Mary Allen
ʻO ka ʻīlio Border Collie kekahi o nā ʻīlio kahiko loa ma ʻEnelani. I ka wā i hoʻoholo mua ai ke kanaka e hoʻohana i nā ʻīlio e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana a me ke kiaʻi holoholona, ʻo kēia mau ʻīlio wale nō nā kūpuna o ka Border Collie hou. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole lākou iʻokoʻa loa mai nā lunamaka'āinana o kēia manawa. Ua loli ka nui, ua ʻoi aku ka naʻauao o nā ʻīlio hou a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke kanaka, akā paʻa mau lākou i nā ʻano o ko lākou mau mea kahiko.
#1 I kēlā mau manawa lōʻihi, hilinaʻi nui ka poʻe i kā lākou ʻīlio naʻauao a kūpaʻa pau ʻole - ua hāʻawi ʻia lākou i ke kiaʻi ʻana i ko lākou mau home, ua hoʻolimalima manawa me kā lākou mau keiki, a ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kōkua lākou i ke kiaʻi a mālama i kā lākou mau holoholona.
Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ua ulu maoli ka ʻano, ʻoiai ʻo nā kūlana koʻikoʻi o ka honua kahiko e koi ai i ka holoholona e loaʻa ka hoʻomanawanui maikaʻi, ka wiwo ʻole, ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kona haku.
#2 Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio kahu hipa he waiwai nui, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha.
Ua kūʻai ʻia lākou ma ke kumu kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, a ua ʻokoʻa paha ko lākou helehelena mai kēlā me kēia ʻāina. No laila, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka pua, i kapa ʻia e like me ka wahi i puka mai ai lākou. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia nā Welsh Sheepdogs, Northern Sheepdogs, Highland Collies a me Scottish Collies.
#3 ʻO ka inoa maoli o ka ʻohana Collie mai ka ʻōlelo Scottish, a no laila ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻEnelani i ka wā kahiko ua kapa ʻia lākou he ʻīlio hipa.
Ua noho pū kēia ʻano me nā kānaka no nā kenekulia he nui, a i ka makahiki 1860 i hōʻike mua ʻia ma kahi hōʻike ʻīlio. ʻO kēia ka lua o ka hōʻike ʻīlio ʻīlio ma ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻāina, a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Border Collie ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻōiwi Pelekane.