Loaʻa nā ʻano pōpoki aloha! ʻAʻole kūpono ka manaʻo he puʻuwai anu nā pōpoki (a maʻamau ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou me nā ʻīlio). Ua haʻi ʻo Karen Hiestand, he kauka lapaʻau a me ke kahu o ka International Cat Care, i ka BBC ua noho pū nā kānaka a me nā ʻīlio a hahai pū ʻia no nā makahiki he mau makahiki - a ʻo nā ʻīlio he mau holoholona ʻōpala. ʻO Felines, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, he mau mea ola mehameha ka poe i hoohanaia e kanaka. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hana ʻana i ka pōpoki (ʻoiai, e like me nā ʻīlio, ka hapa nui o kā lākou kamaʻilio ʻana me nā kānaka he kino ). Hōʻike nā ʻano pōpoki like ʻole i ke aloha ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻano pipi ma kēia papa inoa i ʻoi aku ke aloha ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻokoʻa nā holoholona āpau a hiki ke haʻalele i ka maʻamau ʻano.
He aha ke ʻano o ke aloha popoki?
ʻO ke aloha mai ka pōpoki e like me ka ʻōwili ʻana i ka honua a hōʻike i ko lākou ʻōpū iā ʻoe. Mai hamo aku! E mahalo wale iā ia a ʻike ua hōʻike lākou i kā lākou mau ʻāpana palupalu iā ʻoe no ka mea hilinaʻi lākou iā ʻoe. ʻO ke aloha e like me ka hamo ʻana i ko lākou mau maka i kou wāwae. Ke hana nei lākou i kahi ʻala maikaʻi loa, kahi hui o kou ʻala a me kā lākou, no ka mea ʻo ʻoe ko lākou kanaka. E like me kā Jackson Galaxy i ʻōlelo ai, No nā pōpoki ma ke ʻala. ʻO ka nānā ʻana iā ʻoe me ka maka ʻole a i ʻole ke alo ʻana mai ou aku he mau hōʻailona ia e aloha ana kāu pōpoki iā ʻoe. Eia hou, he ʻōlelo aloha ko nā felines.
No ka paipai ʻana i ke aloha ākea mai kāu pōpoki, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana. ʻO ka mea mua, mai manaʻo ʻoe e like me ke kanaka a me ka ʻīlio paha kāu pōpoki ke hōʻike lākou i ke aloha. Hiki ke huikau kēia iā lākou a hoʻopau i ko lākou hilinaʻi a me ka manaʻo palekana. ʻO ka lua, e apo i ke ʻano o ka catification. Galaxy wehewehe catification e like me ke akamai o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kou home e kūpono ana i nā pono o ʻoe a me kāu pōpoki (aesthetically and spatially). ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kou home i wahi e hiki ai i kāu pōpoki ke lilo i pōpoki. Pono lākou i nā perches kiʻekiʻe a me nā pou ʻōpala! ʻAʻole pono ka ʻai a me ka ʻōpala i ka lumi hoʻokahi! E like me kāu e hana ai no kahi hānau hou, pono ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau i kou home i wahi kamaʻāina, palekana a hoʻokipa no kāu kitty.
I kēia manawa, inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kahi pōpoki makaʻu ʻole e hōʻike i kona aloha iā ʻoe, e koho i kahi ʻano i ʻike ʻia no kekahi PDA. Hoʻomaopopo ka International Cat Association (TICA) i nā ʻano pōpoki ʻokoʻa he 71—eia kekahi o nā ʻano pōpoki aloha.
ʻO ka 11 mau ʻano popoki aloha loa
ʻO Josef Timar/Getty Images1. Abyssinian
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 8 a 9 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Haʻuki, hauʻoli
pono o ka aila ʻoliva no ka maka
ʻAʻole wale kēia mau pōpoki ʻuhane kahiko (ua ʻike ʻia kā lākou mau kiʻi i ka hana kiʻi kahiko o ʻAigupita), akā hiki iā lākou ke ola i ko lākou mau makahiki he 20! Pilikia lākou a aloha i ka launa pū ʻana me ka pāʻani me nā kānaka. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi no nā ʻohana ikaika, kūpaʻa a aloha ka Abyssinian.
ʻO Michael Kloth/Getty Images
2. ʻAmelika Bobtail Shorthair
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 11 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Maʻalahi, hilinaʻi
ʻAʻohe mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai nā pōpoki pōkole ʻAmelika, akā ʻaʻole lākou manaʻo e hoʻoinu iā ʻoe me ke aloha. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻano pōpoki liʻiliʻi loa i loaʻa, makemake nui kēia mau ʻiʻo muscular e ʻoluʻolu a hauʻoli nui. Maikaʻi nō hoʻi lākou, no laila e hoʻāʻo me nā mea pāʻani pāʻani. Hiki paha iā lākou ke hauʻoli hoʻomaʻamaʻa leash !
ʻO Nico De Pasquale Photography / Getty Images3. Burma
Nui Awelika: ʻO waena a nui
Kaumaha Awelika: 12 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Hoʻolaʻa, aloha
He mau ʻaʻahu lōʻihi ko nā pōpoki Birman i loaʻa i nā waihoʻoluʻu he nui a me nā maka uliuli. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou e hahai i kā lākou poʻe a puni, e kali ana i kahi ʻūhā e hōʻike iā ia iho i hiki ai iā lākou ke wili a hiamoe. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻo Birmans i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole a lawa ke anuanu no nā keiki a me nā ʻelemakule. E hāʻawi iā lākou i ka nui o ke aloha a me ka nānā ʻana i ka uku!
©fitopardo/Getty Images4. Bombay
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 10 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Pīhoihoi, olaola
Hoʻopili ʻia e ka hui ʻana i ka lauoho ʻAmelika a me ka Burmese, ʻo ka Bombay kahi pōpoki aloha a aloha me ka mākaukau e ʻimi iā ʻoe ma nā wahi āu e noho ai. E holo lākou ma hope ou i ka lā a ʻaʻole makemake e waiho wale ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO Alexandra Jursova/Getty Images5. Maine Coon
Nui Awelika: Nui
Kaumaha Awelika: 13 paona (Nā Wahine), 20 paona (Kane)
Mālama: Maikaʻi a kiʻekiʻe
Pilikino: ʻOno, akamai
pono o ka inu ana i ka wai mehana i ke kakahiaka
E kamaʻilio e pili ana i kahi pōpoki nui! He ʻano nui ka Maine coon me ka ʻaʻahu mānoanoa a lōʻihi. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me kā lākou mau kānaka ʻo kā lākou hana punahele. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ke akahai a hiki ke hoʻololi i nā ʻano ʻohana like ʻole a me nā hui.
Sasa Klepac/Getty Images6. Peterbald
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 7 paona
Mālama: Kaumaha (lauhulu ʻole), haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Pilikino, pāʻani
Hōʻike ʻo TICA i ka Peterbald ma ke ʻano he pōpoki aloha. ʻAʻole pau ʻole ʻo Peterbalds i ka lauoho; ʻO kekahi he ʻaʻahu māmā, pōkole, ʻahuʻula, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he ʻaʻahu ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ka maʻamau. Pili ia i kā lākou hānau ʻana. Hoʻokahi mea i loli ʻole? ʻO kā lākou pāʻani a me ka naʻauao.
Nā Kiʻi PhotoAlto/Anne-Sophie Bost/Getty7. Ragdoll
Nui Awelika: Nui
Kaumaha Awelika: 15 paona
Mālama: Kaumaha
Pilikino: ʻOno, hoʻomanawanui
Nui me nā keiki, ʻo ka Ragdoll kahi ʻano hemahema hiki ke hele me ke kahe. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka leo a me ka ʻeleu ma mua o ka Peterbald, ʻo kēia mau pōpō fluff nui e hāʻule mau i lalo i ka snuggle a i ʻole ka hoʻomaha. ʻO ia ke ʻano he pono ʻoe e hōʻoia ʻaʻole lākou e loaʻa i ke kaumaha nui (hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke olakino). Hoʻohui i kekahi manawa pāʻani i ka lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki o Ragdoll.
kiszon pascal/Getty Images8. Pulu Sekotia
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 8 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Mellow, aloha
ʻO ka Scottish Fold, ʻike ʻia e kona mau pepeiao peʻapeʻa a me nā lālā mānoanoa, ʻaʻole makemake ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka noho ʻana i ka lā ma hope o kona kanaka ma kahi moe a ma luna o ka moena. He mea nui ka paipai ʻana i ka wā pāʻani i ʻole lākou e hoʻomohala i nā pilikia olakino pili i ke kaumaha!
Heike Kelm / EyeEm/Getty Image9. Siamese
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 8 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
Pilikino: Vocal, social
He mea paʻakikī ke haʻalele i ka hiʻohiʻona o ka pipi Siamese: kahi lole māmā; ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ka maka, nā wāwae a me ka huelo; maka uliuli aliʻi. Hōʻike hauʻoli kēia mau pōpoki iā lākou iho me ka leo ʻole a hauʻoli i ka nānā ʻana mai kekahi a me nā mea a pau. Mai haʻalele iā lākou no ka lōʻihi! ʻO kā lākou haʻuki a me ka naʻauao hiki ke alakaʻi i ka luhi me ka ʻole o ka launa pū ʻana.
ʻO Jean Michel Segaud / EyeEm/Getty Images10. Siberia
Nui Awelika: ʻO waena a nui
Kaumaha Awelika: 15 a 20 paona
Mālama: Kaumaha
Pilikino: ʻeleu, kūʻokoʻa
ʻAʻole like me ka Siamese a me ka Bombay, ʻaʻole pili loa nā pōpoki Siberia. Hiki iā lākou—a ʻaʻole paha!—aloha iā ʻoe ke hoʻi mai ʻoe i ka home. Hiki paha iā lākou—a ʻaʻole paha!—e hahai iā ʻoe a puni ka hale. ʻO nā mea a lākou e noi ai he manawa maikaʻi me ʻoe, inā e pāʻani ana, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai a i ʻole ka puliki ʻana.
ʻO Sean Savery Photography/Getty Images11. Tonkinese
Nui Awelika: Kauwaena
Kaumaha Awelika: 9 paona
Mālama: Haʻahaʻa
ʻoi loa ka moisturizer maka no ka ʻili maloʻo a paʻakikī
Pilikino: Hoalohaloha, hana
ʻOiaʻiʻo kekahi o nā ʻano pua aloha loa ma kā mākou papa inoa, ʻo ka Tonkinese kahi pōpoki naʻauao a hauʻoli. E pāʻani hauʻoli lākou me nā keiki, e hui pū me kahi hui o nā malihini a i ʻole e noho mālie ma kou ʻūhā, e pili ana i ka vibe o ka lumi.
RELATED: 28 Nā mea kanu pili i ka pōpoki i palekana no kou hoa huluhulu