#10 No ka mea, he 'âlapa ikaika 'o ia, e 'ike pinepine 'oe iā ia ma waena o ka po'e kukini mua ma nā ho'okûkû.
Ma mua o kou kūʻai ʻana i kahi kahuhipa Australian, e kūkākūkā me kou ʻohana e pili ana i kēia mau mea:
Loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e mālama ai i kahi ʻīlio a hāʻawi iā ia i ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka hana i nā manawa he nui i ka lā?
Loaʻa iaʻu nā kumuwaiwai kālā e mālama ai i kahi ʻīlio no nā makahiki he 10 a hiki i ka 15 (ʻaʻole wale kēia me nā kumukūʻai o ke kūʻai ʻana a me nā mea hana mua, akā, nā koina pū kekahi no ka mālama holoholona, inikua, ʻauhau, nā kumukūʻai hiki ke hana, a me nā mea hou aku. ? – ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola o ka ʻīlio ma waena o 12,000 a me 20,000 euros).
Hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo e mālama kekahi i koʻu Kahuhipa Australia a hāʻawi iā ia i nā hana ke loaʻa ʻole au, maʻi, a i ka wā hoʻomaha?
Ua ʻike anei au ua haumia pinepine ka ʻīlio, loaʻa ka maʻi maʻi a me ka luaʻi, a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻē aʻe a pono wau e kōkua iā ia?
Ua kūpono anei ka ʻīlio a me nā pono o kahi kahuhipa Australia i koʻu nohona a makemake au e hoʻolimalima i ka manawa me ia a hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau iā ia?
#11 Ke manaʻo ka Australian Shepherd i ka hoʻoweliweli a manaʻo paha ʻo kāna poʻe aloha i ka pōʻino, e hū aʻe kona huhū a ʻeha.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻopau loa i kāna ʻano kahu hānai a mālama ʻana paha. Me ka nele o ka hoʻonaʻauao, ʻoihana, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o nā Aussies e hānai i nā kaʻa, joggers, nā holoholona ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā keiki. ʻOiai he mau ʻīlio hana lākou, nui ka poʻe ʻona e hana hewa i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou. Ke aʻo nā ʻīlio ʻaʻole e ʻoluʻolu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻīlio ʻōpio, ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli a me ke koi ʻana o nā kahuhipa Australia.
#12 He ʻīlio ʻohana ka Australian Shepherd? No ka mea he pāʻani ʻo ia a makemake nui e aʻo i ka ʻīlio, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ia me ka lima paʻa a paʻa naʻe e lilo i hoa aloha a nā mea a pau:
Inā ʻoe e launa pū me ia me nā kānaka, nā ʻīlio, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i ka manawa maikaʻi, e lilo ʻo Aussie i hoa kūpaʻa nou, a inā ʻae kāu mau keiki iā ia i nā manawa hoʻomaha, ʻo ia ka hoa pāʻani kūpono.
Makemake nā kahu hipa Australia e noho ma kou ʻaoʻao a makemake e hoʻopau i kāu mau hana. No laila, mai haʻalele pinepine iā ia a lōʻihi paha, no ka mea hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka hana maikaʻi ʻole e hiki mai ana.
ʻEhia ka nui o ka hoʻoikaika kino e pono ai ke kahuhipa Australia? Pono ʻoe e paipai i ka naʻauao o ka Australian Shepherd a me ka pāʻani ʻana i ka naʻau ma o ka hele wāwae lōʻihi i kēlā me kēia lā ma nā ʻano like ʻole a i ʻole ma o nā haʻuki ʻīlio. ʻO nā haʻuki kūpono e pili ana i ka agility, ka holoholo ʻīlio, a me ka lunging.
Inā noho ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale nui a loaʻa kahi hale liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻīlio kahu hānai ke koho maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe.
He manaʻo ponoʻī ko ka Australian Shepherd ma muli o kona manaʻo hānai; no laila, mai paʻakikī loa iā ia.
I ʻole e hoʻokele i kona ʻano a me kona makemake e hana i nā kahawai hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, pono ʻoe e kau i nā palena kūpono iā ia a aʻo iā ia e hoʻomaha.