Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mhete yomuchato yomukadzi yakanga yashaika yakaoneka pashure pemwedzi mina - mumarara embwa yemhuri. Nikki Balovich akanga abvisa rin'i yake yesirivha ine madhaimani paakanga ane pamuviri uye minwe yake yakanga yakazvimba. Apo akanga asingagoni kuiwana, akafungidzira kuti mwana wavo wemucheche we90-pound mastiff Halli akanga aiyamwa, asi kwakanga kusina nzira yokuongorora nayo. Nikki Balovich akanga abvisa rin'i yake yesirivha ine madhaimani paakanga ane pamuviri uye minwe yake yakanga yakazvimba. Paakairasa, akafungidzira kuti mwana wake wembwa inonzi Halli aiva nemakirogiramu 90 akanga amudya. 'Anozvitora, uye anotakura zvinhu zvakapoteredza <unk> zvokubatanidza bvudzi, matombo, zvisungo zvebvudzi. Anogara achizvisvipira,' Balovich akaudza The Daily Sitka Sentinel. 'Murume wangu aigara achiti, uzviise kure, uzviise kumusoro <unk> uri kuzvirasa.' Pakupedzisira, inenge hafu yegore gare gare, chakavanzika chacho chakagadziriswa apo amai vane vana vatatu, vanogara muSitka, Alaska, vakaona chimwe chinyorwa pane imwe nzvimbo yokutengesera paFacebook. Yakati: 'ZVAKANAKA! Bhendi rakanaka romuchato. Kana warasa rin'i, pasinei nokuti iri kupi, dana uye tsanangura! Yakawanikwa munzvimbo isina kujairika.' Balovich akaudza Sentinel kuti aiva nechimwe chinhu chaimuita kuti afunge kuti ringava rake - uye kuti 'nzvimbo isina kujairika' ingareva chii. 'Ndakarega, ndakafunga kuti zvakanga zvapera kare,' akaudza pepanhau racho. 'Tinotora imbwa kwose kwose nesu, pakufamba-famba, muchikepe <unk> mikana ipi yataizoiwana? 'Zvave zviri nguva refu, asi ndakanga ndine kunzwa kwomukati. Ndakafunga kuti ndaizokufonera, handizvo here?' Hafu yegore pashure pokunge yanyangarika, akaona chinyorwa chepaFacebook chaiti mhete yomuchato yakanga yawanikwa 'panzvimbo isingazivikanwi.' Akaonana nomushandisi wacho, Bob Potrzuski, uyo akati akanga ariwana paakanga achitora tsvina yembwa mumunda. Akaonana nomushandisi wepaFacebook, Bob Potrzuski, uye chokwadi chaicho chaiva chake. Zvinoitika kuti, mudzimai wake akawana mhete yacho paakanga achiunganidza tsvina yembwa panhandare yomunzvimbomo yebhora, uko Balovich akanga azvipira nguva pfupi yapfuura - naHalli. Akaunganidza mhete yacho musi weChina. 'Ndinonzwa ndine rombo rakanaka kwazvo,' akadaro. 'Zvave zviri pamaoko angu chifo chaapo ruoko rwangu rwainzwa rusina chinhu.'
Nikki Balovich akabvisa mhete yake apo akanga ane pamuviri neminwe yakazvimba. Vakafungidzira kuti mbwanana yavo yemastyff yairema makirogiramu 90, Halli, yakanga yaimedza. Mwedzi mina gare gare yakadzorerwa nomunhu waasingazivi uyo akaiwana mumarara mumunda womunzvimbomo wavanofamba mairi.