Video: Joh The Monkey Grooming Milo The Dog

The top vid is of Joh the gyms monkey grooming one of the gyms dogs, Milo. The gym had 3 dogs and 1 monkey, each dog was tied up or caged but was walked daily, they all got cared for and attention from everyone. The monkey Joh was also chained but would be walked around the gym, hugged and petted by various people. She was a local celebrity of sorts, Thais from the neighborhood would come and give her food (she was quite fat). Joh was also a highlight on the slum tour that farangs would take with a Thai guides on bicycles (mentioned in an earlier blog. One day when I was there making pictures Joh got free and quickly gathered up her chain in her little monkey hands so that no one could catch her then proceeded to climb up into areas where she should not be (one hand holding the gathered up chain and the other used for climbing), eventually she came down and surrendered, a tough little lady.