Good news to our earlier story.
On April 30th I published a story that had been on the BBC News website about a dog that had been rescued from the sea some 200+ kilometres from the Thai coast.
It drew a fair amount of replies.
Then Margaret from Tasmania left a reply that contained the link to an article in the Bangkok Post. It was very good news!
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Rescue dog heads to new home in Khon Kaen
29 Apr 2019
WRITER: GARY BOYLE
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: ASSAWIN PAKKAWAN
Seafaring dog Boonrod is heading to a new life in Khon Kaen with his new owner — one of the oil rig workers who rescued him from the ocean in a story that captured international attention.
“We’re leaving,” owner Vitisak Payalaw posted in a message on the Boonrod Facebook page on Saturday evening.
Mr Vitisak, an planner of Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, met Boonrod — in Thai — on Saturday for the first time since the team found him to an oil platform in the Gulf of Thailand about 220km from the shore in Songkhla on April 12.
How Boonrod got there remains a mystery, but it is believed that he must have fallen off a trawler. After helping rescue the deepwater dog, Mr Vitisak offered to be his new owner.
The exhausted animal was brought ashore on April 15 and lodged at Dog Smile House, a shelter in Hat Yai district of the southern province, with financial support from the US oil firm and Watchdog Thailand, a non-profit group.
Boonrod appeared delighted to see Mr Vitisak and the other members of the oil rig team who rescued him.
Mr Vitisak said he was taking annual leave from his work at the oil platform to transport the dog to his home in Khon Kaen, almost 1,500km from Hat Yai. The house in the northeastern province has been prepared to accomodate a new resident, the Chevron employee added.
Mr Vitisak asked for privacy and requested that well-wishers not visit his new pet at his parents’ home in Khon Kaen. But fans are welcome to greet Boonrod when he walks the dog, he added.
He also encouraged other animal lovers to adopt pets if they can.
The story of Boonrod was carried by global news agencies, including CNN. He can be followed on his Facebook page.
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We love stories like that!
Good luck to Boonrod and to his new friends.
Learning from Dogs 
This makes me very happy! Glad to see Boonrod has found his forever home.
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Yes, indeed, Susan, Boonrod has found his forever home. It’s very good news!
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Excellent news!
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John, a good news story in a sea of troubles!
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Another good news story: Beyond Meat had its IPO yesterday and surged 160%.
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I must look that up! It sounds like great news. P.S. I’m going to send you a video that I think you would enjoy.
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Kudos to Boonrod’s new owner with best wishes for a long lifetime together.
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I’ll second that. Our very best wishes for Boonrod.
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We DO like stories like that! Bless this man and his message to adopt. So many dogs need loving homes. 💕
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Yes, as I said earlier it is very good news! Thanks Bela.
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Yay! Another happy ending. Thanks for that.
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Don’t you just love happy endings, Marlene. Come to that so do we and many others!
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Fabulous News and both look as pleased as each other. 🙂
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Absolutely, Sue!
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Boonrod is a very fortunate dog. And his fame may do even more good. Khon Kaen is a city not far from the Laos border. Despite the dogmeat trade being illegal in Thailand, pockets of it exist in little backwater places along the Mekong River where it connects with Laos (where dog meat is found in all the local markets). Perhaps Boonrod’s story will spread and allow people to reconsider this disgusting trade. I hope he has a happy life.
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I didn’t realise that was the case with, as you say, the disgusting trade. Makes my blood boil! Anyway, Boonrod is one hell of lucky dog!
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Wagnificent tail, oops tale!🐾💜🐾
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Thank you! 😎
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