Mary Allen
ʻO nā ʻīlio Swiss Mountain Dog ʻehā, ʻo ka Greater Swiss me ka lauoho lōʻihi Bernese Mountain Dog ka ʻelele nui loa. ʻO nā ʻīlio ikaika a me nā ʻīlio ʻekolu kala e lawe mau i ko lākou mau ʻano kumu. ʻO kēia mau mea e pili ana i ka pilina pili me ko lākou ʻohana a me ko lākou makaʻala maoli. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ma muli o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona waiwai, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka Greater Swiss Mountain Dog i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he ʻohana a he ʻīlio hoa.
#1 ʻO nā kūpuna o ka Greater Swiss Mountain Dog ka mea i kapaʻia "nā'īlio kahu hānai" - ua hoʻohanaʻia kēia mau'īlio ikaika e nā mea kīʻaha i ka 19 century e hoʻokele a mālama i kā lākou mau bipi no ka pepehiʻana.
ʻO kekahi hana ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i nā waiwai: No kēia kumu, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā holoholona ikaika i ke kaʻa lāʻau a hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe kahu ʻai i ʻīlio huki.
#2 I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, i ka makahiki 1908, ua ʻike nui ʻia kēlā kāne i kahi hōʻikeʻike o ka Swiss Cynological Society, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai ʻo ia he ʻano lauoho pōkole o ka Bernese Mountain Dog.
ʻO Professor Albert Heim, ka mea hoihoi i nā ʻīlio mauna, a laila hana ʻo ia i kāna kūlana ponoʻī no kēia ʻano a hoʻāʻo e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai ka Bernese lauoho lōʻihi a me ka Appenzeller Sennenhund liʻiliʻi iki ma ke kapa ʻana iā ia ʻo "Greater Swiss Mountain Dog".
#3 ʻOiai i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻīlio ikaika e like me nā ʻīlio huki i loko o ka pūʻali Swiss, ʻo ia ke kumu i hoihoi hou ai ka ʻīlio.
I kēia mau lā, ʻike ʻia nā ʻīlio nui ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio ʻohana a me nā ʻīlio hoa, me ka lauoho lōʻihi Bernese Mountain Dog e ʻike pinepine ʻia.