to be turned down. But, if not overly annoying, they will obviously consider it rude to ask for it to be turned down. 

The level of noise has probably naturally increased due to the speakers fighting everyone's incredibly rude chatting whilst people are talking on the microphone. Thai manners always seem a bit backwards from what we are used to.

In a public situation, like a market. if Thai find it an issue, they will just complain to the local authorities and they will go and deal with it as a nuisance case (that's if the locals have the relevant knowledge - many do not). So it happens more behind closed doors rather than directly in front of people. Contrary to what people think, complaints are quite frequent. Would be daily complaints in bigger cities.

Complaints are also on the increase in rural areas as people are starting to have better understandings of the different avenues they can take. Rural areas are a lot closer community though (cousins a lot of the time), so they don't see the point in fighting people they have to see everyday just to walk past the speaker for a few minutes. City people obviously have less of a care factor. 

19 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The exact same right that you have to criticize those people who criticize also gives them the right to voice an opinion... which they write on an open forum designed for discussion !

 

For many who have lived here any length of time it has become apparent that the BiB tend to take the path of least resistance unless otherwise 'pushed' or 'encouraged' to do. so. Often the conclusions drawn are highly convenient and questionable, and more often than not are the quickest, easiest and least troublesome conclusions fabricated to result in the least possible workload. 

 

This has bred a hugely cynical expat population who on this forum quite rightly so tend to question, discuss, disagree and debate anything which may not be 100% unequivocally proven... Again, its kind of the purpose of a forum, otherwise we'd be reading a 100's of posts which write "Agreed" which would be boring.

 

Of course, you could just read the news which allows no such debate or discussion, but then you wouldn't be able to criticize, debate and discuss with those whom you agree or disagree.

By all means legitimately criticise and converse, but it seems to go over the top a little bit. It got to a depressing point on another thread where members were criticising a police officer for helping educate poor students - just because he was a police officer.

In a situation like this you could have video evidence of a particular circumstance and it seems it would not be enough.

Of course it is often the same members who criticise, but I do not understand the constant moaning (which even for me is a lot). A conversation surely doesn't need to be had over and over and over...or does it? Wouldn't it fit into the category of 'boring' also?

Surely people have not become so restricted in their thinking that they believe whatever has happened to them must happen to every single other person in the country also? If people want a consistent nanny-state then they have certainly chose the wrong place to live for a long time. Maybe I have chosen the wrong forum to come also lol. 

After reading a few of the comments made by many of the TV CSI team, I am thinking the Thai police are looking pretty shit hot right now. 

What gives people the right to criticise the Thai police on something they believe 'likely' happened? I would assume 'likely' means that they are still investigating.

And in the same breath, the same people then go on to tell us all what they think exactly happened - based on the 1% of evidence the article gave. Are we expats or do we have the finer details of the case and 30 years experience in investigative crime? 

A lot of things to criticise the Thai police force over, but this? 

14 hours ago, pr9spk said:

We inherited a couple of very young puppies a couple of days ago and some members of the family seem to think it's completely acceptable to whack them around the head or boot them up in the air.

The odd Thai will stand up to them. A work friend of the Mrs got into a fight with an employee the other day who kicked the dog extremely hard. Ended up coming down to if it happens again the police will be called. But, yes, sadly it is a minority. 

I can almost understand not wanting close contact with the dogs due to higher chances of disease being transmitted. But then you wonder why have a dog in the first place. As if you kick them away they are ineffective guard dogs, which is why many Thai want them.

Very important to train the people who interact with the dogs to treat them kindly, so they don't fear bite when they grow up. I even banned a few people from visiting. I had one relative kick my pup growing up when I wasn't there and be overly confident in his approaches. Now the dog is as big as him, more confident that him and will not allow him on our land. His loss. 

From my understanding....the investigative branch members can sit the test after they have completed a Bachelor degree. My cousin is currently studying law and then will sit the test. 

Also from my understanding, the government have a rule that if you are an elite sportsperson, like a world champion or Olympian, then you can enter the police or army. A rule many think is silly, but it exists from what I have been told.

Most likely, this guy will just be a secretary or something similar though as, yes, he will probably not have the test scores or training for any 'real' police work. 

Someone told me this company has crashed 3 times recently, and they are only the times they have actually heard about. Not a company the locals are trusting currently. 

On 24/09/2017 at 3:49 AM, upside said:

Akin to child abuse denying your child the best you can but choose not to. Shameful parenting.

A lot of things would fall under this incredible general statement. Try and be a little more specific. 

Are we saying it would also be child abuse if you send your child to a free government school back home? When you could afford a private school that may have slightly better average scores? 

Instead, you spend that money you save on letting the child experience travel, extra curriculum activities such as team sports, responsibilities of owning animals etc, creating a more rounded individual. Is that child abuse as their grades are lower than what they possibly could be - completely ignoring every other factor? By your definition it seems to be, as it seems the child abuse you are discussing, but don't quite comprehend the definition of, is educational neglect. See what happens when you restrict yourself so much? Did you not get the education you think you should have? 

Yes, if someone sends their kid to a low quality school in the country and do not do any outside work then they may not be providing the educational opportunities they could. However, to group every single school as the same within the country is ignorant at best. 

Personally, my father is a teacher at a leading school in Melbourne, his wife is also, and she used to be a leading teacher in Singapore. This would be the school they would be going to if back home. Two of my three sisters are also teachers with Masters (one is living in Sweden now). My Thai sister-in-law is a Science teacher at a school tied to a university (Physics major), and my wife scored the second highest score in Thai language in the country in M6. She is used for educational purposes/lecturing and before starting our family, was sent to Malaysia to act on behalf of Thai government regularly. 

I am not a trained teacher but graduated from a university ranked in the top 1% of the world. So in theory my children can have access to any of the Thai, Australian, Singaporean and Swedish curriculum. Although, in reality, they will be tested regularly against Australian and Thai standards (by senior teachers). This will put them in a good position for the later years of high school, where they will make the decision what they want to do. They can be car mechanics for all I care if they are happy. 

So seeing as the kids have free health/dental until 20 years old, free education until they are 25 (including bachelor and half price private education), a few insurance policies and a lot of land to set them up in life. Whether they choose to stay here or move somewhere else is not a real issue as they will have a house here or a deposit to start off wherever they go - something many young adults back in Melbourne (my home city) do not currently have. And it is at the point now where psychologists are very much talking about the 'early life crisis'.

Child abuse? Please report me to the local authorities if you think it is. 

Doctors do move around a bit, some even volunteer at the government hospitals. My daughter needed to have an echocardiogram, as she has the odd breath holding spell. Not overly necessary but the doctor thought it does no harm so why not. Plus she is a paediatric cardiologist so at least knows what she is doing. One of few doctors I trust in my city so she is my GP too. We get free government health so I just asked her if we could have it at the government hospital, instead of paying the private hospital she works at. She booked a date and met us there so saved us having to pay anything. 

Probably will come in next year or year after, but they have just increased the amounts the government will give officials for rent/home loan if their first workplace was outside their home province. The first two years are low interest, and then every other year is .75% lower than the full government banks rate (which is lower than more commercial banks anyway). So as the Mrs loan repayments will probably be around 8,000 per month, and she will receive 5,000 - 6,000 as of next year moving forward, so she is pretty well set now for paying off her 3 bedroom house. 

Amounts are based on salary level:

C2-C5 if salary 7,000-15,000 will get 2,500; if salary 15,000-18,000 will get 3,000; if salary 18,000 up will get 4,000 (per month)
 

C6-C7 if 13,000-17,000 will get 3,000; If salary 17,000-25,000 will get 4,000; If salary 25,000-34,000 will get 5,000; if salary 34,000 up will get 6,000 (per month)
 

C8,C9 the highest rent is 6,000 regardless of salary (per month)...

However, if used on a home loan, these amounts will only cover the officials first home loan. Any other loan they will not receive the payments per month.

Not sure if covered in the thread but as well as the family getting a payout, the government will also put money towards the funeral. So it will be the pension amount x 3. So for example, the Mrs did the figures just recently as nearly all entitled officials did with the news of the rent payments. 

She expects to have a pension of around 45,000 per month (passed the test rather early for her particular ministry and looks like will be C8 at 36 years of age). So if she dies the government will put 135,000 baht towards the funeral. On top of that the husband (family if I am dead) will receive 750,000 baht. But that is after her 200,000 large sum at 60 and 400,000 large sum at 65 is subtracted. 

When the Mrs and I got married and had it registered at the Amphoe (District Office), the Amphoe Chief's wife told my wife you are not expecting him to work are you? She went on to say she has another friend whose husband moved to Thailand and she solely provides for him. She claimed the woman should, as he is moving from a first would country to a third world for her. 

Of course I do work, but the Mrs provides the housing, vehicles etc etc - as I came with no money. I put my earnings into the kids and dogs mostly. However, in our later years the Mrs will be providing pretty much everything (as I wont be able to work). 

It is not an uncommon concept for this to be the case in Thailand, as the District wife said (after all, she meets a lot of people who get married). It may not be the norm, as this forum quite often points out, but it is definitely not uncommon.

Doesn't have to be a hi-so girl. From the hi-so girls I used to friend/date, no way would I be able to keep up with their lifestyles, even though they will pay your share to take you out (as they pick the places they want to be seen/or frequent). Great friends or fun, but would require a certain taste to be serious with them.  

There are a lot of girls who have come from humble to middle class backgrounds that have got good jobs in the country now as women have more opportunities these days than before.  

On 07/06/2017 at 12:03 PM, theguyfromanotherforum said:

I feel sorry for my wife reading these posts. No, I don't give my wife anything, she has a decent paying job and potentially a decent inheritance. However, I wouldn't be surprised if she's aware of farang suckers giving their lazy gfs mountains of money in exchange for love which would probably make her have many second thoughts about being with me :)

Kids or not, wife should have income and not rely on farang mug to support.

Have a great day!

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Seems to be a thing. My wife is a member of one of those farang wife/girlfriend pages on Facebook. Many Thai bragging how much they get, usually around the 20-60k mark. Not uncommon to have a few men on the go also. One of her friends sisters gets 35k a month just being the girlfriend of a guy - both are under 30 years of age so the Mrs assumed it was a relationship based on 'love', as the girl's family is not 'poor'. She just bought a new car. 

Many women on the page are now at the optimum lazy level of thinking that finding a farang will be easier than actually finding a job. 

All my money goes to my kids and dogs. Although I did buy the Mrs a blender for her birthday last year to help us with the baby food. This year, well we bought a puppy at roughly the same time of her birthday, so worked out nicely lol. 

Seeing as I will probably not qualify for a pension, and her pension will be bigger than the Australian one anyway, it will be her that will be giving me a % of her income in our later years. Both clean the house ourselves, go shopping together more often than not.

I wonder what these girls are actually spending the money they get on. It certainly isn't a home loan (as obviously banks don't accept such incomes), unless eating at the best restaurant in the city every day then certainly not bills or food. I think this is where the monthly car repayments come in. 

20 hours ago, Mr Kie said:

I will tell you, when i drive camry no police get me stopped. i'm the same guy. how comes this is just not fair. a friend of my put the military force logo in front of his car, no one get him stopped.  

 

If someone appears 'rich' (driving a Camry would indicate that), then the low ranking police official will believe the person has contacts with higher ranking people. So will let them go.

As for the military logo, police in general have to respect the army to a point, however, obviously more recently they have to show a great deal more respect. The reason is that members of the military can now target corrupt police. So a low ranking police official will generally not try to hassle a member of the military (or family member/friend driving the car) in the current political climate. However, I would not recommend putting up logos if you are not military. The police in my city are now requiring you phone the people you know to prove it as many people were starting to lie to get out of fines.

I think many of these issues don't really come down to the Thai police force, more just the education system in the country and the class based systems that the society allows for (maybe why Thai men are targeted more than farang for urine tests). Back home it doesn't matter as much who you are or what you drive, you get stopped. But that is because we got rid of our class systems. Obviously there are good and bad apples within every police force though. 

41 minutes ago, chrisinth said:

 Yeah, we don't have any Filas near us or anything larger than a Labrador for that matter. The pit and even Bang Kaew mixes near us are no problem either, non showing out-and-out aggression. 

 

It is a good point you make about not all soi dogs are soi dogs. I see that quite often when the dog owners let their dogs run with the pack as it were.

Other than the ones that are at temples, schools, government offices and other public buildings where they get dumped as pups and fed left over lunches, it is almost impossible to tell if the dog is soi or just another dog that is allowed to roam all day. Both look like they have been neglected and are almost always carrying diseases and injuries due to the poor diets they're fed. 

I think out of the 1,000 people that live in my immediate village, maybe 1 or 2 out of every 10 houses bother to shut their gates (which includes Thai mixes, a Husky and a German Shepherd that are tied up all day but on occasions escape, a Fila pup, and what looks very much like a Dogue de Bordeaux which is roaming all day). Considering many Thai have the logic that a dog is a 'guard dog', I wonder what use it is if one, it is fearful beyond belief, and two, it isn't even there to begin with as it out mixing/mating with other disease carrying dogs all day. 

6 minutes ago, The manic said:

I am talking about Thai Soi dogs who have little or no training but are very territorial in the limited area of road where they are fed. There are no training standards as such. Most run away with a well aimed stone before they are in full attack mode. Anyway I will be testing out flashlights and subsonic repellers on one particular dog and another group of dogs around Pratumnak and will report back. 

Immediate future of soi dogs I think will now start to include more naturally confident dog breeds (what we consider work or training is complete natural instinct for these dogs, even with a poor start to life). Pet ownership (in particular imports) is increasing in Thailand, as Thai dogs aren't considered effective enough anymore by many (mostly due to size). I feel these dogs will end up 'accidentally' mating with the local dogs and the puppies will end up soi dogs.

For this reason I think the thread indirectly raises a good point, if the repellents and flashlights are ineffective, then what are the majority left with if dogs do become less fear, but more prey or defensive driven. 

6 hours ago, chrisinth said:

First person on this thread I think that has looked at a dog being a dog, and not the reaction a dog would have if it was a human................

 

As wildewillie89 points out, if a dog is so pent up to attack you there are few deterrents that will stop this from happening, least of all being a noise one. If as he also points out, they are only posturing, then an ultrasound device might work. I personally don't believe in them. 

 

The point to the above is to learn the signs of attack and posture but that would call for another thread.

 

Dogs ears are sensitive and operate outside the human ranges, what the topic is about. The other extraordinary gifts that a dog has is their smelling ability. If you want a deterrent against dogs, try something that will affect this 'gift'. An ammonia mixture sprayed in the right direction will work wonders, not so much for the eyes but for the nose. I don't use this for reasons explained later.

 

Another stopper that I have found is light. I carry a Hi-Lum ultrafire torch with me when I am out. If a dog charges, point that directly at their eyes, preferably on strobe mode, and it will stop them in their tracks. Obviously better at night but will also work in daylight. I have found that this works, others may not. 

 

But, and I know this isn't applicable to all, by far the greatest deterrent of all are my walking partners. I walk with a 32kg Siberian bitch and a 38kg German shepherd. Always on a leash. Sometimes I will get dogs charging but have never had one come into the zone.............

Yes, the zone I can relate to. The same with my Caucasian, dogs will wait til she is not looking, run a good 20 metres barking and growling, only to stop 2 metres away as she has turned around by that point. Then run away with the tail between the legs. She has absolutely no dog aggression unless it is really called for (usually has to be 3-4 dogs charging us before she steps up) as she is still young and the breed will not attack cowards by nature. She even gets down to want to play with the attacking dog sometimes lol. But just the size is enough of a deterrent (50kg) to keep fearful Thai dogs a safe distance. 

Be careful though with your dogs, particularly where I live there has been big increases in Fila Brasileiros being sold. I too have one, but had experience with Maremmas and Caucasian before getting him. I know a lot of police who are actually breeding them lately to make a bit of extra cash. A lot of high ranking officials get given breeding pairs as gifts, and they pass the puppies down to their juniors for free who also find people to breed with.

However, the problem is, Thai treat them as any other dog, so many yards may not be gated or fenced. The modern lines are quite dog aggressive, mine at 3 months already wants to control the vet waiting room (regardless of how big the other dogs are) - and of course all lines are stranger aggressive. A great walking partner in terms of keeping dogs away, but just make sure you are always aware of any new dogs that enter your neighborhood. 

Be careful for everyone really. I hate 'dangerous dog' laws, but some breeds really do need people who have half a brain in their heads. Seeing as the breed standard is that the dog must not be scared of a gun shot 1 metre away at the age of 12 months, then good luck with these devices working lol. 

Another factor is that the dogs have actually generally been brought up around and naturally socialised with sounds. For example, the stupid month where the village lets off fireworks every 5 minutes. The temple bangs that the dogs associate with feeding time. The loud shots every time someone dies. The loud music that people play sometimes. All things that are sounds, which is what these ultrasonic devices are, just a sound to the dog. 

A stick works in Thailand as the dog has unfortunately been beaten its whole life by the stick. That is the reason they attack people, bikes and cars once they have passed or are passing in the first place - out of pure fear. They will generally not attack if you walk, ride or drive head on (which is how confident dogs will fight). If any dogs attack head on then you are in trouble and only another dog will be able to deter them...not a device.