During the Petfinder Carnival, many of us were told about this lady by the name of Susan, from Broga, who is currently looking after more than 100 dogs.
Edward and I were approached to help this lady, so we decided to pay her a visit today.
Off we went to Semenyih; we met up with Susan at Nottingham University and followed her car to her shelter.
Susan, a widow, is in her sixties and she had sold off her house to build this shelter for the dogs since two years ago. She manages the shelter alone, with the occasional help from friends. She doesn't have a house anymore now, so she lives inside the shelter with her 100 over dogs.
This is the entrance to the shelter. It is located inside an oil palm estate.
Hello there, little doggie...
This is a dog with skin problem. Susan says he is much better now compared with the time when he was rescued.
Susan rescues dogs from Kajang, Semenyih and even PJ and KL, or wherever she sees stray dogs. Every single dog is rescued and many have been abandoned by their owners. The sick dogs are sent for treatment at Susan's regular vet in KL.
A new puppy.
Every single dog has its story. Susan told me many stories as we went round her shelter, but all the (100 over!) dogs were barking, I had some trouble hearing her.
Most of the dogs are kept in cages.
Susan's friends are helping her build more enclosures at the back. This is a three-legged dog, abandoned by its owner.
This is another section.
The dogs were happy to have visitors.
We'll be coming in soon...hang on, little doggies....
Susan lives in here surrounded by the dogs.
This is a very sad case of a dog rehomed and returned in a bad condition. Susan says this dog used to be so beautiful (she showed me his parents and siblings) but someone had wanted to adopt him, and later, Susan found out that the dog had not been well-taken care of, so she brought him back and is now treating his skin problem.
Because of this, Susan is quite reluctant to rehome her dogs. She has had too many bad experiences and she fears her dogs would not be well-taken care of. She'd rather look after them herself.
I can empathise with that. Rehoming animals is one of the hardest things to do - you can never be sure if the adopter would be a responsible owner. It is all the harder if you've developed a bond with the animal.
Someone had bought this brown poodle as a gift for his wife, but the poor dog was soon abandoned. Yes, even purebreds suffer this fate.
This dog appears to have a broken leg.
This one has a maggot wound.
This is Susan. Edward's on the right.
Some dogs are tied up because Susan's friends were coming in to help her later.
More dogs.
Must be siblings.
Many of these dogs are rehomable. But Susan would only give them up if she can be very sure the adopters would take very good care of her dogs.
I was attracted to this beagle-like small-sized dog.
She stays with her mommy in one enclosure.
I told Susan these two dogs are very rehomable, but Susan does not want to separate them as the mom loves the daughter very much. She would only give them up as a pair. Susan says both of them are very loving and caring, to each other and to humans too.
Any takers?
These puppies were rescued from a drain and several different places. (They are "new arrivals".)
Susan took us to the back of the shelter.
The front view.
Susan had this pump installed to direct water from the monsoon drain for cleaning purposes. This would save on the water bill, she said. Her shelter has water and electricity.
Now, why is this dog chained up outside the shelter?
Apparently, he is a "killer-dog". He just killed another dog a few weeks ago; goes for the neck and doesn't let go. So, Susan has to chain him outside. Well, just like we humans, some are more aggressive than others.
I asked Susan what kind of help she needs and she says she needs dogfood. She feeds the dogs rice, kibbles and the occasional chicken meat. Sometimes, when times are hard, she has to give them bread (but she knows the yeast is not good for them).
I suggested that she buys chicken from the market but at her age, she says it's very tiring cooking for so many dogs and washing the utensils, so she prefers kibbles.
I have told Susan that AnimalCare will raise funds to purchase dogfood for her, maybe not on a regular basis, but for a start, that's what we will do.
So, we are starting a fund-raising campaign for Susan now. The funds raised will be used entirely for the purchase of dogfood (just like the current ongoing fundraising for Meiji's 2nd dogfood donation).
If you would like to contribute, please bank-in your donation and follow with an email to chankahyein@gmail.com so that I can record your donations immediately.
Please support Susan, the dog-rescuer from Broga.
She has 100 over mouths to feed, and we can help. Every little bit counts.
Thank you, everyone.
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