From Sweden to the sois: The story of a Phuket Soi Dog volunteer
Soi Dog Foundation


Johanna and her mother Lena.

PHUKET: -- Johanna Johansson’s friends think she’s mad for taking time out of her busy work schedule to fly thousands of kilometres to help Phuket’s street dogs.

The 22-year-old chef from Sweden is on her third visit to the island to volunteer at the Soi Dog Foundation’s Mai Khao shelter.

“My friends think I’m crazy, really no one understands my passion for dogs and for doing this. But if people come here, they will understand,” Johanna says.

Her involvement with Soi Dog began in March 2012, when she found a sick dog in Bangkok while visiting her brother.

The dog could barely walk due to a leg injury, and she wanted to take it back to Sweden. She Googled what to do, and came across Soi Dog. She’s a keen dog lover (she already has six dogs in Sweden) and decided she wanted to return to help.

This time Johanna will take back “Soi”, a 15 month old dog, to foster for six months before the dog goes to a permanent home in Australia.

Johanna and her mother Lena, who came over with her on this visit, spend her mornings walking the dogs and “socialising” them, which means giving them lots of cuddles. The best part of Johanna’s experience has been teaching the dogs to get comfortable walking on a lead.

“They can rebuild their trust with humans, no matter what they have been through.”

“I think this [the shelter] is a good place to be if you’re a soi dog. I’m just happy that the dogs are here and not on the streets.”

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/from-sweden-to-the-sois-the-story-of-a-phuket-soi-dog-volunteer-42525.php


-- Phuket News 2013-10-25

Fair play to them!,

there should be a National awareness campaign in Thailand similar to the "a dog is for life,not just for Christmas" one,

some(not all,I'm not bashing!)Thai's have no sense of responsibility,and will buy a "cute puppy" then abandon it as soon as it proves to be difficult,

Good on you Johanna and Soi Dogs!.

Her intentions are good.

Please let this not turn into a thread about work permits again.

She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

Totally disagree with you.

IMO Soi Dog is doing an excellent job, both in rescuing as well as trying to prevent future problems by sterilizing as many of the soi dogs as they can.

Please let this not turn into a thread about work permits again.

Why did you mention them then?

And so can your organisation sort out a problem soi dog and its family in Bangkok?

She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

Totally disagree with you.

IMO Soi Dog is doing an excellent job, both in rescuing as well as trying to prevent future problems by sterilizing as many of the soi dogs as they can.

Agree, you can hardly describe the environment of a soi dog as "natural". Also dogs are not wild animals. This is why they always stay near people. Kudos to Soi dog!

She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

Totally disagree with you.

IMO Soi Dog is doing an excellent job, both in rescuing as well as trying to prevent future problems by sterilizing as many of the soi dogs as they can.

Agree, you can hardly describe the environment of a soi dog as "natural". Also dogs are not wild animals. This is why they always stay near people. Kudos to Soi dog!

Only a couple of thousands soi dogs in Pattaya if she,s keen !!!!..... will keep on multiplying too if the thai mentality stays the same ...and it will.

 

 

She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

Totally disagree with you.

 

IMO Soi Dog is doing an excellent job, both in rescuing as well as trying to prevent future problems by sterilizing as many of the soi dogs as they can.

 

Agree, you can hardly describe the environment of a soi dog as "natural". Also dogs are not wild animals. This is why they always stay near people. Kudos to Soi dog!

 

Only a couple of thousands soi dogs in Pattaya if she,s keen !!!!..... will keep on multiplying too if the thai mentality stays the same ...and it will.

So what does that have to do with Soi Dog in Phuket?

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She forgets these are feral dogs and not house dogs. It's like National Geographic helping out animals in need when they film in the wild. Good intentions to her but let nature take its place

Totally disagree with you.

IMO Soi Dog is doing an excellent job, both in rescuing as well as trying to prevent future problems by sterilizing as many of the soi dogs as they can.

Agree, you can hardly describe the environment of a soi dog as "natural". Also dogs are not wild animals. This is why they always stay near people. Kudos to Soi dog!

Only a couple of thousands soi dogs in Pattaya if she,s keen !!!!..... will keep on multiplying too if the thai mentality stays the same ...and it will.

Instead of complaining maybe you should start doing the same great job as she's doing. Or if the Thai mentality is that annoying to you, please feel free to move.

Please let this not turn into a thread about work permits again.

Why did you mention them then?

To head off ridiculousness.