ʻO kahi ʻīlio Shar-Pei, ʻo ia ka mea mua, ka mea mālama i kona ʻohana. Me ka poʻe i aloha ʻia, he mea ākea a me ka launa pū ʻana, ʻike ʻia lākou e ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka lokomaikaʻi. Eia nō naʻe, ua mālama ʻia lākou a uncommunicative me nā malihini, ʻoi aku, inā ʻaʻole i socialized ka ʻīlio, hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo i nā malihini a pau e hoʻokokoke ana i ka mea nona, no ka laʻana, i ka wā e hele ana ma ke alanui, he mea weliweli.
No laila, e nānā pono ʻo ia i ka ʻano o ka malihini, a e pale koke iā ia iho inā ʻae ʻo ia i ka hōʻike liʻiliʻi o ka huhū. Hāʻawi ka Shar-Pei i kona ʻohana i ka poina iā ia iho, a inā pono e hāʻawi i kona ola e pale aku i ka mea nona, e hana ʻo ia me ka kānalua ʻole. Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio no nā haneli mau makahiki he mau kiaʻi a me nā kiaʻi, a no laila aia ke kaua i loko o ko lākou koko.