Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Tibetan Mastiff kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa ma ka honua. Lawe ʻo ia i kona aʻa mai Tibet - kahi ʻāina pohihihi a mamao. No ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻelele o kēia ʻano mai ka ʻāina: ʻaʻole ia i pāpā ʻia e nā kānāwai, akā ʻo ka lilo ʻana o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe ke kuleana. I ka manawa like, ua lawelawe maikaʻi ka noho kaʻawale ʻana ma ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe o ka pua a me kāna mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole: ikaika, hoʻomanawanui, kūpaʻa, kūʻokoʻa, poise, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
He kū hoʻokahi kēia ʻano ʻīlio! No ke aha mai? E nānā kāua. Ke aʻo aku nei mākou iā ʻoe: e hoʻomaopopo wale ʻia kēia mau kiʻi e ka poʻe nona kēia ʻano ʻīlio maikaʻi!