Mary Allen
Introduction: The Walkaloosa versatile
He ʻano lio ʻokoʻa ka Walkaloosa i ʻike ʻia no kona ʻano maʻalahi. He keʻa kēia ʻano ma waena o ka Appaloosa a me ka Tennessee Walking Horse, ka hopena i ka lio nani a me ka haʻuki. Ua ʻimi nui ʻia lākou no ko lākou hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe makemake i ka lio maʻamau.
Moʻolelo: Pehea i hiki mai ai ka pua
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻohana Walkaloosa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1900. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o Appaloosa a me Tennessee Walking Horse ma ke ʻano he ala e hana ai i ka lio i hui pū ʻia ka nani a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o Appaloosa me ka hele mālie a me ka hoʻomanawanui o Tennessee Walking Horse. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ia ka Walkaloosa, ka mea i loaʻa koke i ka inoa no kona akamai a me ka haʻuki.
Nā hiʻohiʻona: He aha ke ʻano o lākou
He lio liʻiliʻi ka Walkaloosa i kū ma waena o 14 a 16 mau lima ke kiʻekiʻe. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa, hiki ke ʻokoʻa mai nā kala paʻa i nā kiko a me nā ʻano like ʻole. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hele maʻemaʻe, ʻehā-beat e hōʻoluʻolu iā lākou e holo no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ma waho aʻe o ko lākou hiʻohiʻona kino, ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou ʻano pilikino a naʻauao, e maʻalahi lākou e aʻo a mālama.
Nā hoʻopaʻi: Ko lākou hiki ke kūleʻa i nā haʻuki like ʻole
No ka maʻalahi o ka Walkaloosa, kūpono lākou no nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole, e like me ke kāhiko ʻana, ka lele hōʻikeʻike, ka hanana, a me ka holo hoʻomanawanui. Ua kaulana nō hoʻi lākou no ka holo ala a me ka leʻaleʻa. ʻO kā lākou hele mālie a me ke ʻano hoʻomaha e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea kūpono no ka holo lōʻihi, ʻoiai ʻo kā lākou haʻuki a me ka agility e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho kiʻekiʻe no nā haʻuki hoʻokūkū.
ʻAno: Nā ʻano pilikino aloha a hiki ke hoʻololi
ʻO ka Walkaloosa he lio aloha a maʻalahi i ʻike ʻia no kona ʻano mālie. He maʻalahi lākou e hoʻokele a hoʻomaʻamaʻa, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no nā poʻe holo novice. He mau holoholona pilikanaka nō hoʻi lākou e hauʻoli ana i ka hoʻolimalima manawa me kā lākou mau hoa kanaka, kahi i kūpono ai no ka poʻe makemake i ka lio i hiki ke lilo i hoa a me ka hoa holo lio.
Ka hopena: No ke aha he koho nui loa ka Walkaloosa no ka lio maʻamau
He ʻano lio ʻokoʻa ka Walkaloosa i makemake nui ʻia no kona ʻano maʻalahi. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke lanakila ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole, i hui pū ʻia me kā lākou ʻano pilikino a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe makemake i ka lio maʻalahi. Inā he kanaka holo kaʻa akamai ʻoe a he mea hou paha, ʻo ka Walkaloosa he hoa nui a hauʻoli hoʻi e holo.