Lio Holoi o Tennessee

Noho mau nā lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee no 25 a 30 mau makahiki, inā loaʻa iā lākou ka mālama pono a me ka meaʻai.

ʻIke ʻia ʻo Tennessee Walking Horse no kona ʻano mālie a mālie, e hoʻolilo iā ia i ka holo lio a hōʻike. Loaʻa iā lākou ka makemake maoli e leʻaleʻa i kā lākou mea lawelawe a noho pū me nā kūlana koʻikoʻi.

He ʻano hanohano ka lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee i ʻike ʻia no kona hele ʻana. Me ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi, nani a me ke poʻo i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, he ʻiʻo ko ka lio, akā nani naʻe. He paʻa kona kino, me ka umauma hohonu a me ka ikaika, nā poʻohiwi hili. Hiki i ka ʻaʻahu o ka lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee ke hele mai i nā kala like ʻole, me ka ʻeleʻele, chestnut, a me ka bay. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, hōʻike ka pua i kahi noho aliʻi e hoʻohuli i nā poʻo.

No ka ʻaoʻao hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ka lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Tennessee. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19, ua kaulana kēia ʻano no kona hele mālie a kaulana i nā mea kanu a me nā mea holo. Eia nō naʻe, ua kū i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei ma muli o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka soring, e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ala ʻeha e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hele ʻana o ka lio. ʻOiai naʻe, ke hana ʻia nei nā hoʻoikaika e pale a mālama i ka pua.

ʻO ke kaumaha maʻamau o kahi Tennessee Walking Horse mai 900 a 1,200 paona. ʻO ko lākou kiʻekiʻe mai 14.3 a 17 mau lima. ʻO kēia mau lio he ʻano hoʻohiwahiwa a kaulana hoʻi no ko lākou hele ʻana maʻalahi, e kaulana ai lākou no ka leʻaleʻa a me ka hōʻike. He mea nui ka ʻai a me ka hoʻoikaika kino no ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino a me ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa o kēia mau lio.

ʻO ka ʻai o nā lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee ʻo ka mauʻu a me ka mauʻu, i hoʻohui ʻia me nā kīʻaha a me nā minela. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai kaulike a me ka meaʻai e hōʻoia ai i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o kēia mau holoholona haʻuki. Manaʻo ʻia hoʻi e kūkākūkā me ke kauka lapaʻau a i ʻole equine meaʻai no nā pono meaʻai kūikawā e pili ana i ka makahiki o ka lio, pae hana, a me ke olakino.

ʻO ka Tennessee Walking Horse, he ʻano i ʻike ʻia no kona ʻano hele ʻana, ua hopu ʻia e nā ʻano mea ʻaihue. Loaʻa kēia mau mea ʻaihue nui e like me nā coyotes, bobcats, a me nā liona mauna, a me nā mea ʻaihue liʻiliʻi e like me nā alopeke a me nā raccoons. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau mea ʻaihue e hoʻokau mua i nā lio ʻōpio a nāwaliwali paha, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoweliweli i nā poʻe mākua olakino. Pono nā mea nona nā lio e hana i nā hana e pale aku ai i kā lākou mau holoholona mai nā mea ʻaihue, e like me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka pā a me ka mālama ʻana i nā lio ma nā hui.

ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kahi lio hele wāwae ʻo Tennessee he mea nui e mālama i ko lākou olakino a me ko lākou helehelena. Pono e hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻana, a ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana a me nā huahana kūpono. He mea nui e nānā pono i ko lākou mane, huelo, a me nā maiuu, ʻoiai e noʻonoʻo ana i kā lākou ʻaʻahu a me nā pono o ka ʻili. ʻAʻole hoʻomaikaʻi wale ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau i ko lākou helehelena holoʻokoʻa akā kōkua pū kekahi i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia olakino.

ʻO ka Tennessee Walking Horse he ʻano laulima i ʻike ʻia no kona hele ʻana a me kona ʻano mālie. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha lākou ka ʻohana mua i hiki i ka noʻonoʻo no ka heihei barela, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, hiki iā lākou ke kūpono no kēia haʻuki wikiwiki.

ʻO ka Tennessee Walking Horse ke kaumaha ma waena o 900 a 1,200 paona, ma muli o kona kiʻekiʻe a me kona kūkulu. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano no kona hele ʻana a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, e lilo ia i koho kaulana no ka holo ʻana i ke ala a me nā hoʻokūkū. Pono ka meaʻai kūpono a me ka hoʻoikaika kino no ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino a me ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa o ka Tennessee Walking Horse.