Hot weather and three legged dogs

Yesterday, I hung out with two older European ladies. They are the founders of Lanna Dog Rescue. The began by picking up a cat from a ladies house, who found the cat in the woods. This cat, still a kitten, was paralyzed in her back two legs, one of which was so stretched out it was straight and looked like a tail. It was the most mangled cat I have ever seen. We brought it to the vet, they x-rayed it and determined that there was nothing they can do for it and that the deformities were caused by an accident of some sort. They don't put animal downs here, so we took her back to the lady, she has decided to keep it as a pet. Hopefully the kitten will grow strong enough to be able to get around on its front legs. Next we went to the Lanna Dog Rescue shelter. There were probably over 20 dogs. A good amount of them were missing legs. One was paralyzed and missing a leg. She managed very well though. Even though many of the dogs had been there for years and had some sort of deformity, they seemed happy. They were all up for adoption, but since they are not puppies and not perfect no one will adopt them. That is the exact reason why some people get rid of their dogs to begin with. The situation for the dogs is actually quite nice; they have a huge area to run around in, with a place to swim and the kennels are all open so they can come and go as they please. There is a couple who lives in the house on the property that take care of the animals daily. Oh, I also went to one of their homes. She has adopted 6 dogs. One of them is 3 months old. When it was a baby another dog bit its leg off. Someone brought him to her. She had to have the leg re-amputated. He is probably the cutest dog I have ever seen. He had such a good personality. I might just have to steal him. So later the ladies took us to the Temple to look for puppies that people dropped off. We couldn't find them so they two ladies took Naomi and I to lunch. We learned about their lives. One of them is a anthropologist, she spent 6 year with a hill tribe in northern thailand. Very cool.  After, Naomi and I went and hung out in town and then went to a Chinese market. This market is not even remotely positioned for foreigners. It was very interesting to go to a market and have an authentic experience. I will be volunteering for Lanna Dog again on Saturday.