Mary Allen
ʻAʻole ʻo Chihuahua wale nō ka ʻīlio liʻiliʻi loa ma ka honua akā hoʻoikaika pū i ka honua ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hoa nani. Eia nā mea a pau āu i makemake ai e ʻike e pili ana i ka lāhui kaulana!
Moolelo o ka Chihuahua
Loaʻa ka inoa ʻo Chihuahua mai ka panalāʻau o ka inoa like ma ka Repubalika o Mekiko. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 8, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua noho kūʻokoʻa nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi ma laila a ua hoʻomāliʻi ʻia e ka ʻohana Toltec. Mai ke kenekulia 14, mālama nā kāhuna Aztec i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi ma ko lākou mau luakini. Hōʻike nā kiʻi pena a me nā mea hoʻonaninani ua kapa ʻia lākou i ka ʻīlio pygmy "Techichi".
Ke ola nei kekahi mau kiʻi i kēia lā a ua like like me nā Chihuahuas o kēia wā. ʻOi aku ka makemake o nā aliʻi wahine Aztec e pāʻani me nā ʻīlio nani. Ua ʻike ka hoʻomana Aztec i ka ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o nā ʻuhane make, a ua koi pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e make me kāna mea nona i nā hoʻolewa. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, hōʻike wale ka ʻīlio i kāna mea nona mua i ke ala e hele ai i ka paradaiso ma hope o ke ola inā mālama maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia i ke ola.
I ka hele ʻana aʻe o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke kenekulia 19, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mahiʻai e kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau ʻīlio liʻiliʻi i mea hoʻomanaʻo. I ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe Mekiko i ka kaulana o kā lākou mau ʻīlio liʻiliʻi me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, hoʻomaka lākou e hānai iā lākou. Laha ka Chihuahua ma ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa a lilo i ʻīlio maoli. I ka makahiki 1959, ua ʻike ʻia ka pua e ka FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale). Ua helu ʻia ʻo ia ma FCI Group 9, e komo pū ana me nā ʻīlio hoa.
Nā ʻano a me nā ʻano ʻano
ʻO ka Chihuahua, i kapa ʻia ʻo Chi, he ʻano ʻuhane a ola me ka wiwo ʻole. ʻAʻole makaʻu nā ʻīlio i nā conspecifics nui a makemake e hoʻāʻo i ko lākou lima ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi. No laila inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻīlio i mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hauʻoli me kahi Chi. Makemake lākou i ke kikowaena o ka nānā ʻana a hiki ke lili inā hoʻolimalima ka mea nona ka manawa nui e hana i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopili pinepine lākou a me ka leʻaleʻa, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu i kēia me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono. ʻAʻohe ʻokoʻa nui o ke ʻano ma waena o nā kāne a me nā wahine.
Paʻa loa ka Chis i kā lākou hoa ʻelua wāwae a makemake lākou e lilo i lālā piha o ka ʻohana. He aloha a hāmama lākou i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe a kūpono hoʻi e like me nā ʻīlio lua me ka pilikia ʻole. Ma muli o ko lākou ʻano maikaʻi a me ka pāʻani, he ʻīlio ʻohana maikaʻi nō hoʻi ʻo Chihuahuas. Ma muli o kona liʻiliʻi, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa koke ʻia ka ʻīlio a pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā keiki mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana ʻaʻole ia he mea pāʻani.
Loaʻa i kahi Chihuahua
He aha kaʻu e pono ai e hoʻolohe i ke kūʻai ʻana?
Inā makemake ʻoe e kūʻai i kahi Chihuahua, pono ʻoe e ʻike mua e noho pū ana ka hoa liʻiliʻi wāwae ʻehā me ʻoe ma nā wahi āpau no nā makahiki he iwakālua e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka pua kekahi o nā ola lōʻihi loa o kekahi ʻīlio ma 14 a 18 mau makahiki. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi ʻīlio Chihuahua mai kahi mea hānai kaulana he kiʻekiʻe loa ma €850 a €1600. ʻOkoʻa ke kumukūʻai ma muli o ke kala hulu. I ke kūʻaiʻana, ponoʻoe e hōʻoiaʻaʻole i liʻiliʻi a olakino nā mākua.
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, aia ka Chihuahua lauoho lōʻihi me ka ʻaʻahu liʻiliʻi a ʻoluʻolu paha a ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, aia ka Chihuahua lauoho pōkole me kahi kapa palupalu a paʻa. Inā ua hoʻoholo ʻoe i kahi Chihuahua lauoho lōʻihi a pōkole paha, loaʻa iā ʻoe ke koho ma waena o nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu a pau mai ka waihoʻoluʻu a hiki i ka multicolored me nā hōʻailona ākea. ʻO nā waihoʻoluʻu kūikawā e like me nā kala husky, uliuli, a i ʻole ke kokoleka ʻoi aku ka laha a no laila ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi.
Hoʻonaʻauao a hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻīlio
Ke kūʻai ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio Chi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kali lōʻihi ma mua o ke aʻo ʻana iā ia. ʻO ka mea āu e hoʻokuʻu ai i ka ʻīlio he paʻakikī ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻīlio, ʻaʻole hana maʻalahi ke aʻo ʻana i kahi Chihuahua. E like me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, pono ʻoe e kau i kou mau palena a paʻa. Inā ʻae ʻia ke keiki liʻiliʻi e hana i kāna mea e makemake ai, ulu koke ʻo ia i mea ʻakaʻaka a makaʻu paha. E lilo ka Chi i mea makua ma waena o 5 a me 14 mau mahina a i ka wā i ulu pono ai a hiki i ka nui o 15 a 23 knm.
Pehea wau e mālama ai i kahi Chihuahua?
Nā hana me ka Chihuahua
ʻOiai aia lākou ma lalo o 8 iniha ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo Chihuahua he ʻīlio ʻūhā, no ka mea, pono lākou i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui a makemake lākou i nā koi noʻonoʻo a me ke kino e like me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe. Inā hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio a ʻoluʻolu paha iā ia me ka pono ʻole, e lilo ʻo ia i mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole a, i nā hihia koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka huhū. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e lawe ʻia i loko o ka ʻeke i ka lā a pau akā makemake ʻo ia i ka hele wāwae pōkole i ka nahele, nā pāʻani kinipōpō, a i ʻole ke aʻo ʻana. Aneane hiki ke kūʻai ʻia kēlā me kēia pāʻani ma nā ʻano liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.