Popular Post Luuk Chaai Posted April 15 Popular Post Share Posted April 15 8 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Difficult to be honest to believe that you've ever really liked dogs, as you claim, after a comment like that; dogs are the most humane, loving, and loyal creatures on this planet, and none of them get a choice as to whether or not they become clean, well cared for pets, or have to scavenge to exist as filthy flea bags. As someone that has lived in SE Asia for a long time, it would be nice to think you had a bit more understanding an empathy for the plight of soi dogs There's a temple in our village that always has a minimum of a dozen ...3 years ago, one of the saffron wearing fellows started poisoning and torturing them...I rescued one and took him home had some really bad cuts and a rope tied around his neck... today he's a great dog and extremely loyal and friendly 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 13 hours ago, KhunLA said: Everything we don't carry around with us. For some of us, that almost worth ฿1000, for others, maybe ฿1M. Some things have no real value, except sentimental value. TBH, not much that can't be replaced, and sometimes hope someone would come and steal all the crap I've collected, as I have a hard time discarding it, or give me a good reason to upgrade. Send me your camera and camera lenses....please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 14 hours ago, proton said: What have you got worth stealing? 😃 Aggressive Territorial Dogs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX1 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 13 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: In Pratumnak the alphas disappeared, maybe that's the strategy, i do see dogs dumped in the middle of nowhere outside Pattaya. Yes, I’ve noticed that in north Jomtien, near Pratumnak, although there are still heaps of dogs, none are aggressive. Maybe someone in authority has been quietly arranging the removal of the problem dogs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: In Pratumnak the alphas disappeared, maybe that's the strategy, i do see dogs dumped in the middle of nowhere outside Pattaya. I see the feeders perpetuating the problem around Wat Yan, why can't they take them in as pets? The ocassional feeders. Very dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thingamabob Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 18 hours ago, proton said: They collect them, put them in a van then dump them somewhere else to continue being the filthy vermin that they are.🤨 See a doctor, soon. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 16 hours ago, connda said: I've got 8 of them at home. Well-fed, territorial, and aggressive. Home security defense in depth. Glad i don't live near you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thingamabob Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 As can be seen there are many foreigners in Thailand who hate dogs, and who hate animals generally. A word of warning, such people are sick. Keep your distance. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 10 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Difficult to be honest to believe that you've ever really liked dogs, as you claim, after a comment like that; dogs are the most humane, loving, and loyal creatures on this planet, and none of them get a choice as to whether or not they become clean, well cared for pets, or have to scavenge to exist as filthy flea bags. As someone that has lived in SE Asia for a long time, it would be nice to think you had a bit more understanding an empathy for the plight of soi dogs NO sorry, tough <deleted> for them. They are a big problem, they've attacked and killed little kids many times here and they need to be managed. A good clean well behaved dog is wonderful, not those tossed out gangs od flea ridden rats that people come once in a while and feed. Which is terribly irresponsible. I used to love all dogs. Not anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredwiggy Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 10 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Difficult to be honest to believe that you've ever really liked dogs, as you claim, after a comment like that; dogs are the most humane, loving, and loyal creatures on this planet, and none of them get a choice as to whether or not they become clean, well cared for pets, or have to scavenge to exist as filthy flea bags. As someone that has lived in SE Asia for a long time, it would be nice to think you had a bit more understanding an empathy for the plight of soi dogs Absolutely, you don't lose your affection for dogs just because they are abused and left to roam by a population that only likes them when they are cute puppies, then lets them fend for themselves. This isn't all locals for sure, but as we can see from the amount of stray dogs, a good majority of them. Life, including animals here, isn't as precious as in western countries. I've been feeding a few dogs since I moved here 6 years ago, and most of them have been poisoned by some village lowlife that doesn't like them around for some reason. The only good thing that's happening is the spay/neuter program that's been going around but it needs to be in all provinces, all the time, to be effective. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 3 minutes ago, Thingamabob said: As can be seen there are many foreigners in Thailand who hate dogs, and who hate animals generally. A word of warning, such people are sick. Keep your distance. You are being a drama queen. I see mainly a dislike of feral stray dogs here... and that is quite justified. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, rexpotter said: NO sorry, tough <deleted> for them. They are a big problem, they've attacked and killed little kids many times here and they need to be managed. A good clean well behaved dog is wonderful, not those tossed out gangs od flea ridden rats that people come once in a while and feed. Which is terribly irresponsible. I used to love all dogs. Not anymore. Remember this? How would you like it, if it was your kid? His Majesty the King has sent a vase of flowers to a five year old Finnish boy who was attacked and bitten by a pack of dogs at Ao Nang in Krabi on Wednesday afternoon. The King instructed Captain Khumsup Iamsri, an officer attached to the King’s royal villa, to send the flowers to the boy at the Krabi Nakharin International Hospital in Krabi’s Muang district at 9.30am. The gracious gift from His Majesty follows visits from city officials, Krabi Governor and, yesterday morning, the Thai PM during a visit to Krabi and Samui. 23 February 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 14 hours ago, KhunLA said: Everything we don't carry around with us. For some of us, that almost worth ฿1000, for others, maybe ฿1M. Some things have no real value, except sentimental value. TBH, not much that can't be replaced, and sometimes hope someone would come and steal all the crap I've collected, as I have a hard time discarding it, or give me a good reason to upgrade. Address please, and any information on any fishing tackle or music you might not need anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) 6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said: Address please, and any information on any fishing tackle or music you might not need anymore Some need to pick up on the idea of yard sales! Edited April 16 by jacko45k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloquent pilgrim Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Luuk Chaai said: Ha.... they shipped a load of them here to the Pranburi Hua Hin area. We have a new pack of 10 that sprouted...and the nice old lady's come by on their scooters and drop plastic bags of food on the corner for them..I'm pretty quick. I grab most of them before the mutts and toss them out..had my wife stop one of them last night and ask/tell her to stop..and if she really wants to feed them I would be more than happy to relocate them to where her house is Most Thai people are Buddhist, and as such have a great deal of empathy for animals. Thai people all over the country feed the soi dogs, because they understand and sympathise with their hardships. What is obviously needed is a proper government funded sterilisation program to gradually reduce the numbers of them. What is not needed is people like you throwing away food that local people leave for them …. shame on you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 3 minutes ago, rexpotter said: Remember this? How would you like it, if it was your kid? His Majesty the King has sent a vase of flowers to a five year old Finnish boy who was attacked and bitten by a pack of dogs at Ao Nang in Krabi on Wednesday afternoon. The King instructed Captain Khumsup Iamsri, an officer attached to the King’s royal villa, to send the flowers to the boy at the Krabi Nakharin International Hospital in Krabi’s Muang district at 9.30am. The gracious gift from His Majesty follows visits from city officials, Krabi Governor and, yesterday morning, the Thai PM during a visit to Krabi and Samui. 23 February 2019 Better to use that power to make sure the spay/neuter programs are well paid for, as this is the best way to keep the animals under control. By the way, dog attacks happen in every country, as I'm sure you know, and many are "well behaved, fed, owned dogs". I've been bitten twice in my life by aggressive dogs. Once in New Jersey while looking at a motorcycle to buy, a small lap dog that tore my pants , and the other by a dog here, owned, loose, after I returned from a wedding with my girlfriend and I tried to pet him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Most Thai people are Buddhist, and as such have a great deal of empathy for animals. Thai people all over the country feed the soi dogs, because they understand and sympathise with their hardships. What is obviously needed is a proper government funded sterilisation program to gradually reduce the numbers of them. What is not needed is people like you throwing away food that local people leave for them …. shame on you. Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 12 minutes ago, fredwiggy said: Address please, and any information on any fishing tackle or music you might not need anymore 15 hours ago, KhunLA said: Everything we don't carry around with us. For some of us, that almost worth ฿1000, for others, maybe ฿1M. Some things have no real value, except sentimental value. TBH, not much that can't be replaced, and sometimes hope someone would come and steal all the crap I've collected, as I have a hard time discarding it, or give me a good reason to upgrade. No fishing tackle, strangely, for living near the Gulf. Phom jon mak mak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, rexpotter said: There is an element to this that cannot be discussed in public. Old timers understand what I am referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Must be a Crocodile farm nearby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post actonion Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Most Thai people are Buddhist, and as such have a great deal of empathy for animals. Thai people all over the country feed the soi dogs, because they understand and sympathise with their hardships. What is obviously needed is a proper government funded sterilisation program to gradually reduce the numbers of them. What is not needed is people like you throwing away food that local people leave for them …. shame on you. Empathy for animals?, its mostly Thai's who throw their dogs on the streets when they cease to be small and cuddly, and expensive to feed.. Edited April 16 by actonion 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, actonion said: Empathy for animals?, its mostly Thai's who throw their dogs on the streets when they cease to be small and cuddly, and expensive to feed.. I think eloquent pilgrim just got off the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Thingamabob said: See a doctor, soon. It's not the Drs who collect and dump them. This is what happened on our moobhan and I know it goes o elsewhere, instead of solving a problem they just take it to another place. Time they stopped treating soi dogs as holy relics and started eradicated these filthy pests. Edited April 16 by proton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: Most Thai people are Buddhist, and as such have a great deal of empathy for animals. Thai people all over the country feed the soi dogs, because they understand and sympathise with their hardships. What is obviously needed is a proper government funded sterilisation program to gradually reduce the numbers of them. What is not needed is people like you throwing away food that local people leave for them …. shame on you. Empathy for animals, have you tried buying food here that does not contain meat or fish? Not much empathy for animals trapped for making merit, cock fighting or the way they keep pets. The soppy dog stance is misplaced emotion caused by a famous publication in the past which cannot be mentioned rather than empathy for animals, Thais have little of that. Edited April 16 by proton 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 10 minutes ago, proton said: It's not the Drs who collect and dump them. This is what happened on out moobhan and I know it goes o elsewhere, instead of solving a problem they just take it to another place. Time they stopped treating soi dogs as holy relics and started eradicated these filthy pests. All animals should be kept under control by their owners. TNR (Trap, neuter and release) of Soi dogs may sound good in theory but the more effective method would be to trap and humanely destroy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0ffshore360 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 A quick google search reveals quite a list of dog rescue orgs. in/around Chiang Mai. Problem is that the combined capacity of such will never be enough to remove all strays from the streets which leads to feeding in situ which encourages a population. I do wonder how many of such dog rescue ventures are more focused on donated funding self interest than canine care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbee2022 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 20 hours ago, rexpotter said: I just moved back to Thailand and four months ago in the area I stay there was a huge problem with overfed aggressive street dogs. They survived on tossed out restuarant food, and the do-good dog lovers feeding them. Could not even walk around the area at night. So one day I noticed they were all gone, and I mean forty or fifty of them. I also noticed that Chiang Mai really cleaned up the dog problem in the northwest of the city where lots of expats live. Wonder how they do it? Well, do you ever ate meat balls or pork steaks or curry or any other meat dishes? And did you realised it was not expensive? Voila! 🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Some cities are engaging in the process of culling these dogs, which I believe is the merciful thing to do since these creatures live lives of misery and desperation. It is unfortunate that some people have a misconception that feeding soi dogs earns some sort of Buddhavistic merit, which I think could not be further from the truth. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujayujay Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Castration is slowly starting to have its effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, 0ffshore360 said: A quick google search reveals quite a list of dog rescue orgs. in/around Chiang Mai. Problem is that the combined capacity of such will never be enough to remove all strays from the streets which leads to feeding in situ which encourages a population. I do wonder how many of such dog rescue ventures are more focused on donated funding self interest than canine care. Just like the elephant swiss, same deal fund themselves and pay a few kid peanuts to watch the little dog farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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