I drove down up to LLLP with Ainey, very anxious and wondering what we might see. SPCA’s Dr Lim text to say they were also on the way. I had requested that Dr Lim came along to access the situation as I was told two males had died. We would also need their van should we need to transport any sick dog back for treatment.
We arrived before 10am, and as usual, we saw a few dogs outside the gate, including Jimmy. I was so glad Jimmy is alright (he had nasal discharge the last time). I stopped the car immediately and we got down to feed the dogs some kibbles we had brought with us. Here’s Ainey feeding one of the spayed females (note the shaven area on the abdomen).
We then drove up and fed more dogs. It was a mixture of the farm dogs, the Ketam ones, and our Klang dogs.
This one was so hungry he just couldn’t wait.
I spoke to Mr Mariappan and discovered that a total of 3 males had died. But right now, none are sick, he said.
More dogs coming to eat. This one is quite thin.
This one also couldn’t wait. Dig in, doggy, dig in!
We went up to the enclosure and goatshed and saw Taikor. Mr Mariappan says Taikor only stays here with the goats. He never goes down to the farmhouse. A few people have asked to adopt Taikor, but Mr Mariappan says he wants to keep him on the farm. A total of another 10 dogs have now been adopted and there are only about 15 odd left now. But this figure is not accurate, of course. Some dogs roam freely and only come back for food. We’d never know the exact figure.
The SPCA van arrived with Dr Lim and Mr Samy, and Dr Lim started examining the dogs. She says all look “good enough” and none warrant any immediate medical treatment back in KL. She suggested vaccinating the females, but I thought it better to hold on.
I postulate (but I may be wrong) that the males could have died because they already had some disease festering in their bodies, and the vaccine made it worse. Dr Lim said it is possible, but we would never know for sure.
We did everything with good intentions, the results may not always turn out perfect, but that’s the best we could do under the circumstances.
Dr Lim also suggesting jabbing Ivermectin on the females but I thought that too should wait. We’d rather they settle down first, and build up their health.
Here’s Jimmy and Taikor, Mr Mariappan’s favourites. He gives Taikor two eggs per day. Jimmy behaves like your typical spoilt-brat, very demanding and attention-seeking. He does not allow Mr Mariappan to touch any other dog (this is what I call the “small-dog syndrome”).
Tick powder was applied to some of the dogs, and some had their wounds sprayed.
We talked at length about food for the dogs, and we will honour our word of supplying appropriate food for the dogs. Bro Sui came by, too, and we had a long discussion with him, together with Dr Lim.
There is only one unspayed female on the farm now, and Mr Mariappan disallows her to be spayed. He says it would be a joy to have a new litter on the farm. We asked if we could bring some puppies up instead but he said no. He wants “resident puppies”, born on the farm.
We finally agreed upon one litter, after which he should allow the female to be spayed.
While we were there, we saw several males hounding the female.
Would we have a new litter of puppies in 2-3 months?
Let’s wait and see.
From LLLP, we headed off to Bentong town to meet up with Meiji.
On to the next posting, please…
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Sigh! I really fail to grasp the mentality of some people who insist on the "specialty" of having their "made on own farm and own litter" of animals when there is such surplus everywhere that healthy millions (including newborns) are killed day in and day out and others are suffering (no food, no home) all around us in every direction that we care to look!
By doing that, later if the mum dog gives birth to 8 pups, we end up with 9 animals to neuter instead of 1! But then, why do these people care? They are not into neutering anyway … they do not really care for the animals.