He inu kai ingoa tuatahi kei te whakamahi hei tirotiro i ngā whakaaetanga ā-watea me ngā whakaaetanga opepe hoki mō te tātuhi i runga i ngā kawe kai, ā, ko ēnei inu he whakaae ki ngā tikanga herehere ā-motu. Nā te mea ka tae atu ngā kawe kai nei ki te kai, e hiahiatia ana e ngā inu nei kia herehere ai, kia kore ai he paemērangi ki te oranga tangata. He mea whakahaere pūmau te whakarite i ngā inu kai ingoa tuatahi. Ka whakamahi i ngā momo parapara, kaiwhakapiri, waihanga, me ngā whakatūhono i whakaaetia mō te whakamahi i runga i ngā kawe kai. Ko ngā parapara he pai rawa te whaiwhakaaro, ka tirotiro nui ki te kore e noho nei i ngā rerekē hiko kai, ngā mate kai, rānei, ngā rerekē kē e taea ana te wherohero ki te kai. Tēnā pea ka noho pai rawa ngā kuhu i runga i ngā kawe kai, kāore i wherohero ki te kai i roto. Ko ngā kaiwhakapiri i ngā inu kai ingoa tuatahi kei te whakarite hei hanga i tētahi papa kuhu kē, kore whakapae. E tukupu ana i ngā momo kawe kai e rerekē ana, pērā i te kākahu, te kāri, ngā papa whero, me ngā poraka. Ko tēnei tūponotanga kuhu e manaaki ana i ngā whakaahua kua tae ki te mahi tātuhi, te taumahatia, te haere, me te whakawhanaunga, kia kaua e puta mai te whakapae kuhu ki te kai. Ko ngā waihanga i whakamahi i ngā inu kai ingoa tuatahi kei te whiriwhiriwhi hei whakamahi i te iti o te uku, me te iti o te wherowhero ki te kai. Kei te whakarite hei whakarite i te haere, ka noho kore pūngao i runga i te kawe. Ko ngā whakatūhono i roto i ngā inu kei te whakapai i ngā āhuatanga ā-rohe, pērā i te korepū, te whakapai, me te whakapai kura, ahakoa te whakaae ki ngā tikanga herehere kai. Ko ngā inu kai ingoa tuatahi hoki e hiahiatia ana kia tutuki i ngā whakaaetanga tātau hoki. Me utu pai ngā kura, me ngā kura pai rawa hei whakaatu i te kai me tana tohu i roto i te kawe. Me te pai rawa hoki o ngā inu ki te whakarite i ngā paemērangi, pērā i te wai, ngā wai kai, me ngā rerekē kē e noho nei i roto i ngā kai. Tēnā pea ka noho pai rawa ngā whakaahua tae atu i te wā e taea ai te kawe kai e noho, ka mau tonu te pai me te whanonga o te kawe. Ki te whai ake te mōhio o ngā kaiwhainuku mō te herehere kai, ka nui ake te tono mo ngā inu kai ingoa tuatahi. Ka whakahaere ngā kaiwhakahaere i ngā whakarite hou hei whakamana i ngā herehere hou me ngā whakaaro kaiwhainuku, ahakoa te whakapai hoki i te whakahaere me te whakariterite o ngā inu.