Inja enokufunda ukukhonza ibisoloko ixatyiswa kakhulu ngabantu. Kodwa lo mgangatho, ukuya kwinqanaba elithile okanye kwelinye, sele lihlala lihlala kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezinja: iisethi, izikhombisi, kunye ne-spaniel.
Isidingo se-retrievers ezikhethekileyo savela emva kwexesha elide: xa isixhobo sokuzingela sangoku sivela, sikuvumela ukuba udubule intaka xa ibhabha. Ukusukela ngelo xesha, ukuzingela iintaka zasemanzini akubanga ngumsebenzi wobuchwephesha kuphela, kodwa kwaba ngumdlalo osefashonini, ngakumbi phakathi kwabalawuli bamaNgesi. Kodwa kubo bonke ubunewunewu bayo kunye nemveliso, ukudubula ngompu kwiintaka zasemanzini kwakunento enye: umdlalo odubulweyo wazifumana ngokwawo, njengomthetho, emanzini. Kwaye ukuzaliseka ngokupheleleyo kwamabhongo okuzingela kunye nokuqokelela iindebe zokuzingela, inja ekhethekileyo yayifuneka ukunceda umzingeli:
-ukusebenza emva kokudubula, kwaye ukwazi ukuzimela ngokuzimeleyo kunye nokuzisa umdlalo wokudubula,
- isebenza ngokulinganayo emhlabeni nasemanzini;
-ukwazi ukumelana nezona meko zinzima: amanzi abandayo, abandayo, ashinyeneyo nanameva, njl.
-ukuba nengqondo engaqhelekanga yokujoja kunye nenkumbulo emangalisayo,
-yomelele, inamandla ngokwaneleyo kwaye yomelele,
– uzolile kwaye uyalawuleka.