ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio me nā pālule pōkole pono e ʻokiʻoki i nā wā a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā trimmers a i nā ʻūniʻi ʻole paha i nā wahi o ka ulu lauoho nui. He mea maikaʻi ke lawe i kahi ʻīlio no kahi hele pōkole a hoʻolālā paha ma mua o ka ʻoki ʻana i kā lākou kui. E palaki i ka palule e hoʻopau i nā pona a me ka moena.

ʻO ka ʻaoʻao hea ʻoe e kahi i kahi ʻīlio? 

Pākuʻi i ke kuhikuhi o ka palaoa i nā manawa āpau. Lawe iā Fluffy i loko o ka lumi hoʻomaʻemaʻe āu i koho ai a waiho iā ia i mua ou. E ʻae iā ia e ʻike i nā mea ʻokiʻoki, lohe iā lākou e holo, a laila ʻike i nā haʻalulu i ko lākou ʻili ma hope o ka hoʻohuli ʻana iā lākou.

OKE e ʻako i ka lauoho ʻīlio? 

ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa, aʻoaʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe loea i ka ʻā ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio. ʻO ka hemo ʻana i nā pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio e hoʻonāwaliwali pinepine ʻia e ka poʻe veterinarians no hoʻokahi kumu maʻalahi: ʻaʻole like ka lauoho o kāu holoholona me kāu.

Nā nīnau e pili ana

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e kahi i kahi ʻīlio i luna a i lalo paha?

I luna a i ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe mai kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka lauoho. Makemake ʻoe e kahi i ka hāʻule ma mua o ka. Ke hele nei i lalo, a i ʻole “me ka palaoa,” ʻaʻole e mamao loa iā ʻoe. ʻOki i ka lauoho a puni nā wāwae me nā ʻūmuku liʻiliʻi loa, e hōʻoia ana i ka hoʻomaha ʻana o kāu ʻīlio.

He hewa anei ka ʻako ʻana i ke poʻo o ka ʻīlio?

Hiki i ka ʻāumi ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o nā pālule a hoʻohaunaele i nā ʻano hoʻomaʻalili kūlohelohe a nā ʻīlio. ʻO ka lauoho lauoho kiaʻi lōʻihi e loli maoli i ka wela mai ka lā, e hoʻonāukiuki i kāu ʻīlio. Inā loaʻa i kāu ʻīlio kahi pāpālua, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kahi iā ia i ke kauwela.

He aha ke anuanu e anuanu ai nā ʻīlio lauoho pōkole?

Ma ka laulaha, e maikaʻi nā ʻīlio a hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mahana ma lalo o 45 ° F. Hoʻomaka paha lākou e "ʻike" i ke anuanu i kēlā manawa (a ʻimi paha i kahi e hoʻomaha ai a i ʻole ke ala e mahana ai). ʻO nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi, ʻīlio kahiko, a me nā ʻīlio me nā pilikia olakino ma mua e pono e noho i loko ke iho ka mahana i lalo o 32 ° F.

ʻO ke ʻoki ʻana i ka lauoho o ka ʻīlio e hoʻonuanu?

E mālama i kēlā mau ʻokiʻoki i kou mau lima! ʻOiai ʻo ʻoe a me aʻu e makemake ʻole e komo i nā papa i nā mahana he 100 degere, ʻo nā pālule huluhulu o nā ʻīlio e kōkua pono iā lākou e noho maikaʻi. Hana ʻia ka ʻahu o ka ʻīlio e like me ka pale, pale iā ia mai ka wā anuanu a me ka wela i ke kauwela.

ʻOki ʻoe i ka lauoho o ka ʻīlio i ka palaoa?

Kāʻei i ka ʻahu ma ke kuhikuhi o ka lauoho, ʻaʻole kūʻē iā ia. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana i ka lauoho o ka ʻīlio i ka palaoa e hopena paha i nā ʻeha a me nā wela i ka ʻili. ʻAe i nā wā hoʻomaha. E ʻae i kāu ʻīlio e hoʻomaha iki ma loko o ke kaʻina o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe inā he lōʻihi ia.

I ke kauwela, pehea wau e ʻoki ai i ka lauoho o kuʻu ʻīlio?

ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu ʻīlio lauoho lōʻihi a i ʻole pōpoki i kahi "ʻoki kauwela" e ʻae ʻia-ke ʻoki ʻana i ko lākou lauoho loloa e hoʻokele paha ia. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kou lauoho e kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻoihana ma mua o ke kahi ʻana i lalo i ka ʻili a ʻokiʻoki iā ʻoe iho me nā ʻāpala.

He hewa anei ka ʻako ʻana i ke poʻo o kāu ʻīlio?

ʻO ka heʻe ʻana i kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole pōpoki i ke kauwela e like paha me he mea ʻole ʻole, akā mālama maoli nō ia i nā holoholona? ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa, aʻoaʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe loea i ka ʻā ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio. ʻO ka hemo ʻana i nā pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio e hoʻonāwaliwali pinepine ʻia e nā veterinarians no hoʻokahi kumu maʻalahi: ʻaʻole like ka lauoho o kāu holoholona me kāu.

Pehea ʻoe e mālama ai i ka ʻīlio lauoho lauoho i ke kauwela?

E mālama i kāu ʻīlio me ka ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i kēia kauwela ma ka mālama pono ʻana iā lākou me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wai a me ka malu i nā manawa āpau.

Pehea wau e hoʻomaha ai i kuʻu ʻīlio noʻu e ʻokiʻoki i kona lauoho?

E mālama i kekahi i kou hale i hiki ke kamaʻilio malū i kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole hoʻopā mālie iā ia e mālie i ka wā o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻOiai e hiamoe ana kāu ʻīlio a hōʻoluʻolu paha, ʻokiʻoki mālie i kona lauoho me kāu ʻūlū a hoʻokahi palaki a palaki paha. E hoʻolohi a hana wale i kahi mau ʻokiʻoki i ka manawa i ka hoʻomaka.

ʻO ka ʻumi ʻana i kāu ʻīlio he manaʻo naʻauao?

ʻO ka heʻe ʻana i kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole pōpoki i ke kauwela e like paha me he mea ʻole ʻole, akā mālama maoli nō ia i nā holoholona? ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa, aʻoaʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe loea i ka ʻā ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio. ʻO ka hemo ʻana i nā pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio e hoʻonāwaliwali pinepine ʻia e ka poʻe veterinarians no hoʻokahi kumu maʻalahi: ʻaʻole like ka lauoho o kāu holoholona me kāu.

He aha ke ala kūpono e kahi ai i kahi ʻīlio?

E ʻumi i ka ʻāʻī a i ka ʻūhā hope, a laila hana hou i kēlā ʻaoʻao. 'Lelo nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻoihana e ʻokiʻoki i ka lole o ka ʻīlio i kahi ʻano hoʻonohonoho i mea e hala ʻole ai kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻahu.

Uwē anei nā ʻīlio ke kahi ʻia kahi huluhulu?

Heʻoiaʻiʻo loa kēia ke wela i waho! ʻAno like nā pēpē me nā pēpē kanaka. Hoʻomaopopo paha nā kau hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā keiki i ka claustrophobic a me ke kaumaha hoʻi. Ke hoʻihoʻi ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio pēpē ma hope o ka manawa o kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka hūnā ʻana iā ʻoe a i ʻole nānā ʻoluʻolu ʻole.

E kahi ʻoe i kahi ʻīlio me ka lauoho ʻole?

I luna a i ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe mai kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka lauoho. Makemake ʻoe e kahi i ka hāʻule ma mua o ka. Ke hele nei i lalo, a i ʻole “me ka palaoa,” ʻaʻole e mamao loa iā ʻoe.

ʻO ka ʻīlio līlū ʻaʻole pono e kahi ʻia nā kapa komo?

ʻO ka ʻīlio līlū ʻaʻole pono e kahi ʻia nā kapa komo? No nā ʻīlio pale pālua, aia he lula "ʻaʻohe ʻako", e like me nā Dogs Naturally. ʻO nā holoholona hānai e like me nā Golden Retrievers, nā palena palena, nā kahu hānai ʻo Aussie, nā pale, Newfoundlands, a me nā mauna ʻo Bernese e hāʻule i kēia ʻano, e like me nā hānau o ka ʻākau e like me Huskies a me Malamutes.

No ke aha ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻokiʻoki i kou lauoho ʻīlio?

No ka mea aia nō ka undercoat ma hope o ka ʻumi ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki i ke ea anuanu ke hōʻea i ka ʻili. ʻAʻole pale kahi pale i kahi ʻia i kāu ʻīlio mai ka lā, e waiho ana iā ia i ka makaʻu o ka wela, wela ʻana o ka lā, a ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai hoʻi o ka ʻili.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻīlio me ka lauoho lōʻihi a pōkole paha?

Hāʻawi ka lauoho lōʻihi a me nā undercoats mānoanoa i ka pale mai nā kukuna o ka lā a me nā hopena. Hiki i ka holo ʻana o ka ea maikaʻi ma o ka lauoho e nā palule i kāhulu maikaʻi ʻia a me ka moena ʻole, i loaʻa paha kahi hopena hōʻoluʻolu iā ia iho.

He aha kaʻu e hoʻohana ai e hiamoe ai kaʻu ʻīlio?

- Telazol pauka a me acepromazine (kahi anesthetic)

- diazepam a me acepromazine (kahi lāʻau anti-hopohopo)

- butorphanol me diazepam (kahi mea hōʻemi ʻeha opioid)

- diazepam me phenobarbital