UMary Allen
ICoton de Tuléar yinja encinci kakhulu, enemilenze ephantsi. "I-Coton de Tuléar" idla ngokuguqulelwa ngokuthi "inja yomqhaphu" (i-coton yesiFrentshi = umqhaphu, jonga ngakumbi ngezantsi). Uyinja encinci yeqabane eneenwele ezinde. Ilizwe lakhe lakudala laliyiMadagascar. I-Coton de Tuléar ibonakala ngeenwele eziluhlaza, ezimhlophe ezinomqhaphu onjengomqhaphu. Ukongezelela, amehlo akhe amnyama, angqukuva anamazwi adlamkileyo, akrelekrele atsala amehlo ngokoqobo. Iindlebe zayo kufuneka zijinga, zibe ngunxantathu, kwaye zibekwe phezulu kukhakhayi. Njengoko igama lohlobo libonisa, enye yezona mpawu zibalaseleyo zeCoton kukuba idyasi yayo ifana nomqhaphu wendalo. Kufuneka ithambe kakhulu kwaye ithambe, kanye njengomqhaphu. Idyasi nayo ixinene kwaye inokuba ngamaza kancinane. ICoton ayinayo idyasi yangaphantsi. Akabonisi utshintsho lwamaxesha onyaka lwedyasi kwaye ngenxa yoko akafane akhuphe. Umbala weenwele umhlophe kodwa unokubonisa idyasi engwevu. Okubangela umdla kukuba, iinjana zidla ngokuzalwa zingwevu zize zibemhlophe.
#1 Ingakanani iCoton de Tulear?
ICoton de Tulear iphakathi kwe 26 kunye ne 28 centimeters ekubuneni kwamadoda naphakathi kwe 23 kunye ne 25 centimeters kubafazi. Ngako oko, ubunzima buphakathi kwe-3.5 kunye ne-6 kilogram.
#2 Iminyaka emingaphi iCoton de Tulear?
I-Coton de Tuléar ekhuliswe ngokufanelekileyo inokuphila okungaqhelekanga kweminyaka eyi-15 ukuya kweli-19, ngokutsho kwe-American Kennel Club.
