He hohonu ka umauma o ka Chihuahua a piʻi iki ka laina o ka ʻōpū. Wahi a ka maʻamau o ka pua, ʻae ʻia ka ʻōpū ākea akā makemake ʻole.
Inā he laina ʻōpū pololei a ʻōpuʻu paha kāu Chihuahua, aia nā kumu like ʻole ma hope o ia:
- He poepoe ka opu o na ilio ma hope o ka ai ana. Ua "piha" wale lākou. He mea ino ole keia.
- Akā, i kekahi manawa aia kahi ʻilo ma hope o ka ʻōpū nui, pono e mālama ʻia. Ma muli o ka noho ʻana o ka ʻōpū me nā parasites, ʻike ʻia ka ʻōpū. A i ʻole, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kaumaha o ka ʻīlio.
- He ʻokoʻa inā ʻoi aku kou kaumaha. Maʻaneʻiʻaʻole ka'ōpū wale nō, akā,ʻo ka hoaʻehā wāwae holoʻokoʻa he momona loa. No laila, ʻaʻohe pūhaka hou o ka Chihuahua a loaʻa i nā pā momona ma ke kumu o ka huelo a me ka ʻāpana pūhaka. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka meaʻai ke kumu. Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia me ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi.
- ʻOi aku ka kakaikahi, hiki i nā maʻi ma hope o ka momona. No ka laʻana nā maʻi koko.
- ʻO ka meaʻai hewa hiki ke alakaʻi i ka ʻōpū a no laila i ka ʻōpū poepoe a pehu. Maikaʻi ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hānai ma ʻaneʻi.