Mary Allen
ʻO ka hulu huluhulu, ka nānā aloha, a me ke ʻano hauʻoli e hana i ka Old English Sheepdog, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Bobtail, me ka maopopo ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mea e ʻokoʻa ai ka ʻīlio kahu hipa Kelemania mai Great Britain ma ʻaneʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao.
Moolelo o ka Bobtail
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Bobtail kekahi o nā ʻīlio kahiko loa ma Great Britain. Ua hoʻohana nā kahu hipa Pelekāne i nā ʻīlio e hoʻokele pipi i ka wā mua. ʻO nā kūpuna o ka Old English Sheepdog nā ʻīlio Pelekane a me ʻEulopa, a me nā ʻīlio kahu hipa Lūkini a me Hungarian. ʻO ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona o ka hulu a me ka lōʻihi e pale aku ai i nā kūlana ʻino. I ka makahiki 1888, ua ʻike kūhelu ka British Kennel Club i ka Old English Sheepdog.
Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa ʻo "Bobtail" no ka huelo pōkole i hānau ʻia ai kekahi mau ʻīlio o kēia ʻano. Ma muli o kona ʻaʻahu nani, ua kaulana ka ʻīlio ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hōʻike mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20. I ka makahiki 1963, ua loaʻa ka ʻike honua mai ka FCI. No ka pūʻulu 1 "Nā ʻīlio hipa a me nā ʻīlio pipi" ma ka ʻāpana 1 "nā ʻīlio kahu hipa".
ʻAno a me ke ʻano
E like me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka nani e like me ka nānā ʻana o ka bobtail, aia nō ma lalo o ka hulu mānoanoa. He ʻīlio ʻohana maikaʻi ka hoa kūpaʻa a kaulike ʻehā wāwae. Hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka pāʻani a hiki i ka wā ʻelemakule a aloha i nā keiki. Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻano he mea pale naʻauao a hilinaʻi hoʻi a hōʻike pono i nā mea komo. I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka ʻīlio kahu hipa Pelekane ke paʻakikī. Me ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ke aloha, akā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu maʻalahi. E like me nā ʻīlio hipa he nui, paʻakikī nā ʻīlio hānai Pelekane a ʻaʻole lawe i ka hoʻopaʻi. He aloha ʻo ia a hele aku me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe a pili maikaʻi me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe inā pili maikaʻi ʻia.
Ke ano o ka bobtail
ʻO ka Old English Sheepdog kahi ʻīlio nui i ʻike nui ʻia ma muli o kona hulu ulu. ʻO kona kino ikaika a me ka ʻiʻo me ke poʻo like ʻole. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kona mau maka a ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele, akā ʻulaʻula paha a i ʻole ka maka ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu lush o ka bobtail ʻaʻole ia e uhi i ke kino holoʻokoʻa. He ʻano paʻakikī ko ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula, me ka ʻaʻahu lalo ʻoi loa ka paʻa a me ka wai-repellent. ʻOi aku ka ʻoi o ka lauoho ma nā wāwae hope ma mua o ke koena o ke kino. ʻOkoʻa nā waihoʻoluʻu o ka ʻaʻahu mai ka hina a i ka grizzle a i nā ʻano uliuli like ʻole. ʻO ke poʻo, ka ʻāʻī, a me nā wāwae mua ke keʻokeʻo, a ʻae ʻia nā "sokacks" keʻokeʻo. He hulu maikai ka huelo a ua ku pinepine ia i ka wa i hala.
Hoonaauao o ka Ilio
He ʻīlio aloha a hui pū ka Bobtail. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia he ʻīlio hoʻomaka maʻemaʻe. Ma keʻano he'īlio kahu hipa ma mua, he ikaika kona manaʻo hānai a heʻano liʻiliʻi ke kūʻokoʻa. Me kona nui hope, he mea nui e hōʻike i ka ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio i ka mea hiki a hiki ʻole ke hana. E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāu ʻīlio me ka manaʻo nui a me ke kūpaʻa. Paʻakikī nā hoa ʻehā wāwae koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻopaʻi a me ka huhū. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻike i ko lākou ikaika a me ka nui, lele nā ʻīlio i luna o nā mea aloha. ʻAʻole maopopo ka poʻe āpau i kēia hauʻoli hauʻoli, no laila pono e hoʻomalu ʻia i ka wā mua.
Nā hana me ka Bobtail
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia e like me ia, ʻo ka Bobtail he ʻīlio ikaika e pono ai nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui. Ua ʻoluʻolu loa ʻo ia i ke ʻano a makemake e holo a pāʻani nui. Hoʻomau nā ʻīlio a hauʻoli i ka hele lōʻihi ma ke ʻano i nā wā āpau. I mea e paʻa ai, pono ka ʻīlio akamai i kahi mea e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻāʻo i kona naʻauao. He poʻe pāʻani ʻoliʻoli nō hoʻi nā ʻīlio i ka hula ʻīlio a i ʻole agility. Eia kekahi, aia ka ʻīlio hānai mua i kēlā me kēia ʻelele o ka ʻano, no laila makemake ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokau iā ia i ka hana.
Ola a mālama
ʻO ka ʻaʻahu paʻa o ka ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai ka mālama nui. Pono ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa pono i ka hulu o ka bobtail ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua a ʻekolu manawa o ka pule e pale aku ai i nā kuʻi. No laila e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ʻīlio i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa me ka pulupulu a i ʻole, inā pono, i nā ʻoki uila i ka wā mua. He mea nui hoʻi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka hulu o ka lepo a me nā vermin ma hope o kēlā me kēia hele. ʻO ka lauoho lōʻihi ma ka maka e paʻi ʻia me nā kiʻi a pōkole paha i ʻike maopopo ʻia ka ʻīlio. I nā wela wela, hiki i nā ʻīlio me ka hulu mānoanoa ke maʻalahi i ka wela. I ke kau waena, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻoki ʻana.
Pono anei ka Bobtail ia'u?
He ʻīlio aloha a kūpaʻa ka Bobtail e makemake e hoʻolimalima i ka lā a pau me kona ʻohana. No laila pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka manawa a me ka makemake e mālama mau i kāu hoa ʻehā wāwae. Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi ʻīlio. No laila, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka hapa nui o kou manawa kūʻokoʻa e hana me ka lālā ʻohana ʻehā wāwae hou. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻohana i ka ʻohana ikaika e makemake e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻīlio no nā makahiki 12 a 13 e hiki mai ana. Me ka hoʻoulu kūpono, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻīlio hoa aloha a leʻaleʻa i aloha i kona ʻohana ma mua o nā mea āpau.