Mālama nā ʻīlio a Andrea Parish i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻuala ʻAmelika i ke kālā nui ma ka ʻike koke ʻana i nā maʻi ʻuala koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻala. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā holoholona i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi virus Y a me ka pala o ke apo bacteria.
E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o John O'Connell i kahi nūhou no ka Idaho State Journal, hiki i Parish Labradors ke hoʻomaopopo pololei i nā ʻuala maʻi e like me 48 mau hola ma hope o ka maʻi. ʻO Parish, he ʻīlio ʻīlio a hoʻokumu i ka Nose Knows Scouting, e hana ana i nā hale kūʻai ʻuala a me nā māla mai Wakinekona a Maine mai ka wā i wehe ai i kāna ʻoihana ma 2019. Ua hoʻolimalima pū ʻia ʻo ia e hana ma kekahi mau papahana hōʻoia hua ʻuala aupuni.
Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Andrea i ʻelua ʻīlio, he Labrador Retriever ʻeleʻele i kapa ʻia ʻo Zora a me kahi Labrador melemele i kapa ʻia ʻo Dudley, e ʻike i ka PVY, a hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i ka pala o ke apo bacteria.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Parish e hoʻonui ʻia ka papa inoa o nā maʻi a me nā mea ʻino a kāna mau ʻīlio.