A DIFFERENT KIND OF VACATION: VOLUNTEERWORK WITH DOGS & CATS ON KOH SAMUI

Koh Samui once - Koh Samui forever! If you have visited Koh Samui once and fallen in love with the island, you will always come back! Good for the dogs and cats! During the last years many animal lovers had come who had a lot of fun working with and for the animals. 

It doesn’t matter if you want to help only for a couple of hours or longer; every helping hand is welcome. Around 350 dogs and 150 cats are waiting to be cuddled. You can also come with children. The dogs and cats are all very nice and lovely and for kids it is for sure and unforgettable experience to play with so many dogs and cats.

We have 2 locations of our shelter: Chaweng & Taling Ngam. Most volunteers help in Taling Ngam, because that’s our biggest location.

 

About the work

Every day in the shelter can look a bit different but we have some daily tasks/activities we always do with the volunteers.

Morning	Afternoon
Cleaning the puppy area and feeding the puppies.	Walk to the beach with some dogs.
Small walks with some kenneldogs.	Cleaning the puppy area and feeding them.
Cleaning the cat single boxes, feeding them and play/socialize time.	Finishing up the day together.
Additional feeding the dogs that are more vulnerable (old dogs, skinny dogs, dogs recovering from operation) with wetfood and vitamins.
Bathing dogs with skinproblems with medical shampoo.

 

Overall these are the daily activities from the volunteers. Some days volunteers can also help with other things and projects we do for streetdogs- and cats on the island, for instance:

- Feeding streetdogs.

- Treatment for streetdogs: anti flea/tick treatment, deworming, vaccinations.

- Assist with picking up/catching an injured street-dog/cat for treatment.

- Clinic visits with dogs or cats.

At Dog & Cat Rescue Samui Foundation you get a lot of freedom to come up with your own ideas. We always think it's fantastic when motivated people with knowledge and experience want to share this with us.

Do you want to volunteer with us? Sent an e-mail to: info@samuidog.org or get in contact with us via Instagram: dog_and_cat_rescue_samui

And check out our highlight on Instagram about the volunteerwork. It will already give you a bit of an idea about the work in the shelter 😊 Or take a look HERE to see a lot of nice pictures from previous volunteers.
 

Vets wishing to help are welcome any time!

 

How to find us?

We have two shelters: a small one in Chaweng and a big one at Ban Taling Ngam in the south west of the island. Click here for more directions.

Both of the shelters are opened from 9AM to 5PM every day and it is not necessary to make an appointment. Just come by and have a look at the shelters in Chaweng or Ban Taling Ngam! Of course, you can give us a call before you visit and ask for further information. Phone: 077 413 490 or 01 893 94 43.
 

Where to stay during your volunteer experience?

Free accomodation in Chaweng shelter

We have 1 small room with single bed and aircon in the Chaweng shelter available for a volunteer to stay in. If you know the dates you’ll be on Samui, you can let us know and we keep the room reserved for you. To stay in this room we ask to help out 5 days a week in the shelter.

Aforetime House

On 20 minutes walking distance (or 5 minutes by motorbike) of the big shelter in Taling Ngam is a hostel called Aforetime House. Many volunteers stayed here before and liked the place. It’s at the beach (the same beach where we always walk to with our dogs 😊).

They have dorms from 300 baht/€8 and private rooms from 750 baht/€20.

Other options:

Taling Ngam is a quiet area with not many hotels or hostels. There are a few hotels in the area. Best to Google for it. Another option to get to the shelter in Taling Ngam is by shuttle/car from Chaweng. Chaweng is the most touristic part of Samui. Many hotels and hostels in all price ranges to find here. 

Transport to and from the shelter at Taling Ngam

We can give you a lift to the shelter, you have to be at the Chaweng shelter at 9AM (car drives back 5PM, so you'll be back in Chaweng 6PM). You can drive with for free. If it is not possible for you to go to Ban Taling Ngam, you can help at the shelter in Chaweng.