UMary Allen
Kwimiboniso yezinja eyahluka-hlukeneyo, i-Keeshond idla ngokuboniswa “njengenguqulelo” yesiDatshi ye-German Spitz, eyenye yezona ntlobo zixhaphakileyo zaseYurophu ukusukela ngenkulungwane ye-16. Ekuqaleni, umfanekiso we-aristocratic wezinja awuzange ulungiswe, ngoko i-Wolfspitz yadlala indima ye-mongrels eziqhelekileyo: zaxhoma kwiifama kunye nezidiliya zabalimi baseJamani, ngamanye amaxesha bekhonkotha abantu abangabaziyo abaphule imida yemimandla.
Ayaziwa ngokuthe ngqo ukuba njani kwaye nini kanye ookhokho baseKeeshond bafudukela eNetherlands, kodwa bathatha iingcambu kwindawo entsha ngokukhawuleza baze bakwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kubomi bezopolitiko belizwe - uhlanga lwaluhlonitshwa kakhulu yinkokeli. weqela lasekuhlaleni labathandi belizwe, uCornelius de Giselard. Emva koko, oku kubandakanyeka kumbutho wabavukeli kwabulala amawakawaka ezinja, ezathi zatshatyalaliswa ngenxa nje yokuba zazikhe zanelishwa lokukholisa umvukeli. Nangona kunjalo, kwakungenakwenzeka ukutshabalalisa ngokupheleleyo uhlobo, kwaye i-Dutch Keeshond yaqhubeka izala, ngokuthe ngcembe ibuyisela amanani abo.
