ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hānai i kā lākouʻai maloʻo nā ʻīlioa i ʻole ka meaʻai pulu.ʻAʻole maikaʻi paha kēia mau meaʻai i hoʻoponopono ʻia iā mākou, akā aia i loko o lākou nā meaʻai āpau e pono ai ka ʻīlio e noho olakino.ʻO ka pāʻoihana kūlana kiʻekiʻeʻai ʻīlioua hoʻoponopono pono ʻia a hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā loea lapaʻau.

ʻAʻole like nā ʻīlio, ʻaʻole like me nā pōpoki.ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻiʻo kā lākou meaʻai nui, hiki i nā ʻīlio home ke loaʻa nā meaʻai mai nā kīʻaha, nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.ʻAʻole kēia mau meaʻai ʻiʻo ʻole he mea hoʻopiha wale nō, akā he kumu waiwai pū kekahi o nā huaora pono, nā minerala a me nā fiber no ke kino o ke kanaka.ʻAi ʻīlio maikaʻipono e loaʻa i ka ʻiʻo, nā mea kanu, nā kīʻaha a me nā huaʻai.ʻO ka meaʻai ʻīlio maikaʻi loa he ʻano kiʻekiʻe o kēia mau mea kūpono no ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o kāu ʻīlio.

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo e pili ana i ka ʻokoʻa o nā pono meaʻai ma waena o nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻīlio makua, ʻo ka Merck Veterinary Manual ka papa inoa o ka meaʻai i ʻōlelo ʻia no nā ʻīlio a me nā helu i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kaumaha a me ka makahiki.ʻOkoʻa nā koi ʻai o nā ʻīlio nui a me nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi mai nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻīlio.

ʻO kahi ala e hoʻokaʻawale ai i ka meaʻai maikaʻi mai ka meaʻai ʻino ʻo ia ka heluhelu ʻana i ka lepili.E nānā i nā meaʻai, ka pono o ka meaʻai a me nā alakaʻi hānai.