ʻO ka ʻīlio hiki iā ia ke aʻo i ka lawelawe ʻana ua mahalo nui ʻia e nā kānaka. Akā, ʻo kēia ʻano maikaʻi, i kekahi degere a i ʻole, ua loaʻa i nā ʻano ʻīlio like ʻole: setters, pointers, a me nā spaniels.
ʻO ka pono o nā mea hoʻihoʻi kūikawā i hiki mai i ka lohi: i ka wā i kū mai ai kahi mea hopu holoholona hou, e ʻae iā ʻoe e pana i kahi manu i ka lele. Mai ia manawa mai, ʻaʻole i lilo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā manu wai i ʻoihana ʻoihana wale nō akā he ʻano haʻuki hoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o ka poʻe aliʻi Pelekane. Akā, no kona nani a me ka huahana, hoʻokahi hiʻohiʻona ka pana ʻana me ka pū i ka manu wai: ʻo ka pāʻani pana i loaʻa maoli iā ia iho, ma ke ʻano he kānāwai, i loko o ka wai. A no ka hoʻokō piha ʻana i nā manaʻo hopu holoholona a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā kīʻaha hopu, pono ʻia kahi ʻīlio kūikawā e kōkua i ka mea hahai holoholona:
- hana ma hope o ka pana ʻana, a hiki iā ia ke ʻimi kūʻokoʻa a lawe mai i ka pāʻani pana,
- hana maikaʻi ma ka ʻāina a me ka wai,
- hiki ke kū i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi loa: ke anuanu, ka wai hau, ka mānoanoa a me nā ʻokalaioa, etc.,
- ka loaʻa ʻana o ke ʻano o ka ʻala a me ka hoʻomanaʻo kupanaha,
- paʻakikī, ikaika a ikaika,
- mālie a hiki ke mālama.