ʻO ka mua, lahilahi ke kino. Inā ʻo ke kaumaha o kāu ʻīlio i loko o ke ʻano maʻamau ma mua, a ua wiwi koke kekahi manawa, akā he mea maʻamau ka ʻai ʻana, a maʻalahi ka ʻai ʻana o ka meaʻai, a laila aia paha nā pepeke i loko o ka ʻōpū, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ke kino.mea hoʻokuʻi ʻinohe ʻīlio palahe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ke loaʻa i nā inike i ke kino. ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea nona ke hoʻoholo i ke kūlana iā lākou iho, hiki nō iā lākou ke lawe i ka haukapila pipi e nīnau i ke kauka.

ʻO ka lua, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka poop. Manaʻo wau, ʻo ʻoukou ka poʻe ʻohi poop ikaika, ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka poop ʻīlio. No laila, inā he ʻano ʻino ka poop o ka ʻīlio, pono e makaʻala nā mea nona ka ʻīlio e ʻike inā he maʻi ka ʻīlio. Inā he palupalu a he koko paha ka poop, a he lahilahi ka ʻīlio, hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i nā ilo, ʻo ka nui o nā coccidiums a me trichomonas, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kēia i nā ʻīlio, no laila e nānā pono nā hoaaloha me nā ʻīlio.

ʻO ke kolu, he keʻokeʻo ka waihoʻoluʻu. Pono ka waihoʻoluʻu maʻamau o ka ʻāʻī o kāu ʻīlio he ʻulaʻula a maʻemaʻe. Akā inā he keʻokeʻo loa ka ʻāʻī o kāu ʻīlio, he anemia paha ia, a ʻo kekahi o nā kumu e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i ka anemia ʻo ia ka ʻai ʻole ʻia e nā ʻōpala i loko o ka ʻōpū. ʻOiaʻiʻo, no ka pili ʻana o ka anemia, hiki ke paʻakikī ke haʻi, no laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike, e lawe i kāu ʻīlio i ke kauka.

ʻO ka hā, ʻōni pinepine. He mea maʻamau i nā ʻīlio ke hamo iā lākou iho i nā paia a me nā lāʻau. Akā, inā hana pinepine kāu ʻīlio i kēia me ka hamo ʻana i kona ʻōpū i ka hapa nui, ʻelua mau mea hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia: ʻo kekahi ʻaʻole hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā ʻōpū anal i ka manawa, a ʻo kekahi he ilo i loko o kona ʻōpū. No kēlā hihia, pono e maʻalahi ke haʻi.

ʻO ka lima, ʻo ka ʻū pinepine. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻa nō hoʻi nā ʻīlio, e like me ka ʻai wikiwiki ʻana i ke koko a i ʻole ke ʻoki ʻana, ke kuni anu a pēlā aku. Akā inā ʻaʻo nui kāu ʻīlio, a ʻaʻole na ka ʻai a i ʻole ka maʻi, he maʻi ʻino paha ia. No laila inā loaʻa kēia i kāu ʻīlio, pono e hoʻolohe

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka ʻīlio ma hope o kēia mau kūlana hiki ke hoʻoholo wale i ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, ʻinikua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea nāna e lawe i ka ʻīlio i ka haukapila e nānā. Inā loaʻa ka ʻōpala, a laila loaʻa paha i ka ʻīlio kekahi mau hopena ʻino ma hope o ka deworming, e like me ka pau ʻana o ka ʻai a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha, no laila ʻaʻole hopohopo nui ka mea nona.