Lā ʻīlio Hoʻopakele Lahui
ʻO ia ka National Rescue Dog Day a aia kahi ʻōlelo i loko o ke kaiāulu hoʻopakele - "Na wai i hoʻopakele iā wai?"
Hoʻohana wau me kaʻu kāne i kā mākou ʻīlio mua ma 2006 ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ko mākou hui ʻana. He ʻīlio hui kuʻekuʻe uliuli ʻo ia, a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia, kāna ʻōpala, a me kona makuahine i haʻalele ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui ma New Mexico. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu kāne i kā mākou ʻīlio lua ma hope o ka hele ʻana o kekahi i kaʻu hana me ka lima o nā ʻīlio kahu hipa Rottweiler/German e pono ai nā hale hou.
He mea kūpono ʻole ke ola ʻana o kā mākou mau holoholona; ʻO nā makahiki i hala iho nei ua hana ʻia me ke kaumaha e like me koʻu ʻohana e haʻi aloha aku iā Ellie lāua ʻo Diesel. ʻO kēia mau pups me mākou i ke kūʻai ʻana i ko mākou hale mua, i ka wā i male ai mākou, a i koʻu lawe ʻana mai i kaʻu mau pēpē (kanaka) mai ka haukapila. ʻAʻole ʻike kaʻu mau keiki i ke ʻano o ke ola me ka ʻole o ka ʻīlio i loko o ka hale a hiki i ka nalowale ʻana iā Diesel i ʻApelila o 2021. ʻO kā lākou ʻike maoli maoli nō ia me ka make (he ʻōpiopio loa lākou e hoʻomanaʻo i ka hala ʻana o Ellie i 2018) a ʻaʻohe makua. Ua hoʻomākaukau ka puke iaʻu e wehewehe i kaʻu mau keiki i ka make a me ka nalowale, a no ke aha ʻaʻole e hoʻi mai ʻo Diesel mai ke kauka lapaʻau i kēia manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo mākou iā mākou iho ʻaʻole mākou e kiʻi hou i kahi ʻīlio hou no kekahi manawa - ua hohonu ke kaumaha, a ʻike mākou ua piha ko mākou mau lima me nā keiki. Akā i koʻu hoʻomau ʻana i ka hana mamao i ka wā maʻi maʻi, hoʻi kino nā keiki i ke kula, a lilo ka mālie o ka hale i mea kuli.
I loko o ʻeono mahina ma hope o ka hala ʻana o Diesel, ʻike wau ua mākaukau wau no kahi ʻīlio ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hahai i nā hoʻopakele ʻē aʻe ma ka pāpaho pūnaewele a hoʻopiha i nā noi hoʻokomo, e nānā ana i ka ʻīlio kūpono no ko mākou ʻohana. Nui nā mea hoʻopakele ma laila - kekahi no nā ʻano ʻano kikoʻī, kekahi no nā ʻīlio nui me nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi, nā ʻīlio me nā ʻīlio makua. Ke nānā nui nei au i kahi hoʻopakele kūikawā i nā ʻīlio hāpai a me kā lākou mau litters - he nui nā hoʻopakele a me nā hale hoʻomalu i paʻakikī i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hale hānai e mākaukau e lawe i ka hana a kahi ʻīlio hāpai, no laila Moms and Mutts Colorado Rescue (Hoopakele MAMCO) hana i nā mea a pau e hiki ai iā lākou ke lawe i kēia mau ʻīlio ma o kā lākou pūnaewele o nā hale hānai. A i kekahi lā ua ʻike au iā ia - kona ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula nani, kahi wahi keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi ma kona ihu, a me kēia mau maka momona i hoʻomanaʻo nui iaʻu i kaʻu Diesel. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kaʻu kāne ʻo ia ka mea, ua uē au i ke ala holoʻokoʻa e hoʻopakele e hālāwai me ia. Ke nānā mau nei au i kona mau maka ʻoluʻolu a hoʻohiki wau ʻo Diesel ka haʻi ʻana mai iaʻu he maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea.
Ua kapa ʻia nā keiki iā ia ʻo Raya, ma hope o ka heroine Disney mai ka "Raya and the Last Dragon." Ua mālama ʻo ia iā mākou ma ko mākou manamana wāwae mai ka lā a mākou i lawe mai ai iā ia i ka home, akā ua hana nui ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana i nā kaula. Moe ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke iaʻu ma ka papahele ke hana wau mai ka home a moe pū me aʻu ma luna o kahi moe ke heluhelu a nānā paha au i ka TV i ka pō. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka wā ʻaina awakea e hele wāwae ai. Akā ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ke kowali ʻana o nā keiki ma ke kahua kowali – holo ʻo ia a puni lākou me ka ʻuala a hoʻāʻo e hopu i ko lākou mau wāwae.
Ua manaʻo wau e kōkua paha ke kiʻi ʻana i kahi ʻīlio ʻē aʻe e hoʻopiha i ka lua a Ellie lāua ʻo Diesel i waiho ai i ko mākou ola. Akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kaumaha a me ka nalo. Aia nō kēlā mau lua a ma kahi, ua loaʻa ʻo Raya i kahi wahi hou e hoʻopili ai iā ia iho.
Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei e kiʻi i kahi holoholona, ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e nānā i kekahi o nā hoʻopakele ma kou wahi. Nui nā ʻīlio (o nā makahiki āpau), a ʻaʻole lawa nā ʻohana a me nā kahu hānai e hele a puni. Ke hoʻohiki nei au, inā hoʻopakele ʻoe i kahi ʻīlio, e hoʻopakele paha lākou iā ʻoe. Inā ʻaʻole kēia ka manawa kūpono e hāpai ai, e noʻonoʻo e lilo i hoa hānai me kahi hoʻopakele.
A ma ka ʻōlelo naʻauao a Bob Barker: "E hana i kāu ʻāpana e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka heluna holoholona a hoʻopaʻa ʻia kāu mau puaʻa." Hana nā hui hoʻopakele i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻopakele a lawe i nā holoholona āpau i hiki iā lākou, akā pono mākou e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke pale aku i ka nui o ka lehulehu.
ʻO kekahi mau hui hoʻopakele Denver Metro/Colorado: