Mary Allen
ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ma muli o ko lākou kino kino, pono ka poʻe pahu pahu i ka nui o ka hoʻoikaika kino a me nā hele wāwae a me nā kaʻa jogging e hoʻokō i ka makemake e hoʻoikaika. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi inā noho ka mea nona ma kahi kokoke i kahi paka, mahina ʻai, ululāʻau, a i ʻole hiki i ka ʻīlio ke hoʻohana i ka māla e holo a puni. No ka mea pa'akikī ia i ke anu, pono e pale ka mea pa'a i ka hooluolu.
He ʻīlio akamai ka pahu pahu: aloha ʻo ia - a pono! - nā hana like ʻole a me nā ʻoihana ʻaʻole wale ia e hoʻokūkū iā ia ma ke kino akā noʻonoʻo pū kekahi. Hiki i kēia ke komo i nā haʻuki ʻīlio, nā pāʻani naʻauao, a i ʻole ka hoʻolohe. He pāʻani nā hoa wāwae ʻehā i ka wā ʻelemakule. Ma waena o nā manawa hana, hauʻoli nō hoʻi ka mea pahu pahu i nā wā hoʻomaha. Ua hoʻomaha kekahi kanaka makua German Boxer ma waena o 17 a 20 mau hola i ka lā.
#1 E like me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, makemake ka German Boxer e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo, ʻoiai he omnivore.
Hiki i ka ihu hulu ke ʻai i ka meaʻai pulu ma mua o ka ʻai maloʻo ikaika loa. ʻO ka nui o ka meaʻai e ʻai ai kāu ʻīlio e pili ana i kona neʻe ʻana, kona mau makahiki a me kona kūlana olakino.
#2 ʻO ke kumu, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hānai ʻana i nā ʻīlio i nā manawa he nui i ka lā me nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi (ma kahi o ʻehā a ʻelima mau manawa).
No ka poʻe mokomoko olakino olakino, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hānai ʻana i ke kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi.
#3 He olakino maʻamau ka poʻe pahu pahu, akā e like me nā ʻano ʻano āpau, pili lākou i nā pilikia olakino.
ʻAʻole e loaʻa i nā Boxers a pau kēia mau maʻi, akā pono e makaʻala iā lākou i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i kēia ʻano. Inā kūʻai ʻoe i ʻīlio, e ʻike pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi mea hānai kaulana e hiki ke hōʻike iā ʻoe i nā palapala olakino no nā mākua ʻelua o ka ʻīlio.
Hōʻike nā palapala hōʻoia olakino ua hoʻāʻo ʻia kahi ʻīlio no kahi maʻi kūikawā. No nā pahu pahu, manaʻo e hiki ke nānā i nā palapala hōʻoia olakino Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) no ka hip dysplasia (me ka helu ma waena o ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi), elbow dysplasia, hypothyroidism, a me Willebrand-Jürgens syndrome, a me ka thrombopathy mai ke Kulanui o Auburn; a me nā palapala hōʻoia mai ka Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) he mea maʻamau nā maka.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia i nā palapala hōʻoia olakino ma ka nānā ʻana i ka pūnaewele OFA (offa.org).