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My name is Doi
and I was a street dog. Actually I used to have a home once but
that was long time ago and all that remains from this time is a
fading memory. One day my protected life was over and I found
myself right on the street facing the harsh reality to look
after myself in a city that does not provide much for dogs who
lost their home. However, I tried my best and after some time I
found myself some kind of a home on one of the busiest streets
of Bangkok.
Living on Rama IX road is all but easy and I had my home
somewhere under a flyover. My place was
not bad considering my
current situation but the disadvantage
was that I had to cross some five lanes to both sides just to
reach safe ground on the sidewalk of the other side. So I often
took the long way to use a pedestrian
bridge since my place of course did not provide me with any food
or water. Taking everything into consideration; my life was
neither very exciting nor was it anywhere near to my dreams. At
least I was more or less safe from attacs or other incidents
with humans.
One day a nice woman came and took me away from my place and
brought me to her home where she had already other street dogs.
She cared for us but as it turned out she run out of money and I
had to change places again. At least this time I was not dumped
as before but Paporn agreed to give me temporary shelter in her
old house. I was there for several weeks and since noone else
was really interested in me I finally became a full member of
Khlongdogs where I still live.
Here I took over the care of our new arrival which is a little
puppy called Hope who unfortunately is a handicapped dog. She
broke her spine. I really love the young girl and like to think
of her as my own daughter. We play a lot and I feel good that I
can do something for another street dog. And then there are so
many other dogs and even cats in the house that it never gets
boring. It is great to walk around the house or play in the
garden without the fear of being hit by a car and my girlfriend
Khao is always there for a friendly chase.
I have to admit that I was very suspicious when I came here and
I tried to hide under the car as often as I could. But with time
came trust and with trust came love. Who does not like to be
cuddled or get her neck ruffled. Now Khao, Dream
and me share one room together. Sleeping in a closed room is
quite strange when you are used to a real street life but over
time you start to appreciate that you don't have to care about
mosquitoes or the rain.
Well, the bad news is that I am off the market and you have to
look for one of the many other dogs out there. But if you look
closely you will easily find that there are many dogs as
beautiful as I am. Just clean them up and you will see the
hidden beauty. Don't hesitate and adopt a street dog. Please! |
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