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RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP.

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HUI 'ILIO HAWAI'I

Volume 1 Issue 23

September 2013

Inside this issue:

Mahalo Dog Walk Spon-

sors

2

Mahalo to our Donors 2

Did you Know? 3

Dog Park News (cont’d

from page 1)

3

Dog Walk (food drive,

cont’d from page 1)

3

Event Calendar 4

Hawaii Kai Dog Park News Thanks to the anonymous Good Samaritans who put up temporary fencing around

“the swamp” when the sprinkler system was leaking in late May/early June. It was

a big help and all park users appreciate that you were able and willing to pitch in.

The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) was out to replace two broken

valves in late June. Since DPR has 293 parks to maintain on Oahu, comprising

over 6,000 acres of park property, and there are numerous parks with mainte-

nance issues at any given time, the dog park can’t always get priority response

time. Thus, the temporary fencing was a good stop-gap.

All park users can help to improve the dog park by (1) speaking up when you see

something that’s damaged or not working right. The phone number to call is post-

ed on the dog park bulletin board, “What to do if . . .” and (2) pitching in when we

have volunteer work parties at the park.

MAHALO to the volunteers who showed up for our work party on June 26th.

DPR had dropped off a truckload of dirt for us to use to fill holes in the park and

under the fence line. We also collected large rocks to help fill in gaps under the

fence that were big enough for dogs to escape. We moved all those rocks and dirt

with the help of 15 volunteers. When the work was done, we enjoyed a tailgate

pizza party in the parking lot. (Dog park news continued on page 3)

Hawai'i Kai Dog Walk The 9th annual Hawaii Kai Dog Walk,

held on June 2nd, was blessed with rain-

bows from beginning to end. As always,

people and their pooches enjoyed activi-

ties in the dog park before and after the

walk, including our doggie pools, souve-

nir photo booth, and booths provided by

our sponsors and nonprofit exhibitors. If

you had your picture taken by Mark Anderson at the photo booth and forgot to

download your portrait, please visit www.hui-ilio.org and look for the Photo Booth

link on our home page. The photos are still available! (Be sure to make note of

the password for downloading.)

A big mahalo to all the volunteers who worked so hard to ensure that dog walk

participants had a great time. We are especially grateful to the Hawaii Kai Jay-

cees and the Cherry Blossom Festival

Court, who have come out to help us

year after year. And let’s not forget the

generous sponsors who provide supplies,

bottled water, goodie bag gifts and door

prizes. Thanks to our sponsors, every-

one goes home a winner!

This year’s dog food/supplies drive was

another success, thanks to dog walk par-

ticipants as well as sponsors who donat-

ed food, bedding, towels and other items

for less-fortunate dogs. (Continued on

page 3.)

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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

“by nature”

Henry Blakstad

Calvin & Susie

Cocojor Hawaii

Country Canine LLC

Dogwalker etc, LLC

EnvizArt LLC

Erik K. TinHan, DDS

Fisher Hawaii

GEICO

Gentle Vets Hawaii Kai Pet Hospital

Hawaii Doggie Bakery

Hawaii Kai Veterinary Clinic

Hawaii Mega-Cor, Inc.

Hawaii Pet Magazine

Hawaii Pet Nanny

Hawaiian Humane Society

Hawaiiana Management Co.

Helene P. Jersets, RA

Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties

Island Dog Magazine

Kahala Pet Hospital

Kama'aina Pet Hospital

Kapalama Pet Hospital

King Street Pet Hospital

Menehune Water

Pacific Paws

PETCO

Raw on Request LLC, distributor of Primal Pet Foods

Surf Paws Animal Hospital

And mahalo to our nonprofit participants:

Advocates for a Makiki Community Dog Park

Ala Wai K-9 Playground Association

Hawaiian Humane Society

K9 Kokua

Livable Hawaii Kai Hui

Oahu SPCA

Poi Dogs & Popoki

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 - in honor of Sparky

Donations of $100 or more….

Sabrina Clark - in the name of Balanced Obedience dog &

puppy training of Hawaii

Dorothy Muncy

Carola Saenger

Donations of $50 or more….

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

Claudia Akroyd - in memory of Koa & Cody

Fred Cruz

Glenn Nishino - in memory of Sammy & Jackson

Anna & Michael Palla

Kathryn & Douglas Russell

Lane & Iris Toguchi

Mari Stone Wong - in memory of Koa & Kanani

Kawena Young - in memory of Aniani

Donations under $50…

Brian Adachi - in honor of Lucy

Anne Akita

Michelle Bailey

Carolyn & Ryan Callahan Bonnie Carawan - in honor of Yahoo & Maisy Janice Danganan Anna Doyle - in honor of Penny Shirley Fake Kaori Fiack

Nathan Goodhue

Eric Haas

Nancy Hanks

Mary Houghton

Aoi Kawano

Patrick Kim & Una Chu

“Penny Lane”

Della Lin - in honor of our JRT pack

Joni, Matthew & Mark Mendoza - in memory of Makana

Tiffany Motokawa

Brittany Nishizaki

Ronnette Ome - in memory of Angel

Carol Suyderhoud - in memory of Max the Cat

Jack Suyderhoud - in memory of Jaap Suyderhoud

Dee Tavares

Susan Trent - in memory of Ginger

Alice Tse - in memory of Grandpapa & Grandmama Tse &

Tuxedo

Ashley & Marisa Uyehara - in honor of Bear & Tiger

Betsy Weatherford

Jessica Willis

Volume 1 Issue 23 Page 3

Hawaii Kai Dog Park Shirt

Here’s a perfect holiday gift for the pet lovers in your family. The women’s style shirt is available in red and the men’s style shirt can be or-dered in red or green. Shirts ordered by the 15th of any month will be ready for pick-up by the 22nd. Mail delivery is also an option. Go to www.hui-ilio.org and visit the Hawaii Kai Dog Park page to download an order form.

Hawaii Kai Dog Park News (cont’d from page 1)

D The aging irrigation system will be an ongoing concern. We recently observed a complete rotation of all the sprinklers in action, and have reported to DPR the location of several sprinklers that are still not functioning properly.

D You may have noticed we now have a storage locker behind the first bench in the big dog park. We use it to store landscaping supplies for the gardeners we hired to pull weeds and re-seed the grass. The gardening sup-plies are also used for volunteer work days. The other storage bins in the small and big dog park remain for volunteer use. They contain supplies such as poop bags to refill the dispensers, trash bags, water bowls (which are washed and put away at night), first aid kits (for people and dogs) and cleaning supplies.

Hawaii Kai Dog Walk (cont’d from page 1)

Recipients of the dog food and sup-plies collected at the dog walk were:

K9 Kokua (www.k9kokua.org)

Hawaiian Humane Society (www.hawaiianhumane.org)

Poi Dogs & Popoki (www.poidogsandpopoki.org)

DID YOU KNOW?.........

D Pet ownership on Oahu has grown steadily over the years with 58% of Oahu households reportedly owning pets (45% of households own one or more dogs). Among Oahu pet owners in 2012, according to the latest Ward Research study,

The rate of dog ownership continues to grow, while the rate of cat ownership continues to shrink.

The incidence of pet ownership is higher in urban areas (such as East Honolulu at 63%), as compared to those living in Urban Honolulu (38%).

D Despite the City’s failure to respond to the need for more dog parks

on Oahu over the past four years, we now have a new city

administration and new hope. The Dog Park Advocates Coalition

(or Dog PAC for short) recently met with new Parks & Recreation

Director Toni Robinson, who has pledged to look into all dog park

requests, past and current. A case in point: the district manager for

the Makiki parks district is now actively in talks with the Makiki dog

park advocates about a proposed new dog park location.

D Various property developers and community associations recognize

the need for dog parks and are helping to alleviate the situation. For

example, Ewa Gentry now has its own dog park alongside a

playground and an adult exercise area. They are also helping to

prove to the Parks Department (which opposes “mixed use” parks)

that mixed use parks work great for the community!

D There are several nationwide dog organizations working to repair

the sullied reputation of pit bulls. For example, Angel City Pit Bulls

in Los Angeles holds meet-and-greet events in schools and nursing

homes to show the public that pit bulls can be just as sweet and

gentle as any other

breed. They also hold

free training sessions

and invite the public

to interact with their

pit bull ambassadors.

They say it’s because

of irresponsible

breeders and those

who promote dog-

fighting that the pit

bull’s reputation has

been damaged. In fact, there is no statistical evidence that the

incidence of dog bites by pit bulls is higher than any other dog

breed. But the incidence of bad publicity is higher for the pit bull. A

dog’s lineage does not matter as much as its conditioning, the

experts say. If you buy a dog with the intention of having only a

watch dog and not a family pet, leave him unneutered, chain him in

the yard, and allow him limited interaction with people and other

dogs, then you have an aggressive dog in the making.

Making new friends at the Hawaii Kai Dog Park.

845 Kii Street

Honolulu, HI 96825

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www.hui-ilio.org

Mark your calendar:

October 6 - Hawaiian Humane Society PetWalk

(info at www.hawaiianhumane.org)

November 30 - Hawaii Kai Holiday Parade (Dog

park dogs will be in the parade. To join us,

email info@hui-ilio.org)

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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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