UMary Allen
I-Shih Tzu luhlobo oludumileyo lwaseTibetan oluhle kakhulu kwaye aluzange luphulukane nokuthandwa kwayo kwinkulungwane yeminyaka. Kangangexesha elide, izinja ezinjalo zazigcinwa kuphela kwiibhotwe zasebukhosini kwaye ukuthunyelwa kwazo ngaphandle kwelizwe kwakungenakwenzeka kuba abo baphula umthetho babesohlwaywa ngokuqatha. Emva koko impembelelo yezithethe yaba buthathaka ngandlel’ ithile, yaye la mahlakani amangalisayo nathandekayo nawo aqalisa ukuhlala phakathi kwamadoda asebukhosini aseYurophu.
Akukho mntu unokushiywa engakhathali buboya obutofotofo obuqukuqela isilika, amehlo akrelekrele, kunye nenkangeleko yobu buhle basempumalanga. Ayisiyonto into yokuba ukutyhubela imbali wanikwa awona magama anemibongo – ingonyama, i<em>chrysanthemum, okanye inkosazana. Ngendlela, kwakukholelwa ukuba iShih Tzu yayisisilwanyana esithandwa nguBuddha. Namhlanje akunzima ukufumana injana enjalo. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka uqonde uxanduva olupheleleyo kwisilwanyana sasekhaya kwaye unikeze iimeko eziyimfuneko zokuphila kwaso. Ukhetho olufanelekileyo lukwabalulekile - kufuneka uthenge inja kuphela kwabo bafuyi abathobela imigangatho yokuzala.
