Year of the Dog
So far my blog posts have focused on my personal experience of living in Bangkok, my frequent faux pas and general mishaps. But how has life changed for Charles and Siale, the two dogs who had no real say as to whether they moved to Thailand or not? A Change of Scene Aside from the initial trauma of being stuffed into crates, put in the hold of a plane and flown 6000 miles, their whole environment has completely changed. The first major difference is obviously the climate. Lurchers do not have an awful lot of fur (with what they do have being shed onto our furniture on a daily basis) and they also have comparatively thin skin so they really feel the cold. I remember when we first adopted Charles and Siale, the lady at the rescue saying that we probably needed to get them some pyjamas for the winter. So you'd think that a move to warmer climes would suit them? But no, they actually don't seem to have any ability to regulate their own body temperature, or at least they d...