Umdlwane wagcwalisa indlu yomnikazi wawo ngephutha ngemuva kokuwuhlafuna, okwabangela ukwesaba phakathi kwabasebenzisi be-inthanethi.
UCharlotte Redfern noBobby Geeter babuya emsebenzini mhla zingama-23 kuNovemba bathola indlu yabo eBurton upon Trent, eNgilandi igcwele amanzi, kuhlanganise nokhaphethi wabo omusha egumbini lokuphumula.
Naphezu kobuso bakhe obuhle, uThor, i-Staffordshire bull terrier yabo eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, wahlafuna amapayipi axhunywe esiqandisini sasekhishini wabe esemanziswa esikhumbeni.
UHeather (@bcohbabry) ubize lesi sigameko ngokuthi “inhlekelele” futhi wabelana ngevidiyo yekhishi lakhe eligcwele ichibi kanye negumbi lokuphumula ku-TikTok. Ezinsukwini ezimbili nje kuphela, lesi sihloko sathola ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili kanye nokuthandwa okucishe kube ngu-38,000.
Ngokusho kwe-American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), izinja zihlafuna ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene. Ukuziphatha okuguqukile, ukuhlafuna kuqinisa imihlathi yazo, kusiza ukugcina amazinyo azo ehlanzekile, futhi kuqeda nokukhathazeka.
Izinja nazo zithanda ukuhlafuna ukuze zijabule noma zikhuthaze, kodwa lokhu kungaba yinkinga ngokushesha uma zimba izinto ezingafanele.
Uma inja yakho ihlafuna izinto zasekhaya kuphela uma ishiywe yodwa, kungase kube ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuhlukana, kanti inja ekhotha, emunca, noma ehlafuna indwangu ingase ilunyulwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Izinjana ziyahlafuna ukuze zikhulule ubuhlungu bokuqunjelwa kwamazinyo futhi zihlole umhlaba ozizungezile. I-ASPCA itusa ukunikeza izinjana indwangu yokugeza emanzi noma iqhwa ukuze kuncishiswe ukungakhululeki, noma ukuziqondisa ngobumnene kusukela ezintweni zasekhaya kuya kumathoyizi.
Ividiyo ikhombisa uRedfern ezulazula endlini ehlola umonakalo. Ikhamera ibheka phansi, ikhombisa omata abamanzi ngisho namachibi, bese ephendukela kuThor, ohlezi kusofa.
Kusobala ukuthi akaqondi umonakalo awubangele, uThor umane ubheka unina ngamehlo akhe enjana.
“Wathi, ‘Nkulunkulu wami.’ Sezwa umsindo ovela ekhishini uThor wahlala phansi ekhejini lakhe, ethuthumela.
“Inja ingibhekile nje yabuza, “Ngenzeni?” Yavele yakhohlwa ngokuphelele okwenzekile.
Isikhukhula sabangelwa ukuhlafuna kukaThor amapayipi axhunywe kumshini wokukhipha amanzi esiqandisini. Amapayipi avame ukuba kude nokufinyelela, kodwa ngandlela thile uThor wakwazi ukudlula ezinsikeni zokhuni ezansi kodonga.
“Wayenentambo enkulu enefindo elikhulu ekugcineni, futhi kusobala ukuthi wayiqaqa intambo wawisa ibhodi,” kusho uGate etshela iNewsweek.
“Kwakukhona ipayipi lepulasitiki ngemuva kwesisekelo, lapho amanzi aye esiqandisini, wabe eseluma ngalo. Amabala amazinyo ayebonakala,” enezela. “Impela kuyisenzakalo esisodwa kwisigidigidi.”
Ngenhlanhla, umngane kaGeeter wayengumphampu futhi wababoleka umshini wokuhlanza amanzi ukuze ubambe amanzi. Kodwa-ke, umshini uphatha amalitha ayi-10 amanzi kuphela, ngakho kwathatha amahora amahlanu nesigamu ukukhipha amanzi egumbini.
Ngakusasa ekuseni baqasha umshini wokomisa amakhaphethi kanye ne-dehumidifier ukuze bomise indlu. Kwathatha cishe izinsuku ezimbili uRedfern noGeeter ukuhlanganisa konke ndawonye kancane kancane.
Abathandi be-TikTok bavikela uThor, umsebenzisi we-BATSA ephawula, “Bheka ubuso bakhe, hhayi yena ngokuphelele.”
“Okungenani amakhaphethi ahlanzwe kahle,” kubhala uGemma Blagden, kwathi uPotterGirl wathi, “Ngicabanga ukuthi umbize ngonkulunkulu ongafanele. ULoki, unkulunkulu wobubi, umfanela kangcono.”
“Asizange simsole ngisho,” kusho uGate. “Noma ngabe wenzani manje, singasho ukuthi, ‘Nokho, okungenani akukubi njengalapho egcwalisa indlu ngamanzi.’
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