Mary Allen
He ʻīlio nui ʻo Saint Bernard. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo. Aia ma waena o 70 a 90 kenimika ke kiʻekiʻe o nā ʻīlio kāne a hiki ke kaumaha i 75 a 85 kilokani. He liʻiliʻi a māmā nā wahine.
ʻOiai ka nui, he ʻīlio aloha a mālie ʻo Saint Bernard. Akā no ka hauʻoli, pono ʻo ia i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa he nui. Pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea me ia. No laila, noho nui ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke noho ma ka mahiʻai a nui nā wahi.
ʻO Saint Bernards ka huahekili mai Switzerland a ʻo ia ka ʻīlio aupuni o ia ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou inoa mai kahi monastery ma Großer Sankt Bernhard, kahi ala ma nā Alps. Ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻopakele mua lākou i ka poʻe ma nā mauna mai ka make ʻana i loko o ka avalanche. Hiki mai ka avalanche ke hoʻomaka ka hau e paheʻe. Hiki i nā kānaka ke ʻeha a make i ka hau i loko.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā ʻīlio hoʻopakele i kēia mau lā. Akā ʻaʻole lākou ʻo St. Bernards, akā nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole wale lākou e hoʻouna ʻia i loko o nā avalanches akā i loko o nā hale hiolo. ʻO ia ke kumu i loaʻa ai ka pōmaikaʻi i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻohe mea pani no kou ihu paʻakikī. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia lā, aia kekahi mau mea ʻenehana i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻimi. Hoʻopiha maikaʻi nā ʻīlio a me ka ʻenehana.
He aha nā moʻolelo e pili ana iā Sana Bernards?
I ka wā i hoʻolele ʻia ai, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua kau nā ʻīlio i kahi pahu liʻiliʻi ma ko lākou ʻāʻī i loko o ka waiʻona no ka poʻe i hoʻopakele ʻia. Akā, ua haku wale ʻia ka moʻolelo me ka barela. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā ʻano barela i ka ʻīlio. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole pono i ka poʻe hypothermic ke inu i ka waiʻona.
Ua kaulana ʻo St. Bernard i kapa ʻia ʻo Barry ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio avalanche. Ma kahi o 200 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua noho ʻo ia me nā mōneka ma St. Bernard Nui a ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻopakele ʻo ia i 40 mau kānaka mai ka make. Hōʻike ʻia kekahi St. Bernard kaulana ʻē aʻe ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo A Dog Named Beethoven.