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SAFE AND FRIENDLY PLACES

FOR DOGS AND THEIR PEOPLE

TO PLAY, AND TO PROMOTING

RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP.

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HUI 'ILIO HAWAI'I

Volume 1 Issue 26

July 2014

Inside this issue:

Mahalo Dog Walk Spon-

sors

2

Mahalo to our Donors 2

Subscriber updates &

requests

3

Other Dog Park News:

Ala Wai & Makiki

3

Event Calendar 4

Hawaii Kai Dog Park News As reported in our January newsletter, The Nutro Company awarded a $2,000 grant

to Hui 'Ilio Hawai'i to replace the back water fountain in

the dog park. After getting bids and approvals, the up-

grade was completed in May. Park users may remem-

ber that the previous dog fountain/bowl was self-

draining and it was raised on a slight pedestal. Dogs

would dig and play in the bowl, causing it to come

loose from the pedestal and fall apart. When the drain

was working properly, the bowl was usually empty un-

less a human was present to pump more water into it.

When the drain was not working properly, the

bowl would get backed up with dirty water.

Those issues were resolved with the new de-

sign. The new bowl is not self-draining and can

be removed from the bowl holder for daily

cleaning. We also added a new utility faucet

with a self-closing handle so that park users

can fill their own water bowls or water bottles.

And we re-trenched the border around the con-

crete pad and added more gravel so the area

doesn’t get as muddy as it did before.

Mahalo to the Department of Parks & Recreation

for allowing us to install the new fixtures, many

thanks to Performance Plumbing for coming up

with the design and installing it, and mahalo to

The Nutro Company for supporting dog parks!

Hawaii Kai Dog Walk - June 1, 2014

Perfect weather, the best volunteers in East Honolulu, and lots of fun activities

made the 10th Annual Hawaii Kai Dog Walk another great day for dogs and their

people. To celebrate the dog walk’s 10th anniversary, the first 10 people who pre-

registered for the walk were awarded special gifts. In addition, there were 10 door

prizes awarded in a drawing for those participants who brought gifts for less-

fortunate animals receiving assistance from K9 Kokua. As always, registered par-

ticipants received a free Dog Walk t-shirt, a goodie bag with gifts from our generous

sponsors (see page 2) and free souvenir photos, while their dogs enjoyed socializ-

ing with other dogs, cooling off in the doggie pools, and sampling the free treats.

Nutro’s territory manager, Julie Schroeder,

and Hui directors Andrea Chow, Carol

Suyderhoud and Ken Barclay place the

Nutro dedication sign on the fence.

Sign up! Line up!

Mahalo for bringing your pet

brochures to the dog walk!

Page 2

HUI 'ILIO HAWAI'I

Mahalo Dog Walk Sponsors! Your generosity and your commitment to community involvement is what makes the Hawaii Kai Dog Walk possible.

Aina Haina Pet Hospital

Henry Blakstad

Bring Fido

by nature

Calvin & Susie

Cocojor Hawaii

Dogwalker etc, LLC

Fisher Hawaii

GEICO

Gentle Vets Hawaii Kai Pet Hospital

Hawaii Doggie Bakery

Hawaii Kai Petco

Hawaii Kai Veterinary Clinic

Hawaii Pet Magazine

Hawaii Pet Nanny

Hawaiian Humane Society

Hawaiiana Management Co.

Helene P. Jersets, RA Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties

Ilio Dentals

Island Dog Magazine

Island Mobile Vet, Inc.

Kama'aina Pet Hospital

Kapalama Pet Hospital

King Street Pet Hospital

Kolohe K-9

Menehune Water

Raw on Request, LLC - distributors of Pri-mal Pet Foods

Scot's K9 Training Center and Pawsitive Kneads

Surf Paws Animal Hospital

TinHan Orthodontics

And Mahalo to our Nonprofit Exhibitors for your ongoing support of pets and their people:

Advocates for a Makiki Community Dog Park

American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chap-ter

Dogs on Deployment

K9 Kokua

Mahalo to Our Donors! The following donations were received after our last newsletter—thank you for your support.

Donations of $500 or more….

Eugene Savio

Sponsors of the 10th Annual Hawaii Kai Dog Walk (donations of $100 or more)

Henry Blakstad

Calvin & Susie

Dogwalker etc, LLC

Hawaii Pet Nanny

Island Mobile Vet, Inc. King Street Pet Hospital Kolohe K-9

Raw on Request, LLC

Scot's K9 Training Center

Surf Paws Animal Hospital

Other donations of $100 or more

Glenn Nishino - in memory of Sammy & Jackson

Donations of $50 or more

Claudia Akroyd & Robin Cababa

Anonymous

John & Roxanne Baranski Vince Bradley

Fred Cruz

Krystal Kaywood

Helene Kuwaye

Donations under $50

Paul & Dorothy Aki - in memory of Puna, Jazz & Koa

Anne Akita - in memory of Katie (Golden) Robin & Jim Alberts

Linda Arakaki Claudia Birgado

Ben Chiang & Mary Wah - in honor of Buddy

Andrea Chow

Anna Doyle

Sara Farnham - in support of the Dog Walk

Kaori & Chris Fiack

Kili Gerell - in support of the Dog Walk

Loretta & Jerry Holt - in memory of Greta

Pam & Kayla Iwamoto

Sandy Laney - in memory of Burney

Leigh Machida

Carol & Mike May

Ronnette Ome - in honor of Angel Maria Tamura

Lane & Iris Toguchi Alice Tse - in memory of Tuxedo Tse

Betsy Weatherford

Kawena Young – in honor of Puna

Brandon Zhang Leong

Dog Walk souvenir photo

Volume 1 Issue 26 Page 3

OTHER DOG PARK NEWS Ala Wai K9 Playground Association

The Ala Wai Dog Park grand opening has been delayed while we await in-stallation of water fountains and bench-es. Stay tuned, it won’t be long!

Advocates for a Makiki Community Dog Park – Progress Report

After meeting with the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) in June, the Advocates are very encouraged about moving forward to create an en-closed, off-leash dog park in the Makiki community. DPR has expressed great support for the prospective dog park, and the Advocates are ready to begin fundraising to help with the costs of constructing the dog park. Our first fundraiser is the Makiki Dog Walk on Saturday, August 30, 2014. For more information or to register for the dog walk, please visit www.makikidogpark.org.

The Advocates attended the Makiki Neighborhood Board meeting in June and gave the board an updated pro-posed resolution to develop and build our off-leash dog park at Punahou Square Park on the corner of Punahou St. and Wilder Ave. The Advocates look forward to the Makiki Neighbor-hood Board’s vote in the upcoming months.

In early June we attended the Hawaii Kai Dog Walk and met several Makiki/Honolulu residents who want to help with our dog park efforts. We are al-ways looking for more dog lovers who want to volunteer with the Advocates and we have various opportunities available. Please email makikidogpark@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer with us.

SUBSCRIBER ALERT: WE’RE PHASING OUT

MAILED NEWSLETTERS

We will be mailing one newsletter per year, and all other issues will be

via email only. The annual mailing helps us to maintain current and

accurate subscriber information, while sending other issues via email

helps to keep our mailing costs to a minimum. We encourage you to

send us your current email address if you haven’t been receiving our

electronic newsletter distribution. If you do not have access to email,

the newsletters will still be available at East Honolulu vet offices,

Hawaii Kai Petco, and at the Hawaii Kai Dog Park.

PLEASE HELP US UPDATE OUR MAILING LIST!

In an effort to make our newsletters and email updates more helpful to

you, we have been working to identify which subscribers are dog park

users, whether at Hawaii Kai or another dog park on Oahu. Also, we

only have an email address for many of you, which is fine – we prefer

email distribution – but we’d love to know what area you live in. For

example, if you’re a dog park user in Hawaii Kai, we’ll keep you

informed of park closures and maintenance issues. If you’re from

Kapolei or Makiki, we’ll keep you updated on dog park efforts in your

community; and so on. Please complete the brief survey below. We

included these same questions in the email we sent you when we

distributed this newsletter. You can simply click “reply” and answer

the questions in the email and send it back to us. Or if you didn’t

receive this via email, fill in the answers below and mail it to us

(mailing address on page 4). This survey is for current subscribers.

To join our mailing list, please see page 4. Thank you!!

Name__________________________________________________

Address (optional)_______________________________________

City, State, Zip (please): __________________________________

Number of dogs owned:___ Dogs' names_____________________

Email address __________________________________________

Are you a dog park user? Yes___ No ___ If yes, which dog parks do you visit?

Hawaii Kai Dog Park

Moanalua Dog Park

Mililani Dog Park

Diamond Head Bark Park

McInerny Dog Park (Hawaiian Humane Society)

Other: _________________________________________

Comments:

Punahou Square Park

845 Kii Street

Honolulu, HI 96825

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Mark your calendar:

July is Microchip Madness month. Many vet clinics on Oahu offer microchipping of pets for a $10 flat fee, thanks to a partnership with Hawaiian Humane Society. Participating veterinarians will waive the cost of the doctor’s visit so that dogs and cats can receive the microchip implant at a substantial discount. The July promotion aims to reduce the number of lost pets in the community. See list of participating vets at www.hawaiianhumane.org/Microchip-Madness.html

August 30 - Makiki Dog Walk, Maryknoll School, www.makikidogpark.org

October 12 - Hawaiian Humane Society PetWalk, Magic Island, www.hawaiianhumane.org

If you’re not a current subscriber, please send in the form below to join our mailing list. Or you can provide the information requested below by putting it in an email and sending it to info@hui-ilio.org.

Name____________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________

City, State, Zip____________________________________________

Number of dogs owned:___ Dogs' names_______________________

Are you a dog park user? Yes___ No ___ If yes, which dog parks do

you visit?_______________________________________________

Interested in volunteering? Yes___ No ___

Email address ____________________________________________

Phone numbers____________________________________________

Donation: $_________ (check payable to Hui 'Ilio Hawai'i)

My donation is in honor of or in memory of _____________________

Hui 'Ilio Hawai'i - Who Are We?

Hui 'Ilio Hawai'i is a 501(c)(3) non-

profit corporation that was estab-

lished to promote public dog parks

and to promote responsible dog

ownership.

Its officers and directors receive no

compensation. Activities of the or-

ganization are carried out with the

help of volunteers and sponsors.

Our first objective was to make the

Hawai'i Kai Dog Park a reality. Now

that the park is open, we help to

support it through the City’s Adopt-a

-Park program. We also reach out

to help other dog groups who are

trying to establish dog parks in their

respective communities.

We support organizations, publica-

tions, and activities that promote

responsible dog ownership by en-

couraging licensing, vaccination,

exercise, socialization, and the good

behavior training of dogs using hu-

mane training methods.

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