It’s almost midnight now, and I’ve just packed everything (that I can think of) into my car, all set for tomorrow’s trip to LLLP.
Our purpose of going up tomorrow is to start with the spaying of the 15 female dogs.
Dr Khor has very kindly consented to come up to do it, closing his clinic for the day, just to help us out. We are very grateful to him, and also to his two assistants, Alex and Yusop.
We do not know what to expect tomorrow, because this would be our first time doing surgery on the farm. Everything would be make-shift and last-minute, but Dr Khor is quite confident everything will be ok. He has borrowed a grooming table for the surgery, and all he wants is a plugpoint.
On my part, let’s see….I had a very long list just now:
power extension cord, old towels, a tarpaulin sheet, collars and leashes (thanks to Amy, who sponsored whatever I needed), garbage enzyme (to clean the place – it’s non-toxic), etc, etc…
We left 12 cages up there so that we can use them for spaying-neutering.
And I bought three packs of Addiction vege kibbles for the dogs too. The food we brought up the last time is fast running out.
On the homefront, I have been nursing myself from a bad flu (since getting caught in the rain during the rescue work), my son is also ill, Indy went cranky and injured Pole quite badly, and Suki is as sweet as ever… And oh, believe it or not, I must have brought ticks back from the dog pound, because we suddenly found at least 30 ticks on Bobby. Have bathed and tickwashed him with Bayticol. And because of this, we had to clean up the entire house as well.
Life is never boring….
Wish us luck tomorrow, as we take this second step in our Klang Dog Pound rescue.
Meanwhile, would other groups like to rescue more dogs from the Klang Dog Pound? Or any pound, for that matter? There are dogs to be rescued every week. As I’ve always said, capturing to the pound (and euthanising) cannot solve the stray problem. CNRM can, though it takes time, but it is the most compassionate and humane (I sometimes wonder what this word “humane” means, nowadays) method of controlling the stray population.
My hands are full now, and I have to channel all our resources to looking after these 36 dogs (35, actually, Lisa has taken over the black long-haired one, whom we now call Shaggy).
I’ve had people telling me that I should do more rescue from the Klang Dog Pound in the weeks to come. I can and I will, provided they give me the funds, and provide me with a sanctuary to rehome them, and sponsor the spay-neuter, buy food, etc.
It’s very easy to give orders from the armchair….
Goodnight, everyone.
P.S. If anyone is interested, SPCA has sent out its Friday Flash with information about our 3-day rescue work, but there are some factual errors.