{"id":29,"date":"2019-05-06T07:31:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T07:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/?p=29"},"modified":"2019-05-25T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T17:31:10","slug":"wie-alles-begann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/en\/wie-alles-begann\/","title":{"rendered":"The start of something new&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To be honest, I guess it was just a matter of time until I would risk the harmonious life with my parents because of a dog I want to keep. As long as I can remember I wanted a dog. My grandparents had an English Cocker Spaniel which already died before I was old enough to take it for walks. And my parents never wanted a dog. That\u2019s how I became a dog walker so I could enjoy my walks with the company of a dog (or five till seven dogs in the end). It was a great time and I am so happy and thankful I got the possibility to meet such different humans and dog personalities. But something was always missing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I did my first backpacking trip to Greece in 2014 I already thought about just taking a stray dog home with me. But reason triumphed and I began my studies in International Tourism Management in 2016, without a dog but at least with the possibility to bring a foster dog with me to university from time to time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work in animal welfare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I have been a flight companion for four dogs at the end of my holidays on Kos in 2013, I am involved in animal welfare on the neighboring island Kalymnos. First and foremost, I built the website and help every time I come for vacation with taking pictures and writing descriptions of the dogs. Because there are no charter flights during the winter, we have to bring the dogs to Rhodes before flying with them to Germany. When I have been on a winter trip <g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">in<\/g> the beginning of 2018, Ayoka was found on New <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">Years<\/g> Eve. She just weighed 2,7kg, had a big tummy because of all the worms and I really can\u2019t say after the first picture of her, that it was love at first sight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-01-at-16.38.21.jpeg\" alt=\"little gremlin dog\" class=\"wp-image-30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-01-at-16.38.21.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-01-at-16.38.21-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-01-at-16.38.21-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Oh, who are you little gremlin?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But that changed the next day. The second picture I saw of her, where she was cuddling with a kitten the next morning, I was totally enraptured by her cute spotted legs and her beautiful dark mask and just thought \u201eoh my god, how lucky am I that I can\u2019t take her with me now\u201c.&nbsp;Because she has been the first dog of the new year I searched for a name with \u201ea\u201c and found &#8220;Ayoka: origin: African; especially common in Nigeria; meaning: one who causes joy all round\u201c.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-02-at-10.15.24-Kopie.jpeg\" alt=\"puppy and kitten\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-02-at-10.15.24-Kopie.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-02-at-10.15.24-Kopie-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nanniyoki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-01-02-at-10.15.24-Kopie-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>How could someone resist that cute face?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My sometimes quite unusual name suggestions meet in the animal welfare group mostly on moderate enthusiasm but this time I was able to prevail. That\u2019s how this little three months old girl got the name Ayoka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Just one day after that I met her the first time, on the 05th of January 2018, my birthday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be honest, I guess it was just a matter of time until I would risk the harmonious life with my parents because of a dog I want to keep. As long as I can remember I wanted a dog. My grandparents had an English Cocker Spaniel which already died before I was old enough to take it for walks. And my parents never wanted a dog. 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