Tiny Dog RescueFoundation Tanzania

Clinic notes

What happened, where, and what it cost

One note a month, written the week it happened. The good days and the ones that did not work, because a record that only holds the good days is not a record.

11notes published since 2025
61villages on the round
8,840dogs vaccinated in 2025
74%coverage, core wards

2026

Three notes

  • A village street in the Tanzanian highlands, houses along a dirt road with mountains behind

    11 September 2026 — Selela, Monduli

    The gate at the end of the row

    Ninety-two dogs, twenty surgeries, and a household that had said no for three years.

    92 vaccinated20 sterilised6 treated2 held overnight

  • A tan dog resting its head on a metal rail, looking cautiously at the camera

    5 September 2026 — Kennels, Njiro Road

    Six weeks under a bench

    What we have learned about not hurrying a frightened dog, and why the two-week trial exists.

    1 dog42 days0 forced handling

  • Herders walking across an open plain with a dog beside them

    22 August 2026 — Engaruka Juu, Monduli

    What we got wrong at Engaruka

    We booked a clinic day in the middle of the sesame harvest. Thirty-one dogs came. Here is the arithmetic of that mistake.

    31 vaccinated6 sterilised44% ward coverageReturning 14 November

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