Mary Allen
He holoholona aloha ʻo Shih Tzu, ʻakaʻaka a hele loa. ʻAʻole ʻimi ka ʻīlio e noho ana i loko o ka ʻohana i ke kiʻi i ke kino o kekahi o kāna mau lālā, e hoʻāʻo ana e puʻunaue like i kona aloha i waena o nā lālā a pau o ka hale. No nā kamaliʻi, e loaʻa iā lākou nā "lion cubs" maalea. ʻO ka nānā pono ʻana i nā hana ʻakaʻaka a nā keiki Shih Tzu e kōkua i ko lākou mau aʻalolo ikaika. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole e ʻae nā ʻīlio i ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻoweliweli maoli mai ka hanauna ʻōpio. No laila, inā ua kau kāu keiki i kānāwai e huki i ka holoholona ma ka huelo, e mākaukau no ka nahu ʻana i nā manamana lima.
He liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā ʻīlio Shih Tzu a pono e mālama pono. Ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻīlio i ka mālama ʻana i kahi keiki, e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i nā lula o ka hana. E aʻo aku i nā keiki e pili ana i ka hopena o ka mālama pono ʻole ʻana i ka holoholona a wehewehe iā lākou pehea e mālama pono ai i ka pēpē me ka ʻole o ka ʻoki ʻana i kona ʻōpū.
ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o ke ʻano o nā "ʻīlio chrysanthemum" he hilinaʻi. Hoʻopili maʻalahi ʻo Shih Tzu me nā poʻe kamaʻāina ʻole, ʻike i kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi hoaaloha. I ka nānā mua ʻana, pili kēia ʻano. Akā, pono mākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻīlio kiaʻi mai kahi ʻīlio, ʻo kona makaʻala maʻalahi e hoʻoluliluli me hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo mālie, ʻaʻole maoli. No laila, haʻalele i ka hale a waiho ʻia ma lalo o ka malu o ka Shih Tzu, hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi i ka palekana o kāu waiwai ponoʻī.
