He maʻalahi a paʻakikī ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻOiai ʻo kona ʻaʻahu ʻōniʻoniʻo ka lōʻihi, ua lawa ka palaki ʻana i kona ʻaʻahu i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule.
'Ōlelo Aʻo: He pale wai ko Wetterhoun. Mai holoi pinepine i kāu Wetterhoun.
No ka meaʻai, ʻaʻohe pono kūikawā ʻo Wetterhoun. Ma muli o ka ikaika o ka ʻīlio, hiki iā ʻoe ke hānai iā ia i mea ʻai hou aʻe e hāʻawi iā ia i ka ikehu.
'Ōlelo Aʻo: Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio no ka hahai holoholona, e hānai mau iā ia ma hope o ka hana e pale aku i ka ʻāʻī ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono iā ia ke komo i ka wai maʻemaʻe a puni ka lā. Me ka mālama pono, hiki i kāu Wetterhoun ke ola ma kahi o 13 mau makahiki. Ma muli o ke kūlana olakino, hiki i ka makahiki ke hele i luna a i lalo paha.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻo ka Wetterhoun he ʻīlio paʻakikī ʻaʻole maʻi i ka maʻi. Eia kekahi, he kakaikahi wale no na ilio o ka pua.
No laila, ʻaʻohe mau maʻi e pili ana i ka ʻohana ma muli o ka overbreeding. Hoʻopili wale nā Wetterhouns i ka wela. No laila, e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e loaʻa i kāu ʻīlio ka wela, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lā wela.
Nā hana me ka Wetterhoun
He ʻīlio haʻuki loa ʻo Wetterhouns. Makemake lākou e hoʻokūkū ma ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo. Ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio ʻohana, ʻaʻole paha ʻo ia e hahai. ʻO ka haʻuki ʻīlio kahi koho maikaʻi loa. Hāʻawi nā haʻuki e like me Canicross a i ʻole Hula ʻīlio i ka ʻīlio i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa he nui a ma ka manawa like e hoʻoikaika i ka pilina ma waena o nā kānaka a me nā ʻīlio.
ʻO ka manaʻo e neʻe a me ka naʻau hahai holoholona kekahi kumu e ʻae ʻole ai ʻoe e ʻae iā Wetterhouns e noho i ke kūlanakauhale. Pono kēia mau ʻīlio i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui a me ka manawa e hoʻokuʻu ai i ka mahu.
ʻAʻole lawa ka hele wāwae pōkole i ka lā. No laila, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka noho ʻana o ka ʻīlio i ka hale me ka māla a i ʻole ma kahi mahiʻai.
I ka hele ʻana, hiki ke lawe pū ʻia ka Friesian Water Dog me ʻoe me ka pilikia ʻole. ʻO kahi hoʻomaha kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke noho i ka wai he mea maikaʻi loa nona.