Sweet Rinko: Making Progress After So Much Pain

I am a young girl named Rinko and, thanks to Soi Dog, I am learning to walk again. If you haven�t met me yet, you can read how my story started here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.692448367463568.1073742814.108625789179165&type=1

I came to the shelter after a staff member�s friend called Soi Dog. She�d seen me at a beach in Phuket and noticed that I was having problems with my back legs and seemed to be in extreme pain. I am so glad that lady saw me because I really couldn�t stand or walk properly; it hurt so much. A man called Khun Jaroon arrived and picked me up. He is an Animal Rescue Officer with Soi Dog and he told me not to worry; he was going to take me somewhere where I would be taken care of.

At the shelter, the vets took a look at my legs and saw that I had some bad wounds on my back paws. They cleaned out my wounds and gave me some medicine called antibiotics, so I wouldn�t get any infection. Then they did something called an x-ray and that showed them that I had some old fractures in my legs. I had problems with the nerves in my paws and the vets said this would mean I would never be able to walk or stand like a normal dog.

This made me sad but the vets told me they could help me. They made me some special cast shoes so that I could stand up and walk without feeling any pain. Since they fitted me with those special shoes, life gets a little bit better every day. They help me to practice standing and walking and I am getting very good at it, as you will see from the pictures.

I really want to thank the Emergency Response Team because I heard that without them, I wouldn�t be here. They are a group of very special people whose support means Soi Dog can continue to help animals like me. Please visit https://www.soidog.org/en/ert/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=FBO_rinko4&utm_campaign=ert and sign up to help them today.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/SoiDogPageInEnglish/photos/a.702108..

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Established in 2003 in Phuket, Thailand, Soi Dog is Southeast Asia's largest organisation helping stray animals. The Gill Dalley sanctuary in Phuket is home to over 1,600 animals. Soi Dog also has a treatment facility in Bangkok and responds to crisis situations throughout Thailand. The organisation is dedicated to implementing effective, sustainable solutions that reduce the suffering of dogs and cats in Asia, runs entirely on donations and works efficiently so all donations are used to help animals as effectively as possible.

The foundation is a registered not-for-profit organisation in Thailand, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, France and Holland. It has a maximum 4-star rating with Charity Navigator, the largest and most-utilised independent non-profit evaluator in the United States, a platinum seal of transparency from Candid, the world’s largest source of non-profit information, a Top Rated award from Greatnonprofits and the Travelers’ Choice award from Tripadvisor.

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