Hāʻawi nā ʻīlio i ka manawa a me ke ʻano i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. Pono lākou i ka nānā a he mau hoa kūpaʻa lākou i nā kūlana āpau. Hiki i ka ʻīlio ke hāʻawi i ka poʻe ʻelemakule i kahi manaʻo hou i ke ola: mālama nā ʻīlio i ko lākou mau haku a me nā haku wahine i kūpono, kipaku aku i ka mehameha, a kōkua iā lākou e launa hou. Manaʻo ʻia nā ʻīlio he punawai ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻōpio no ka poʻe ʻelemakule.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa loa ke koho ʻana i ka pua kūpono ma muli o nā makemake a me nā pono o ka mea nona ka ʻīlio e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ke kūpono no ka poʻe kahiko he mau ʻelele o ʻano liʻiliʻi o na ilio. ʻO ka lauoho pōkole a lōʻihi paha, aloha a ʻoluʻolu a ʻeleu paha - e loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻelemakule kahi hoa kūpono ma aneʻi. A nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano kūpono i ko lākou ʻano, ʻoiai inā e emi mālie ana ka ikaika kino a me ke kino o nā mea nona.
"ʻO nā ʻīlio a i ʻole nā ʻīlio ʻōpio he pono nui no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka nui o nā mea lapuwale ma ko lākou mau manaʻo. Pono mua lākou e haʻihaʻi hale, hoʻonaʻauao, a hele i ke kula ʻīlio. ʻO ia ke kumu a mākou e paipai ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻīlio makua. Ua piha nā hale mālama holoholona i nā ʻīlio i kūpono hoʻi no ka poʻe ʻelemakule a he mea maikaʻi loa kēia: hoʻolako i kahi home a mālama i kahi ʻīlio i haʻalele ʻia, "wahi a Kauka Christiane Gothe.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻīlio liʻiliʻi i ka wā ʻelemakule, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi hoa aloha i ka ʻO Affenpinscher, ka ʻO French Bulldog, ka Malkī, ai ole ia o ka Shih Tzu. He a pono haʻahaʻa no ka hoʻoikaika kino a hiki mālama ʻia i loko o ke keʻena me ka pilikiaʻole.
E like me nā ʻano ʻano o nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi e like me nā koi o ka mālama ʻana. Lahui lauoho loloa e like me ka pekingese a ʻO Yorkshire Terrier pono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kēlā me kēia lā. Makemake nā ʻano ʻeleu e paʻa i ka hana a pono i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui. No laila, pono e hoʻomaopopo mua kēlā me kēia kanaka makua iā lākou iho a noʻonoʻo i ka ʻīlio a lākou e makemake ai e kaʻana like i ko lākou ola i ka wā e hiki mai ana.