Kiʻekiʻe poʻohiwi: 56 - 66 knm
ke kaupaona: 34 - 43 kg
Age: 12 - 14 mau makahiki
Waihoʻoluʻu: ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele me ke keʻokeʻo a i ʻole ke keʻokeʻo
E hoʻohana i: ʻīlio hoa, ʻīlio sled
ka ʻAla malamute ʻo ia ka nui o nā ʻīlio heʻe ʻehā (Malamute, ʻīlio Greenland, ʻO Siberian Husky, a ʻO Samoyed ). He ʻīlio hoʻomau a ikaika ʻo ia e pono ai ka nui o kahi noho, nā hana koʻikoʻi, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa akahele. ʻAʻole kūpono ke keikikāne paʻakikī no ka poʻe hoʻomaka ʻīlio a i ʻole ke ola ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Kumu a me ka mōʻaukala
ʻO ka Alaskan Malamute kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa nā ʻīlio puaʻa a i puka mai ma Siberia. ʻO nā kūpuna o ka Mahlemiut Ua hele ka ʻohana Inuit i ke kowa Bering mai Siberia a hiki i Alaska. I loko o nā makahiki o ka noho kaʻawale ʻana, ua ulu nā ʻīlio Nordic a mākou i lawe pū me mākou i "'īlio o nā Mahlemiutes", ʻo Alaskan Malamute.
Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio ikaika loa e ka poʻe Inuit no nā keneturia ma ke ʻano he mau kōkua hahai holoholona a me nā holoholona pūʻulu. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20 wale nō i lilo lākou i mea kaulana i nā haʻuki ʻīlio sled. Hoʻomaka ka hānau ʻana maʻemaʻe o kēia ʻano i ka makahiki 1926. I ka makahiki 1935, ua hoʻokumu ʻia a ʻike ʻia ke ʻano maʻamau e ka American Kennel Club (AKC).
Keʻano
ʻO Alaskan Malamute ka ʻīlio heʻa nui a ikaika loa. Kona kino a me ke kino e hoʻomaopopo ana ua hānai ʻia kēia ʻīlio no ka hana paʻa kaumaha a ʻaʻole no ka heihei ʻīlio kaʻa. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka Siberian Husky, ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o ka Malamute. He poʻo ākea me ka ʻūhā nui e haiki iki mai ke kumu a i ka ihu. He ʻano ʻalemona nā maka a kau ʻia ma kahi kihi. ʻAʻole like me ka husky, ʻaʻole loaʻa nā maka uliuli i ka malamute, akā mau pala maka. ʻIke liʻiliʻi nā pepeiao erect triangular e pili ana i ke poʻo nui.
ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka hulu o ka Alaskan Malamute ma mua o ka Husky. Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻaʻahu o luna, ʻoluʻolu a me ka nui o nā kapa lalo. ʻOkoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka ʻaʻahu luna, e like me ke kapa lalo. He pōkole a ʻaneʻi ka lōʻihi ma nā ʻaoʻao o ke kino ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma ka ʻāʻī a me nā poʻohiwi, ma lalo o ke kua, ma ka ʻāʻī, a me ka huelo ulu. Lawe ʻia ka huelo ma ke kua.
Hiki iā Malamutes ke loaʻa nā ʻano kala ʻaʻahu - mai ka hina hina a ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo a i ʻole ke keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka maʻamau a kiʻi poʻo e hohola ana ma luna o ke poʻo e like me ka pāpale, me ke keʻokeʻo holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole e hōʻike ana i kahi laina a/a i ʻole ka maka.
Nature
Aia ka Alaskan Malamute i kahi noho malie, oluolu, ka launa ʻana a me ka launa pū me nā kānaka, akā ʻaʻole naʻe e pili pū me hoʻokahi kanaka. Loaʻa iā ia kahi haʻi manaʻo hahai holoholona, noonooia mana, manaʻoʻiʻo, aole makemake loa e waiho. ʻO kona mau manaʻo pale a kiaʻi, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala nui ʻia.
Me kona makemake ikaika a me ka mana hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻo ka Malamute ʻaʻole he ʻīlio no ka poʻe hoʻomaka. Pono ʻo ia i kahi "alakaʻi pack" me ka ʻike, ka ʻike, nā ʻano alakaʻi, a me ka makemake e hana ikaika me ka ʻīlio. ʻO ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi malamute e pono ai ka nui o ka empathy, hoʻomanawanui, a me ke kūpaʻa me ka ʻole o ka paʻakikī. Mai ka wā ʻīlio a hiki i ka wā ʻelemakule, e hoʻāʻo mau ka Malamute hilinaʻi iā ia iho e pana i nā palena a hoʻopau i ka hierarchy i hoʻokumu ʻia i kona makemake.
ʻO ka Alaskan Malamute ʻaʻole he hale noho a ʻīlio kūlanakauhale. Pono ʻo ia ka nui o kahi noho a i waho. Pono e loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e hana ai ma ke kaʻa a i ʻole ke kaʻa. E lilo ana ka Malamute i lālā o ka ʻohana maikaʻi a maikaʻi inā paʻa i ka hana a me nā hana ma waho.
He mea maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻaʻahu ʻelua paʻa, akā hāʻule nui i ka wā puna a hāʻule.