Mary Allen
Ma ke ʻano he mau ʻīlio akamai a olaola, ʻo ka Maltese liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo hau keʻokeʻo e hoʻoikaika i nā mea aloha holoholona. He mau hoa holoholona maikaʻi lākou no ka poʻe makemake mau i kā lākou mau hoa wāwae ʻehā a puni a hauʻoli i ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou huluhulu palupalu.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka ʻīlio liʻiliʻi akamai a aloha i ka FCI Group 9, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻīlio hoa. Eia ka Maltese ma ka Pauku 1 o na Bichons a me na ano pili. ʻO Bichon ka Palani no ka ʻīlio lap a ʻo ka Maltese ka mea kaulana a kaulana loa o kēia ʻāpana.
#1 ʻO ka ʻīlio ʻīlio "Maltese" kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa a hele mai mai ka ʻāina Mediterranean.
A hiki i kēia lā ʻaʻole maopopo kahi i loaʻa mai ai. ʻO ka mea wale nō i maopopo, ʻaʻole pili ka inoa i ka mokupuni ʻo Malta, akā ua loaʻa maoli mai ka huaʻōlelo "Malat". ʻO "Malat" ka huaʻōlelo Semitic no ke awa, no ka mea, noho nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi ma nā kūlanakauhale awa he nui ia manawa. Ma laila lākou i hana ai ma ke ʻano he ʻiole a me ka ʻiole no ka loaʻa koke ʻana o nā ʻiole ma nā wahi a pau e waiho ai nā waiwai o ka moku. Akā aia kekahi mau manaʻo e hoʻoholo ai i ke kumu o ka mokupuni ʻo Mljet a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻole ʻia.
#2 ʻO ka mea maopopo naʻe, aia kekahi ʻīlio keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi i ka wā kahiko i ʻike ʻia ma Helene a me ka Emepera Roma.
I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa, akā ua lilo ka ʻīlio nani i ʻīlio hoa kaulana i kēlā manawa. Mai ka Renaissance ma ka hope loa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 14, a laila hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā aliʻi iā lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hanohano a aloha no nā wahine.
#3 ʻAʻole ia he mea ʻole ka nui o nā mea aloha ʻīlio i aloha i ka Maltese, no ka mea, he hoa aloha a ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia.
He hoa aloha ʻehā wāwae ʻoluʻolu a he ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i ka manawa like. Aloha ʻo ia i kona poʻe me kona puʻuwai a pau. No laila, makemake mau ka ʻīlio mālamalama a akamai e noho ma laila.