Kiʻekiʻe poʻohiwi: 43 - 51 knm
ke kaupaona: 11 - 20 kg
Age: 12 - 14 mau makahiki
Waihoʻoluʻu: ʻeleʻele, ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele, ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, kēlā me kēia me ka waihoʻoluʻu hoʻokahi a i ʻole me nā kaha
E hoʻohana i: ʻīlio hana, ʻīlio haʻuki
ka Kelpie Nuhōlani he ʻīlio kahu hānai liʻiliʻi kona makemake e neʻe a hana ikaika. Pono ia i ka hana kino a me ka noʻonoʻo a no laila kūpono wale ia no nā poʻe haʻuki hiki ke hāʻawi i kā lākou ʻīlio i ka manawa kūpono a me ka hana.
Kumu a me ka mōʻaukala
He mamo ka Australian Kelpie na nā ʻīlio hānai ʻo Scottish i hele mai i Australia me nā malihini Pelekane. ʻO ke kupuna o kēia ʻano ʻīlio he wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Kelpie, nāna i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā hoʻokūkū hānai a hāʻawi i ka inoa o ka ʻīlio.
Keʻano
ʻO ka Australian Kelpie he ʻīlio kahu hānai waena me ka hana haʻuki. Ua lōʻihi iki ke kino ma mua o ke kiʻekiʻe. He mau maka liʻiliʻi kona, mau pepeiao ʻekolu i ʻoki ʻia, a he huelo e kau ana ka lōʻihi. He pōkole ka hulu o ka Australian Kelpie ma 2 – 3 knm. Loaʻa iā ia ka lauoho ʻaʻahu paʻa paʻa a me ka nui o nā kapa lalo, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale maikaʻi loa mai ke anuanu a me ka pulu.
ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu he ʻeleʻele paʻa, ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele kokoleka, a i ʻole ʻulaʻula. Hiki ke ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha me nā kaha ʻeleʻele. He mea maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻaʻahu pōkole pōkole.
Nature
ʻO ka Australian Kelpie he ʻīlio hana par excellence. He mea nui loa hoomau, piha i ka ikaika a me ka makemake e hana, naauao loa, a he ano akahai a oluolu. He hana kūʻokoʻa loa ia a he ʻano kūlohelohe no ka hana hānai hipa. ʻO Kelpies kekahi o nā mea liʻiliʻi nā ʻīlio puaʻa e hele ana ma ke kua o nā hipa inā pono.
ʻAʻole makaʻala ka Australian Kelpie akā ʻaʻole ia he ʻīlio palekana. Hele maikaʻi ʻo ia me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻomaka i ka hakakā ma kāna ʻano ponoʻī, akā hiki ke hōʻoia iā ia iho inā pono. ʻO Australian Kelpies he mea pili i ka poʻe a me ka ʻohana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hana kūʻokoʻa i loko o ko lākou koko, no laila ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi Kelpie a koi i ka nui o ka maʻalahi.
He paʻakikī mau ka mālama ʻana i kahi Kelpie. Ma ke ʻano he ʻohana maʻemaʻe ʻīlio hoa, ʻo Kelpie ʻuhane, e hāhā i ka ikaika, ʻaʻole paʻakikī loa. Pono ʻo ia i kahi hana i kūpono i kona ʻano kūlohelohe a ma kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke ola i kona makemake pau ʻole e neʻe. ʻO ke kūpono, mālama ʻia ka Australian Kelpie ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio kahu hānai, i ole ia, pono ia i ke kaulike ma ke ano o ka hooikaika kino haʻuki ʻīlio, ka mea e pono ai kona noonoo. Inā hoʻohana ʻole ʻia kahi Kelpie, e ʻimi ʻo ia i kahi puka a hiki ke lilo i ʻīlio pilikia.