He maʻalahi loa ka mālama ʻana iā Staffie. ʻO ka hana maʻamau o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi Staffordshire Bull Terrier e pili ana i ka palaki ʻana, ka ʻoki ʻana i nā maiuu, a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā pepeiao. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻana i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule ua lawa ia e hana i kahi mea maikaʻi no ke kapa.
Akā, ua hoʻoikaika pū ʻia ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻīlio a me ka mea nona. Eia kekahi, ua paipai ʻia ka nānā mau ʻana i nā maiuu, nā niho, a me nā pepeiao.
ʻIke: E like me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Staffordshire Bull Terrier he hoʻololi ʻaʻahu ʻelua i ka makahiki. A laila pono ʻoe e palaki wale ia e wehe i ka lauoho.
Me kahi ʻīlio lili e like me ka Staffordshire Bull Terrier, maʻalahi ka meaʻai. ʻO ka meaʻai ʻīlio maikaʻi, akā ʻo ka meaʻai home hoʻi e māʻona i ka hoa ʻehā wāwae.
ʻO ka hānai maikaʻi a me ka meaʻai kūpono e kōkua pū i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi. E hōʻalo i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i kahi Staffordshire Bull Terrier e noi ana ma ka papa ʻaina a ma kahi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou i ka maikaʻi maikaʻi, nā meaʻai i kūʻai ʻia.
'Ōlelo Aʻo: He mea nui e pale i nā hono i ka wā ulu. Pono e hoʻololi ʻia ka meaʻai i ka makahiki o ka ʻīlio a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kūkākūkā pū me ke kauka holoholona. ʻO ka calcium a me nā protein nā meaʻai e pono ʻole e nalo mai ka ʻai a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Ua lawa ka hānai ʻana i ka Staffordshire Bull Terrier i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kēia ma ke ahiahi a no laila e hoʻomaha ai ka hoa wāwae ʻehā i hoʻokahi hola ma mua a ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana.
Noho maʻamau kahi Staffie i 13 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, me ke olakino maikaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ka makahiki o 15. Me ka meaʻai olakino a lawa a me ka hoʻoikaika kino, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kahi Staffordshire Bull Terrier mai ka lilo ʻana i ke kaumaha.
Mea nui: No ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kau i kahi kīʻaha piha i mua o kahi Staffordshire Bull Terrier a ʻai ʻia.
E like me nā ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, he predisposition ka Staffordshire Bull Terrier i kekahi mau maʻi maʻamau o kāna ʻano. Aia kēia me:
- Predisposition i nā maʻi maka;
- ʻO nā maʻi hui (dysplasia hip a me kuʻekuʻe);
- ʻO nā maʻi maʻamau;
- ʻO ka lauoho lauoho;
- Nā maʻi neurological a me nā maʻi metabolic;
- kuli;
- Follicular dysplasia ma ka lauoho ʻeleʻele.
Wehewehe: ʻO ka follicular dysplasia kahi maʻi ʻili o nā ʻīlio he ʻano genetic. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i ka lauoho lauoho ʻole ma muli o ka hana ʻole o ke aʻa lauoho. Hoʻopuka kēia i ka lauoho palupalu wale nō e haki koke a ʻaʻohe lauoho.