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Mahalo no kaʻu ʻīlio

Aloha au i nā holoholona mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi. No nā makahiki he 10 mua o koʻu ola ʻana, ua hoʻomaka wau e lilo i zoologist. A ʻoiai ua koho au i kahi ala ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i pau koʻu aloha i nā holoholona. ʻO kaʻu aloha nui no nā ʻīlio mai koʻu wā i ulu pū ai me lākou mai ka wā ʻōpio. Mai koʻu mau kūpuna a hiki i nā moʻopuna, loaʻa mau nā ʻīlio i loko o ka ʻohana. Ke ʻakaʻaka nei au i koʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i koʻu kupunawahine i ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻīlio ma lalo o ka papaʻaina me ka manaʻo ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike. Laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻohana i piha i ka poʻe aloha ʻīlio, a pau lākou i ka hao ʻana i nā ʻīlio no nā hanauna.

Hiki i nā ʻīlio ke aʻo mai iā mākou i nā mea kupanaha he nui e pili ana i ke ola, a aia kēlā me kēia ʻīlio i kā lākou mau haʻawina no mākou. ʻAʻohe ʻano ʻīlio ʻelua i like a ʻaʻole hoʻi kā mākou paʻa me lākou. ʻO Titan kā mākou ʻīlio hou loa a he kahu hipa Kelemania ʻo ia he 90 paona. A ʻoiai ua hala ʻole ʻo ia i Iulai 2022 mai nā pilikia olakino a me ke koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻohe lā e hana ʻole ai au e noʻonoʻo nei i koʻu mahalo i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia i koʻu ola a no nā haʻawina āpau āna i aʻo mai ai iaʻu. .

Mahalo wau iā Titan no nā kumu he nui, akā e inoa i kekahi mau mea ...

Loaʻa iā mākou kahi paʻa hiki ʻole ke hōʻole ʻia. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa inoa inā he lā ʻino a maʻi paha kaʻu kāne a i ʻole ka maʻi, a lawe mai ʻo ia iā mākou i kāna mea pāʻani punahele punahele (no ka mea inā e hauʻoli nui ʻo ia, e hoʻohauʻoli pū kekahi iā mākou!). Hāʻawi ʻo Titan i kēlā mau hoa, ʻoiai ʻo kaʻu hana mai ka home a ʻaʻole kaʻu kāne. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻemi mehameha ka hana ma ka home; ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia. E hahai mai ʻo ia iaʻu a puni ka hale a kokoke mau ʻo ia no kahi snuggle. I ko mākou mau lā hoʻomaha, lawe au iā ia me aʻu i nā wahi āpau i ʻae ʻia nā ʻīlio (ʻae, ʻo Ulta!). Hele mākou i nā huakaʻi ma waho, e hele wāwae i ka paka, a me nā hana. Holo mākou ma ka Starbucks drive-thru no ka hau kofe a me nā pupiccinos, a nānā ikaika ʻo ia i ka barista a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna kīʻaha, a ʻakaʻaka nā mea a pau. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli nui i koʻu ola!

ʻO ka mālama ʻana iā Titan ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi kumu nui. Ma ke ʻano he keiki ʻole e ka wahine koho, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻīlio kahi e hele ai ka nui o koʻu aloha, ka nānā ʻana, a me ka ikaika hānai. Hana wau i kaʻu mau ʻīlio e like me kaʻu mau keiki, a manaʻo mau wau iā lākou he mau pēpē hulu. A no ka naʻauao loa ʻo Titan a he ʻano hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe, makemake ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui, ka nānā ʻana, a me ka hana, a ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka hoʻolako ʻana iā ia. ʻO ka hōʻino ʻana iā ia a me ka mālama ʻana iā ia he wahi koʻikoʻi o koʻu ola akā hauʻoli wau i ka hana ʻana no ka nui o koʻu aloha iā ia.

Ua mālama ʻo Titan iaʻu i ka ʻeleu, i kēia manawa, a me ka pāʻani. Ua aʻo mai ʻo ia iaʻu ʻaʻole pau ka manawa i ka hele mālie a kau ʻana ma ka paka no nā hola. Ua lilo wau i wahine papa inoa hana a ua hana ʻo Titan iaʻu e lohi a hele mai. Hele mākou a pāʻani no nā hola i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma ka home, pāʻani mākou i ka peʻe, nā puʻupuʻu, a me ka huki o ke kaua. Ma waho, hele mākou a puni i ke kaiāulu a i ʻole kahi paka no nā makahiki, e noho ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau e nānā i nā squirrels a heluhelu, a hoʻomaha. Ua aʻo mai ʻo Titan iaʻu e noho, e hoʻolohi, e pāʻani hou aku, a ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e hoʻohua. Makemake au i ka hele wāwae i nā manawa he nui i koʻu lā a ua lilo ia i mea maʻamau o kaʻu hana i kēlā me kēia lā.

I ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, mālama nui ʻo Titan iaʻu me kaʻu kāne. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kona aloha ma ka hoʻopaʻa mau ʻana iā mākou, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā ma waho; ua pale ʻo ia i nā mea a pau ma ka puka mua no ko mākou palekana; a ua hauʻoli ʻo ia ma luna o ka mahina i ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i ka home (ʻoiai inā ma hope o kekahi mau minuke mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka leka uila). Hoʻopau wau i kaʻu mau ʻīlio a hoʻomau wau i ka paipai ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana like. ʻAʻole pono paha ʻo Titan i kahi moe Tempur-Pedic i kēlā me kēia lumi, nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule i ka hale kūʻai holoholona, ​​a i ʻole nā ​​​​lā pāʻani i hoʻonohonoho ʻia akā ua pono ʻo ia. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha ʻo ia ma ʻaneʻi, ke kakali nei au i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana iā ia ma ka hao ʻana i kaʻu mau ʻīlio a pau aʻu e hālāwai ai.