He ʻīlio aloha a ʻoluʻolu ka ʻīlio wai Pukiki. Makemake ʻo ia i ka wai a makemake nui i ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka hana. He kakaikahi ka pua ma kēia ʻāina, akā ke hauʻoli nei mākou i ka ulu ʻana: ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka ʻīlio wai Pukiki a i ʻole Cão de Água Português.
He mau makahiki i hala aku nei he ʻike maʻamau ka ʻīlio wai Pukiki ma kahakai o Pokukala. I kēia lā, ʻike ʻia ka pua ma nā lawaiʻa kuʻuna ma kona home mua ma ka moku ʻo Algarve, kahi i hoʻohana mau ʻia ai he ʻīlio wai. Ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio lawaiʻa, ua loaʻa iā ia ka hana o ke kiaʻi ʻana i nā waʻa a me ka iʻa a hāʻawi i nā lawelawe waiwai e pili ana i ka lawaiʻa.
#1 Ma muli o ka hoʻololi hou ʻana, ʻaʻole pono ka pua no nā hana maʻamau a ua lilo ka ʻīlio wai Pukiki i ʻano ʻano laha.
ʻAʻole i maʻa mau i kēia lā akā ua ʻike ʻia i ka wā i neʻe aku ai kahi ʻelele i ka Hale Paʻa me ka ʻohana pelekikena ma 2009. Ma Pokukala, he kūlana aupuni ka ʻīlio wai - a i ʻole Cão de Agua Português.