Lahui Ilio Pointer
Lahui ilio kuhikuhi ua paʻa ko lākou wahi i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka poʻe hahai holoholona. He loea nā ʻīlio i ka hahai ʻana i nā manu pāʻani. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o nā mākaʻi ʻo ka mae ʻana o ka pahu i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea pio. Ma ka honi ʻana, hoʻokokoke ka ʻīlio i ka manu i kahi kokoke loa, me ka manaʻo e makaʻu ka ʻīlio i ka mea i pepehi ʻia. Ma hope o ke kū ʻana, hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia me ka hāpai ʻana o kona wāwae a kali i ka mea hahai holoholona e pana i ka pāʻani, i hiki iā ia ke lawe i ka holoholona ʻeha i ka mea nona ka ʻole e hōʻino i kahi hulu. Huli wale kekahi mau ʻīlio ma ka nahele, makemake kekahi e hana ma ka wai. ʻO ka papa inoa o nā ʻīlio kuhikuhi me nā inoa a me nā kiʻi e ʻae iā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo pono i kēlā me kēia ʻelele o kēia hui. Ma ka hele ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao pua, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i kona mōʻaukala, nā hiʻohiʻona, nā hiʻohiʻona mālama, a me nā kiʻi o nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻīlio makua.
ʻO nā ʻīlio kuhikuhi nā mamo o nā ʻano ʻīlio kahiko. Wahi a ko lākou kumu, ua māhele ʻia nā holoholona i ka continental (European) a me ka insular (British and Irish). Ma waena o nā continentals, ʻike ʻia nā mākaʻi pōkole, nā spaniels a me nā griffon. ʻO ka poʻe noho o nā mokupuni, ua hōʻike ʻia e nā kuhikuhi a me nā mea hoʻonohonoho.
ʻOiai ka ʻokoʻa. Lahui ilio kuhikuhi loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau: ʻano a nui paha ka nui, nā iwi ikaika, ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo wīwī, nā pepeiao e kau ana, ke poʻo me ke ʻano wili, a me ka honi kiʻekiʻe. Ma ke ʻano maoli, ʻaʻole huhū nā mākaʻi, noʻonoʻo ʻole, nānā pono i ka mea nona. ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā ʻīlio me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe, akā naʻe, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono, hiki iā lākou ke hana pālua a i ʻole i ka hui o nā ʻohana.
He maikaʻi loa ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā ʻīlio ʻīlio i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻāina, no laila e hele pū me kāu pipi i ka ululāʻau, ʻaʻole ʻoe e nalowale – e kauoha wale iā ia e hoʻi i ka home. Hiki i nā ʻīlio ke hele i kahi mamao me ka ʻole o ka luhi. ʻO kekahi mea ʻē aʻe o nā mākaʻi ʻo ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi koke mai kahi hui i kekahi, i ka hauʻoli o ko lākou haku.
