Te mīharo o te inu whakapā kaiwhakaheke rangi me te pūmau tonu he whakamātau nui kei te whakaaetanga i ngā āhuatanga waea o te kōwhatu me te pūmau hiahia ai mō ngā tūtohi katoa. Ko tēnei momo inu e whakatakoto ana hei whakarite i te whakawhitinga, te whakapakari, me ētahi atu whakarereke e taea ana e ngā poraka, engari ka mau tonu tana āhuatanga kōwhatu. Ko te pūmau o tēnei inu ka whiwhi ake i te whakatakotoranga pai. E whakamahi ana i ngā pūrongo tino pai hei kawe, ka hanga noa iho he rāngai i roto i tēnei inu e taea ana te whakapakari me te whakarereke ki te kore e pūnaki, ka whakarite ki te whakarerekenga āporaka. Ki te heke rawa, ko te poraka whakapā rereke e whakamahi ana mō ngā kaihokohoko, ko te kākahu rereke i roto i te whenua kākahu, ko te poraka matihiko rereke, ka taea e tēnei inu whakapā kaiwhakaheke rangi te whakapae pai me te whakarite pai. Ko te whakarerekenga kōwhatu o tēnei inu ka noho tonu i runga i te hunga thermochromic, tae atu ki ngā inu kaiwhakaheke rā kē. Engari, ka whakaae te whakatakotoranga i ngā momo pūnaki me ngā āhuatanga e taea ana te whakarerekenga o te poraka. Ka whakapae mai ngā kaiwhakapae me ētahi atu whatunga ki roto i te rāngai pūmau, ka whakamahia nei kia mau tonu te whakarerekenga kōwhatu i te wā e whakarerekengia ana te poraka. I roto i te whenua whakapā, ko tēnei inu whakapā kaiwhakaheke rangi he taonga nui. Ka whakamahiia ki runga i ngā pouaka rereke mō ngā kai, ka tuhi i te whakamutunga rānei i te whakamahi rānei i te toha. Hei tauira, ki te kitea te pouaka i te rā e āhei ana ki te whakarereketaia te pai o te kai, ka whakarerekengia te inu i te rangi, ka āwhina i ngā kaihoko rānei. I roto i te whenua matihiko kākahu, ka whakamahiia tēnei inu ki runga i ngā kākahu matihiko rereke. Ka whakamahiia hei tohu matua mō ngā mahi whakarerekenga rā, pēnei i te tuhituhinga i te wea o te tūroro matihiko rānei, ki te kitea i te wā e hiahiatia ana te tūroro kia maroke. Ko te whakaaetanga i waenganui i te pūmau me te whakarerekenga kōwhatu, ka whakaaetanga tēnei inu hei whakamahi mō ngā tūtohi e hiahia ana ki te pūmau rānei.