UMary Allen
Ngenxa yemizimba yazo enezihlunu, imbethi manqindi ifuna umyinge ongaphezulu komndilili wokuzilolonga nokuhamba kakhulu kunye nemijikelo yokubaleka ukuze zanelise umnqweno wokuzilolonga. Okona kulungileyo ukuba umniniyo uhlala kufuphi nepaki, intsimi, ithafa, okanye ihlathi okanye ukuba inja ubuncinane inokusebenzisa isitiya ukubaleka. Ekubeni ivakalelwa kukubanda, umniniyo ufanele akuphephe ukuphola.
Imbethi manqindi yinja ekrelekrele: iyayithanda – kwaye iyayidinga! -imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo kunye nemisebenzi engamcelimngeni kuphela ngokwasemzimbeni kodwa nasengqondweni. Oku kunokubandakanya imidlalo yezinja, imidlalo yobukrelekrele, okanye ukuthobela. Abahlobo abanemilenze emine bayadlala ukuya ebudaleni. Phakathi kwamaxesha okuxakeka, imbethi manqindi nayo yonwabile ngamaxesha okuphumla. Umntu omdala wase-German Boxer uphumla phakathi kwe-17 kunye ne-20 iiyure ngosuku.
#1 Njengazo zonke ezinye izinja, i-German Boxer ikhetha ukutya inyama, nangona i-omnivore.
Impumlo yoboya inokutya ukutya okumanzi kakhulu kunokutya okomileyo okune-eneji ephezulu. Ukutya okungakanani inja yakho kufuneka itye rhoqo kuxhomekeke ekuhambeni kwayo, ubudala bayo kunye nesimo sayo sempilo.
#2 Ngokusisiseko, kunokutshiwo ukuba iinjana zondliwa kakuhle amaxesha amaninzi imini yonke kunye neenxalenye ezincinci (malunga namaxesha amane ukuya kwamahlanu).
Kwiimbethi-manqindi ezisempilweni, ezikhulileyo, enye yokutya ekuseni enye ngokuhlwa ithathwa njengeyona nto ifanelekileyo.
#3 Iimbethi manqindi zihlala zisempilweni, kodwa njengazo zonke iintlobo zezilwanyana, ziqhelekile kwiingxaki zempilo.
Ayizizo zonke iiBoxers eziya kufumana naziphi na okanye zonke ezi zifo, kodwa kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele xa uqwalasela olu hlobo. Ukuba uthenga injana, qiniseka ukuba ufumana umfuyi ohloniphekileyo onokukubonisa iziqinisekiso zempilo kubazali bentshontsho bobabini.
Izatifikethi zempilo zingqina ukuba inja ivavanyelwe kwaye yacinywa kwisifo esithile. Kubadlali-manqindi, balindele ukukwazi ukujonga iziqinisekiso zezempilo ze-Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) kwi-hip dysplasia (enomlinganiselo phakathi kobulungisa nangcono), i-elbow dysplasia, i-hypothyroidism, kunye ne-Willebrand-Jürgens syndrome, kunye ne-thrombopathy evela kwiYunivesithi yase-Auburn; kunye nezatifikethi ezivela kwiCanine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) ukuba amehlo aqhelekileyo.
Unokuqinisekisa iziqinisekiso zempilo ngokujonga iwebhusayithi ye-OFA (offa.org).