Umdlwane wagcwala indlu yomnikazi wawo ngephutha ngemva kokuwuhlafuna, okwabangela ukudideka phakathi kwabasebenzisi be-Internet.
UCharlotte Redfern noBobby Geeter babuyela ekhaya bevela emsebenzini ngo-November 23 ukuze bathole indlu yabo eBurton upon Trent, eNgilandi, igcwele amanzi, kuhlanganise nokhaphethi wabo omusha egumbini lokuphumula.
Naphezu kobuso bakhe obuhle, u-Thor, i-Staffordshire bull terrier yabo enamasonto angu-17 ubudala, wahlafuna amapayipi axhunywe esiqandisini sasekhishini futhi wacwiliswa esikhunjeni.
U-Heather (@bcohbabry) ubize isigameko ngokuthi “inhlekelele” futhi wabelane ngevidiyo yekhishi lakhe eligcwele udaka negumbi lokuphumula ku-TikTok. Ezinsukwini ezimbili nje, okuthunyelwe kukhulise ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2 nokuthandwa cishe okungu-38,000.
Ngokusho kwe-American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), izinja zihlafuna ngezizathu ezihlukahlukene. Ukuziphatha okushintshile, ukuhlafuna kuqinisa imihlathi yabo, kusiza ukugcina amazinyo abo ehlanzekile, futhi kukhulula ngisho nokukhathazeka.
Izinja nazo zithanda ukuhlafuna ukuze zizijabulise noma zikhuthaze, kodwa lokhu kungaba inkinga ngokushesha uma zimba izinto ezingafanele.
Uma inja yakho ihlafuna kuphela izinto zasendlini lapho ishiywe yodwa, kungase kube ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuhlukana, kuyilapho inja ekhothayo, emunca, noma ehlafuna indwangu ingase ilunyulwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Imidlwane iyahlafuna ukuze idambise ubuhlungu bokuququda futhi ihlole umhlaba oyizungezile. I-ASPCA incoma ukunikeza imidlwane indwangu yokugeza emanzi noma iqhwa ukuze inciphise ukungakhululeki, noma ukuyiqondisa kahle isuka ezintweni zasendlini iye kumathoyizi.
Ividiyo ikhombisa uRedfern ezulazula endlini ehlola umonakalo. Ikhamera ibheka phansi, ikhombisa omata abamanzi ngisho nama-puddles, bese ephendukela kuThor, ohlezi kusofa.
Ngokusobala akawuqondi umonakalo awudalile, uThor umane abuke unina ngamehlo omdlwane.
Wathi, 'Nkulunkulu wami.' Sezwa ngomhayizo uvela ekhishini uThor wahlala ngesinqe sakhe eqhaqhazela.
“Inja yavele yangibuka yangibuza, “Ngenzeni?” Wavele wakhohlwa ngokuphelele ukuthi kwenzekeni.
Isikhukhula sidalwe uThor ehlafuna amapayipi axhunywe kumshini wokukhipha amanzi esiqandisini. Amapayipi ngokuvamile awafinyeleleki, kodwa uThor ngandlela thize wakwazi ukungena ezinsikeni zokhuni ezansi odongeni.
"Wayenentambo enkulu enefindo elikhulu ekugcineni, futhi kusobala ukuthi wayiqaqa intambo wawisa ibhodi," kusho uGate etshela iNewsweek.
“Kunepayipi lepulasitiki ngemuva kophahla, amanzi angena ngalo esiqandisini, waluma kulo. Izimpawu zamazinyo bezibonakala,” engeza. "Impela umcimbi owodwa ebhiliyoni."
Ngenhlanhla, umngane kaGeeter wayesebenza ngamapayipi futhi wababoleka isicoci se-vacuum esithengiswayo ukuze bamunce amanzi. Kodwa-ke, umshini ubamba amalitha angu-10 amanzi kuphela, ngakho kuthathe amahora amahlanu nesigamu ukukhipha igumbi.
Ngakusasa ekuseni baqasha umshini wokomisa ukhaphethi kanye ne-dehumidifier ukuze zome indlu. Kwathatha uRedfern noGeeter cishe izinsuku ezimbili ukuhlanganisa yonke into isiqeshana ngesiqephu.
AbakwaTikTokers beza ekuvikeleni kukaThor, umsebenzisi we-BATSA ephawula, "Buka ubuso bakhe, 100% hhayi yena."
“Okungenani okhaphethi babehlanzeke kahle,” kubhala uGemma Blagden, kuyilapho uPotterGirl ephawula, “Ngicabanga ukuthi nimbize ngonkulunkulu ongalungile. ULoki, unkulunkulu wobubi, umfanela kangcono.”
“Asizange simsole ngisho nokumsola,” kwengeza uGate. “Noma ngabe wenzani manje, singasho ukuthi, 'Okungenani akukubi njengalapho egcwele indlu.'
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