Mary Allen
ʻO ka Maltese mai kahi mea hānai he koho maikaʻi loa inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e kūʻai i kahi ʻīlio olakino. Hoʻomaopopo nā mea hoʻolako kaulana e hoʻokō ʻia nā hoʻokolohua pono a pau, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā deworming i nā pule mua o ke ola. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻopau kekahi mau holoholona i nā hale mālama holoholona no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ko lākou haku a i ʻole haku wahine ke mālama hou iā lākou a i ʻole no ka hana a i ʻole ke kūlana ola e pono ai kēia. Inā ʻaʻohe āu mau makahiki a me nā koi wahine, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i kahi hale hoʻomalu a i ʻole hui hoʻopakele holoholona no Maltese.
Liʻiliʻi, akā ikaika: ʻOiai ko lākou liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ʻo kekahi o nā ʻelele o kēia ʻano ʻīlio he ikaika ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho. Hōʻike lākou ma ka hele haʻaheo me ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe.
ʻAʻole like me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, hiki ke ola ʻo Maltese a hiki i 18 mau makahiki. Inā mālama pono ʻoe i kāu hoa ʻehā wāwae a hānai iā ia i ka meaʻai olakino, hiki iā ia ke lilo i hoaaloha no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻO ka mea i manaʻo i ka Maltese he "ʻīlio lima lima" liʻiliʻi e hana i kahi noiʻi maikaʻi! ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mau ʻīlio ʻoliʻoli, naʻauao, a makaʻala ʻo Maltese e makemake ana e hoʻokūkū ʻia. Pono ka Maltese i ka nui kūpono o ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka pilikia noʻonoʻo. Ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio ʻohana, nani ʻo ia me kona ʻano aloha. Loaʻa nā keiki i kahi hoaaloha kūpaʻa ma ka Maltese a hiki ke pāʻani nui me ia i ka wā i aʻo ai lākou i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻīlio iā lākou iho. ʻO nā hoa liʻiliʻi ʻehā wāwae he akamai loa a hiki ke lilo koke i nawaliwali inā ʻaʻole lākou e hānai mau ʻia a inā ʻaʻole lawa ka hana. ʻO ka hope loa, he hoa aloha a leʻaleʻa ka Maltese e pono ai ka nānā a me ka mālama akā lawe mai i ka hauʻoli a me ke aloha i loko o ke ola ʻohana.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka 10 maikaʻi loa o nā ʻīlio ʻīlio Maltese:
