UMary Allen
Iishelties ziphawuleka ngakumbi ngenxa yoboya bazo obuhle, obunokuthi buchazwe njenge-mane. Ukuze ihlale ikhanya, kufuneka ulungise inja kanye ngeveki ngebrashi okanye ikamu. Ezindlebeni nasezikhwapheni, iiShelties zineenwele ezicolekileyo ezibambene ngokulula kwaye ke zifuna ingqwalasela ethe kratya.
Kufuneka uhlambe inja kuphela kunqabile kakhulu kwaye ungaze uchebe bonke uboya. Oku kuya kutshabalalisa ubume boboya obuninzi kwaye ngaloo ndlela umsebenzi wabo wokufudumala kwe-thermoregulation ehlotyeni nasebusika.
IiShelties zenza oku ngokwazo kwaye ziphulukene neenwele ezininzi kabini ngonyaka. Ukuze ungagquma indlu yakho yonke okanye imoto yakho ngoboya, kuya kufuneka ubrashe iSheltie rhoqo ngala maxesha.
Xa kuziwa kwisondlo, inzala ye-Shetland Sheepdog nayo ayifuni, kodwa kusafuneka uqinisekise ukutya okunesondlo. Iiprotheyini kufuneka zibe ngumthombo oyintloko, kodwa ezinye izondlo akufanele zingahoywa.
Kwakhona, zama into ethandwa yinja yakho, kwaye ungayivumeli ukuba ityebe kakhulu. Oku kutyeba kakhulu, onokuthi uzive kwiimbambo, kunqabile kakhulu kwiiShelties ngenxa yomnqweno wabo omkhulu wokuhamba. Ubungakanani bokutya ekufuneka inja yakho inikwe kuxhomekeke kwiminyaka kunye nobukhulu bayo.
Qaphela: Ukuba utya ukutya okukrwada, ungaze wondle inyama yehagu ekrwada kwaye akufanele unike inja yakho amathambo enkukhu aphekiweyo, nokuba, njengoko enokuqhekeka.
Ngokomyinge, iiShelties ziphila iminyaka eli-12 kwaye zithathwa njengezinja ezomeleleyo, kodwa izigulo zingenzeka ngaphambi koko. Ezi ziquka isifo sofuzo se-skin-muscle disease dermatomyositis, isifo sofuzo i-Collie Eye Anomaly, kunye nezinye izifo zamehlo.
Iishelties zinokuba nesiphene se-MDR-1, esibangela ukuba zinganyamezeli amanye amayeza. Ukongeza, kwenzeka kumadoda ukuba elinye lamasende likwindawo yesisu. Kwimeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-cryptorchidism, iintsana kufuneka zikhunjulwe.
Inyani eyonwabileyo: Iinjana ezisuka kwi-blue merle mating zisemngciphekweni omkhulu wokukhula kobuthulu kunye nobumfama.