Ubude bamagxa: 60 - 72 cm
ubunzima: 40 - 54 kg
Age: Iminyaka eli-10 ukuya kwengama-12
umbala: obomvu, omnyama, kunye nesibindi esine-tan
Sebenzisa: inja yokuzingela, inja esebenzayo
The Igazi ithathwa njengenye yezona zindala izinja kunye nokugqwesa okugqwesileyo kwempumlo. Unobuhlobo kwaye kulula ukusebenzisana naye kodwa ukwangumntu oneenkani. Ayibufanelanga kwaphela ubomi basesixekweni, njengoko ifuna indawo yangaphandle nomsebenzi apho inokusebenzisa ithuku layo elikhethekileyo.
Imvelaphi kunye nembali
Ookhokho be-Bloodhound babuyela kwizinja zaseSt. Hubertus, umgcini ongcwele wabazingeli, ngekhulu le-7. Zikhuliswa ziimonki ze-monastery yase-St. Hubertus e-Ardennes, ezi zilwanyana zinkulu zazixatyiswe kakhulu ngenxa yemvakalelo yazo ekhethekileyo yokuvumba kunye nezakhono ezibalaseleyo zokuzingela. Ngenkulungwane ye-11, ezi zinja zafika eNgilani kwaye zazaliswa phantsi kwegama elithi Bloodhound.
Igama elithi Bloodhound alinanto yakwenza nokuthanda igazi. Mhlawumbi lithatyathwe kwi “blooded hound”, elithetha “igazi elimsulwa”, oko kukuthi “ihandi yevumba elicocekileyo”. Ngokunjalo, igama linokuba ngenxa yesakhono esikhethekileyo sezi zinja ukulandela umkhondo wegazi lomdlalo owenzakeleyo.
I-Bloodhounds ayiqhelekanga kakhulu eYurophu, e-USA naseKhanada zihlala zisetyenziswa njengezinja ezisebenzayo kumasiko, iinkonzo zokuhlangula, kunye namapolisa.
Kubonakala
I-Bloodhound yinja enkulu, ende yokuzingela kunye nomkhondo. Umzimba wayo umde kancinane kunomde. Isici esibonakalayo se-optical siphuhliswe ngokucebileyo, isikhumba esikhululekile entloko nasentanyeni. Ulusu lwenza imibimbi kunye nokugobeka ebunzi nasezidleleni, ezibonakala ngakumbi xa intloko igobile. Iindlebe zincinci kwaye zinde, zibekwe phantsi kwaye zijinga phantsi kwimigoqo. Umsila we-Bloodhound mde kwaye womelele, ungqindilili emazantsi kwaye ucotha ukuya kwincam.
I-Bloodhound's Idyasi imfutshane, ixinene, kwaye imelana nemozulu. Ivakala irhabaxa, kuphela entloko nasezindlebeni intle kakhulu kwaye ithambe. Umbala wengubo unokuba bomvu ngokuqinileyo, iithoni ezimbini ezimnyama, kunye nentsundu, okanye isibindi seethoni ezimbini kunye nentsundu.
indalo
I-Bloodhound yi inja ethambileyo, ezolileyo, kunye nelula. Kunobuhlobo kwaye kulula ukuhlalisana nabantu kwaye kuhambelana kakuhle nezinye izinja. Ukuziphatha ndlongondlongo kuyinto engaqhelekanga kuyo, ngoko kunjalo ayifanelekanga njengonogada okanye inja yokukhusela.
I-Bloodhound yenza ubuhlobo obusondeleyo nabantu bayo, kodwa nangona kunjalo kakhulu nenkani kwaye akafuni ncam ukuba phantsi. Ukongezelela, i-bloodhound, enengqiqo ekhethekileyo yokuvumba, ihlala ilawulwa yimpumlo yayo kwaye ilibale ukuthobela ngokukhawuleza xa ibamba iphunga. Ukuqeqesha i-Bloodhound, ke ngoko, kufuna ukuzingisa okukhulu, umonde novelwano.
I-Bloodhound isebenza ngokuphakathi kodwa idinga umthambo kunye nomsebenzi osebenzisa impumlo yayo egqwesileyo. Naluphi na uhlobo lomsebenzi wokukhangela luyamvuyisa kakhulu. Ifaneleke ngokugqwesileyo njengeqabane lokuzingela (inja yokulandelela kunye nomsebenzi wokuwelda) kwaye ikwasetyenziselwa ukukhangela abantu abalahlekileyo (i-mantrailing). Ayifanelekanga njengenja yeflethi ecocekileyo.
Idyasi emfutshane ye-Bloodhound kulula ukuyilungisa. Nangona kunjalo, amehlo abuthathaka kunye neendlebe kufuneka zihlolwe kwaye zicocwe rhoqo.