Aina Hou Animal Hospital

03/09/2025

03/09/2025

We currently have this sweet boy in our care and he could use all the help he can get to pull through this! He is fighting hard. Please read and donate to his cause if you can. Mahalo🙏🏻❤️

www.kareshawaii.org/donate

It was touch and go through the night but 24 hours later, Frankie Blue Eyes is doing much better. He still has quite the journey until he is 100% recovered and we are extremely optimistic.

Thank you to Dr. Jackie, the medical team at Aina Hou and everyone who sent healing thoughts, prayers, and donations. Mahalo!

01/03/2025

Please help this poor pup get surgery! We diagnosed it with multiple pelvic fractures and a split jaw. It was a hit-and-run situation in Ocean view, and the owners need to raise themoney for the surgery performed by veterinarian Associates. Any donation helps! Mahalo🙏🏻

12/05/2024

Instagram vs. reality😄

With some practice, we completed our team CPR renewal training to better assist your furry friends on an emergent basis💪🏼🏅A big thank you to Dr. Poggi for leading the training today.👏🏼

11/21/2024

Please help or share if you can! These beautiful animals do not deserve this😢

TOMORROW, WE WILL TRY TO SAVE THEM…

These three terrified horses are about to be on a slaughter truck shipping to Canada. They will be driven across the border and brutally rendered for their meat.

It’s not too late to save them.

Please consider donating to our horse rescue, sharing this post, liking or commenting to promote it in the algorithm.

Please join us tomorrow morning as we fight desperately to save their lives.

‼️ TO DONATE ‼️

WEBSITE: www.colbyscrewrescue.org/donate
PAYPAL & ZELLE: [email protected]
Venmo: ohkaytacos (business tab)
DONORBOX: www.donorbox.org/colbyscrew
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6992 Charlottesville VA 22906

EIN # 86-2351417

All donations tax deductible! We are 501c3. Ask your employer about a company match and double your donation!

11/04/2024

“Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy😆” - Aina Hou wants to thank the Paniolo Preservation Society for a fantastic night! We all had a great time. Mahalo 🙏🏻 “DiamondsandDenimGala2024 💎👕

10/17/2024

Beautiful day at the office. Henry the mini mule was our most difficult patient out of the seven equids. He is small but he sure is mighty! 💪

10/16/2024

A little token of a client’s appreciation for Dr. Poggi’s job well done. It was well deserved! Happy to have you as apart of our team. 👏🏼💙

10/10/2024

If only we planned this💙

10/09/2024

PLEASE READ!!!!

UPDATE: Thank you to the animal rescue supporters! Brigid plead not guilty yesterday and a trial has been scheduled for November 4th at 2pm in Kona which we will attend. Brigid does have an attorney representing her.

Brigid did bring proof that the dog in question was neutered and microchipped the week prior to the summons being written. It appears that the Animal Control officer's chip reader was not working properly.

There have been comments suggesting that this was a situation of an irresponsible owner. This dog was found as a stray and Brigid saved it with the sole purpose of getting him healthy, neutered, and available for adoption. This is what rescue is!

It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing the recent turn of events with our followers.

KARES and other local rescue groups both 501c3 nonprofits and local good soul rescue groups have been targeted by animal control from their administrative manager, Matt Runnells, under the direction of our Mayor, Mitch Roth, who has yet to answer our numerous pleas for an explanation and assistance.

"KARES" and "Friends of the Menehunes" located in Ocean View have been cited, charged fees, court filings and withheld pertinent information about microchipped KARES pets that they have impounded.

I will spare you all the details unless you want to call us to speak firsthand. 808-333-6299

If their current mode of operation causes us any further financial and emotional hardship I find no alternate but to cease operations.

I am asking the community to rally in the defense of all the rescue groups who work 24/7 to help you and all the animals suffering on the Big Island.

Simply put Animal Control is out of control. Targeting rescue groups and not the real culprits in our community is shameful.

Please contact our
Mayor, Mitch Roth
Matt Runnells, Animal Control Boss
and or your County Council Representative to voice your opinion.
Please DO NOT fall for the line that you were given misinformation. I have all the facts that are documented, indisputable and available upon request. Call us for concrete proof.

Important!!!
This Thursday on October 10th at 8:00am Brigid, founder of "Friends of the Menehune's "'the animal angel that has saved over 100 dogs spent $40,000.00 of her own money plus countless hours of love rescuing the helpless, located in Ocean View is to appear in Kona Court for ridiculous animal related charges.
She faces a possible $1000.00 fine and jail time because a rescue dog jumped out of and back into her yard in front of an over zealous animal control officer. Brigid's fence blew down during our hurricane winds.
She was repairing the damage as the officer drove by. Now instead of assisting her to prop up the fence she smiled and cited her. How pathetic...

What you can do:
Show up in court on Thursday at 8:00am in Kona to show moral support to Brigid. ( By the way it is her birthday that day).

We are starting a "Go Fund Me" to cover court costs and citation fees for her and all up coming legal battles with Animal Control and our current government officials who refuse to step in and be thankfully supportive of all the groups that pitch in daily.

Yes, our helpless animals matter. We must stop the killing and the lies they tell us that they don't kill!
Vote for the person who will change the status quo.

Please donate to support Brigid in her fight to clear her name and pay her fines so we don't loose her. She is passionate and wants to continue to be a voice for the homeless pets in Ocean View.

Mahalo and please help us fight the good fight.

Debbie Cravatta
KARES
Founder and President

Donate to www.kareshawaii.org/donate.

10/09/2024

Can you say PUPPIES PUPPIES PUPPIES?!?! Aina Hou Animal Hospital is teaming up with KARES - Kohala Animal Relocation and Education Service to help with the care and placement of these 13 puppies into their forever homes.❤️ These puppies range from 3-5 months old and are in good health. If you would like to meet them, please join us at the adoption event at New Hope Church in Waimea this Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM. For more information, please contact KARES @ 808-333-6299 or Aina Hou @ 808-989-6149. please help us place these beautiful pups in their forever homes. Mahalo.🙏🏻

09/27/2024

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DOC BAR revolutionized the cutting industry in a way never seen before or since.
The 1956 chestnut stallion was foaled on Tom Finley’s Arizona ranch. He was by Lightning Bar by Three Bars (TB) and out of Dandy Doll by Texas Dandy. He was bred to run, but failed miserably, earning a total of $95 in four starts.
He was given to Charley Araujo of California to show at halter. This endeavor seemed doomed to fail because Doc Bar did not fit what the judge’s eye had been groomed to see. He stood a scant 15 hands and did not have the punched-together look of his contemporaries.
The halter industry was ripe for change. With Araujo at the lead and the stallion’s unique conformation, the guidelines for halter horse champions were altered almost overnight. Out of 15 shows, he won nine grand champions, and one reserve champion.
Doc Bar attracted the attention of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Jensen of Double J Ranch in Paicines, California. The couple had pieced together a broodmare band of Poco Tivio, Hollywood Gold, King and Leo mares, and was in the market for a stallion. Doc Bar fit their needs and the couple bought him in 1963 for $30,000.
Over the following years, Doc Bar sired National Cutting Horse Association Futurity winners, world champions and top-10 horses. A few progenies include Doc O’Lena, Dry Doc, Fizzabar and Doc’s Kitty. He was the grandsire of Smart Little Lena, Tenino San, Docs Sangria and Don N W***y.
In AQHA competitions, Doc Bar’s get amassed nearly 9,000 points and won multiple world championships.
The key to Doc Bar’s success was summed up by Charlie Ward, manager of the Jensens’ ranch, “is that he’s so consistent in his type. His colts are all uniform and possess a lot of sense. They’re easy to train, they have a lot of natural ability – every one of them is cowy.”
Doc Bar was euthanized in 1992 at 36. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1993.
Biography updated as of march 1993, credit to AQHA.

09/26/2024

09/26/2024

Hello My Name is Tia and I am a 4yr old female mellow fur companion. My mommy is a border collie. I’m garage trained and have free ranch of a large yard with an electric fence. I’m kinda of shy so I’m very low maintenance, perfect for hanging out. I’m fixed/chipped and up to date with all my Vet appointments. Need a new calm and loving home. Please call KARES at 808-333-6299 for more information.