Mary Allen
ʻIke nui ʻia nā shelties ma muli o ko lākou hulu nani, hiki ke wehewehe ʻia he mane. I mea e alohi mau ai, pono ʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ʻīlio i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule me kahi pulupulu a i ʻole. Ma nā pepeiao a me nā ʻāʻī, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lauoho ʻo Shelties i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a no laila pono ka nānā ʻana.
Pono ʻoe e ʻauʻau wale i ka ʻīlio a ʻaʻole loa e ʻoki i ka hulu a pau. E hoʻopau kēia i ke ʻano o ka hulu voluminous a pēlā kāna hana o ka thermoregulation i ke kauwela a me ka hoʻoilo.
Hana ʻo Shelties iā lākou iho a nalowale ka lauoho he ʻelua i ka makahiki. I ʻole e uhi i kou keʻena holoʻokoʻa a i kāu kaʻa me ka huluhulu, pono ʻoe e palaki pinepine i ka Sheltie i kēia mau manawa.
I ka wā e pili ana i ka meaʻai, ʻaʻole i koi ʻia ka pua Shetland Sheepdog, akā pono ʻoe e hōʻoia i ka ʻai kaulike. ʻO nā protein ke kumu nui, akā ʻaʻole pono e mālama ʻia nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe.
Eia kekahi, e hoʻāʻo i ka mea a kāu ʻīlio e makemake ai, a mai ʻae i ka momona. ʻO kēia kaumaha nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo ma nā iwi ʻaoʻao, he kakaikahi loa ma Shelties ma muli o ko lākou makemake nui e neʻe. ʻO ka nui o ka meaʻai e hāʻawi ʻia i kāu ʻīlio ma muli o kona mau makahiki a me kona nui.
'Ōlelo Aʻo: Inā ʻai ʻoe i ka meaʻai maka, mai hānai i ka puaʻa maka a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i nā iwi moa i kālua ʻia i kāu ʻīlio, no ka mea hiki ke maʻalahi.
Ma ka awelika, he 12 makahiki ko Shelties a ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻīlio ikaika loa, akā hiki ke loaʻa nā maʻi ma mua o kēlā. ʻO kēia ka maʻi genetic dermatomyositis, ka maʻi hoʻoilina Collie Eye Anomaly, a me nā maʻi maka ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i nā Shelties ke loaʻa ka hemahema MDR-1, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomanawanui i kekahi mau lāʻau. Eia kekahi, loaʻa i nā kāne kekahi o kā lākou testicles i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū. I ka hihia o ka cryptorchidism i kapa ʻia, pono e neutered nā ʻīlio.
ʻOiaʻiʻo Leʻaleʻa: ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā ʻīlio mai ka polū merle male ʻana i ke kuli a me ka makapō.