An Addition to the Family

Six or eight months ago, my wife came across a stray dog on the road. He was skinny, scared and hurt – limping badly – so she stopped, coaxed him into the car and took him to the Maui Humane Society.

It was a short ride, but by the time they arrived she had decided we would add this new guy to our family. It was the pitiful looks he gave her, I’m sure.

The Humane Society checked him out and we took him home a couple of days later and named him Aikane, Hawaiian for “friend”.

A trip to the vet confirmed that he had a fractured hip … nothing that a few dollars couldn’t fix … and today he leaps and bounds around as good as new.

By now he’s settled in very nicely and, as you can see, has made himself quite at home.

One small problem: he’s become very protective of “his” turf and tries to eat strangers. We’re working on that.