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14+ ʻIke Moʻolelo No Labradors ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike

by Mary Allen Pepeluali 28, 2021, 9:25 wauhōʻano houʻia Kepakemapa 22, 2023, 11:48 p.m.

#4 Various theories explain the origin of the breed’s name. According to one, the original color (exclusively black) resembled an igneous rock, labradorite, lying in their homeland.

#5 Supporters of the other argue that the Europeans, who did not particularly understand the intricacies of the toponymy of the New World, found such a name apt for animals that arrived on ships from the shores of the Labrador Sea.

#6 The first Labradors arrived in Europe on merchant ships.

i kakauia ma Mary Allen

Aloha mai, ʻo wau ʻo Mary! Ua mālama au i nā ʻano holoholona he nui e like me nā ʻīlio, nā pōpoki, nā puaʻa guinea, nā iʻa, a me nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi. He ʻumi kaʻu mau holoholona ponoʻī i kēia manawa. Ua kākau au i nā kumuhana he nui ma kēia wahi e pili ana i ka pehea, nā ʻatikala ʻike, nā alakaʻi mālama, nā alakaʻi hānai, a me nā mea hou aku.