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Makahiki Kāohi ʻImi Nalo Lahui

Ke noʻonoʻo wau iā Iulai, manaʻo wau i ka kuke ʻana a me ka grilling, ke ahi, ke kūʻokoʻa a me kaʻu mau pēpē aloha, kaʻu mau ʻīlio. Mahalo, ʻaʻole makaʻu kaʻu mau keikikāne ʻekolu (ʻae, ʻo kaʻu mau keiki) i ke ahi a me nā leo nui. (ʻIke wau, ua pōmaikaʻi a mahalo wau).

Me na puhi ahi a me na ilio, popoki, a me na holoholona e ae i makau maoli ia lakou, hiki ia'u ke hoomaopopo i ke kumu o Iulai. Makahiki Kāohi ʻImi Nalo Lahui. Eia nō naʻe, ʻike nō wau ʻaʻole ʻo ke ahi wale nō ka mea e nalowale ai ka holoholona aloha. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi West Highland White Terrier i kapa ʻia ʻo Duncan i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, he ʻīlio maikaʻi me ka ʻuhane ʻuhane. Makemake au e lawe iā ia i nā wahi a pau me aʻu, a manaʻo wau ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻokalakupua iā ia iho i kēlā me kēia manawa! Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio, ua puka ʻo ia i waho o koʻu home town, a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea ʻo ia i hoʻokele ai, no ka mea, lawe wau iā ia i waho ma kahi kaula e hele ai i ka ipuhao! ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele i kahi huakaʻi, a nalo ʻo ia ua hele!

He manawa ʻehaʻeha kēlā o koʻu ola. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea e hana ai a i hea e hoʻomaka ai e ʻimi iā ia. Mahalo, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumuwaiwai e pale aku i kaʻu mau pēpē i kēia lā. He mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi ka American Humane Society inā nalowale kāu holoholona - kaomi maanei heluhelu ia lakou.

I kēia mau lā, hoʻopaʻa ʻia kaʻu mau pēpē a me ka microchipped, a he nui kaʻu mau kumuwaiwai hou aʻe aʻu e kaʻana aku ai ma ka hopena o kēia pou blog. ʻAe, a he aha ka mea i hana ʻia me Duncan, ke nīnau nei ʻoe? ʻAʻole e hopohopo, ua pōkole koʻu puʻuwai. Ma hope aʻe o ia lā, ʻike wau iā ia e holo ana ma ka noho mua o kā mākou kaʻa ʻōpala! Laki loa au no ka holo ʻole ʻana o Duncan e ka ʻōpala, akā ua ʻike pū ʻo ia i kaʻu pēpē mai ia wahi a hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia i hope e ʻike inā hiki iā ia ke ʻimi iaʻu! Ua waiho ia i ka hoʻomanaʻo mau a me ka hopena ma luna oʻu e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole wale wau e ʻimi i nā manawa e hoʻopakele ai i nā holoholona nalowale ke loaʻa iaʻu (e kāhea iā ia e uku i mua), akā e mālama i ka mālama ʻana me kēlā me kēia holoholona i loaʻa iaʻu mai ia manawa. Aloha koʻu puʻuwai i kēlā mau mākua pipi ʻaʻole i ʻike i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o kā lākou pēpē huluhulu (a i ʻole scaly?). (Manaʻolana he ʻoiaʻiʻo nā stats aʻu i heluhelu ai, a he hapa liʻiliʻi loa ia.)

Inā ʻike ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea āu i ʻike ai i kahi holoholona e nalowale ana, eia kekahi mau kumuwaiwai manuahi e hoʻohana ai: