10/99

Konane is one of six puppies born to his parents, Simba and Baby, in the foster family's guest room 29 June 1999.

Konane is a very sweet little boy, but as with the rest of the litter, he was born scared. Konane gets along with most other dogs, but once in a while meets one he just doesn't like, just as we humans sometimes meet other people we just cannot abide by. He doesn't have a problem with cats, but will chase them to play if they run. When the puppies were first born, they would scream a shrill, bone marrow piercing, blood curdling scream and wet all over themselves. The pups have had a very hard time being placed as they need to be slowly introduced to their new situation and environment.

We have tried placing Konane and his siblings in homes unsuccessfully because of their fear. It can take from a couple of weeks to a couple of months for them to feel secure in the new home and not many people have the patience and understanding to give them the time needed to adjust. Consequently, they still do not have homes.

7/29/00

We were looking for the very "special" homes that were needed for them. They all still needed to be obedience trained, but were altered and up-to-date on their shots, as well as being on Heartworm preventative. There was a couple that had been coming to visit with all the fur kids at our adoption days from the time before the puppies were born. They lived in a condo where they weren't allowed even a fish as a pet. They visited all the fur kids at the store every weekend they could for two years, getting their "doggie fix". One day the husband came to adoption day while his wife was out of town, said that they were going to sell their condo, buy a new home where they could have pets, and wanted to adopt Konane. We had seen them interact with the fur kids for the two years they attended adoption days, and knew they would give him a great home. Upon the return of the wife from her trip, they came to adoption day again, but this time the wife said that she had really wanted to adopt Makana Aloha, Konane's sister. In short, they wanted to adopt them both.

So, once the couple moved into their new home, we delivered their new family to them. Konane and Makana are very happy in their new home and get to play with their brother Keali'i and sister Lehua from time to time. We get to see the kids every week as they come to most of our adoption days since their parents have become very dedicated volunteers for Chow Rescue. The kids go to doggie school with Miriam Fields and are doing well. We were very fortunate to have found such a wonderful home for the two kids!

Konane Driving the Cruiser 2002

Konane and Makana’s mom and dad come to adoption days to help Chow Rescue find homes for all the other Chows taken into the system. They normally bring the kids with them to keep up their socialization. One day we’d put the kids into the car and Konane decided that he was going to drive. Of course, we just HAD to get a picture of that! :}}

Konane 4-20-03

We went over to Konane and Makana’s home to visit on Easter and took the opportunity to get some new pictures of the kids for their webpages. Konane wasn’t cooperating, so Dad had to help keep him still…the next thing was trying to get him to look at the camera.

Makana & Konane 4-20-03

We tried getting pictures of the two kids together, but of course, try and get them to look at the camera at the same time, much less get them to stay still and not run off. We finally gave up on the idea of the perfect pictures and just took what we could get. Actually, we were pretty lucky in that we were able to get a few really cute pictures.

Konane & Makana w/Mom & Dad 4-20-03

Mom and Dad were just about to leave the house to take the kids for a walk before we’d arrived, so off on their walk they went as we left. We turned around and snuck up on them as they walked down the street and got the one picture before we called out to the kids that prompted Mom and Dad to bring the kids around for another photo op.

To learn more of Konane's beginnings, go to Baby & Simba. To see the page that has pictures of the rest of the puppies, go to Puppies