UMary Allen
A Staffie kulula kakhulu ukukhathalela. Eyona ndlela iphambili yokulungisa i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ibandakanya ukuxubha, ukunqunqa iinzipho, kunye nokucoca iindlebe. Ukuxubha ngokucokisekileyo kanye ngeveki kwanele ukwenza into enhle kwidyasi.
Kodwa iqhina phakathi kwenja nomnini nalo liqiniswa ngale ndlela. Ukongezelela, kucetyiswa ukuba kuhlolwe rhoqo iinzipho, amazinyo neendlebe.
Ulwazi: Njengezinye izinja ezininzi, i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier inokutshintsha idyasi kabini ngonyaka. Emva koko kufuneka uyixube kuphela ukususa iinwele.
Ngenja enyolukileyo efana ne-Staffordshire Bull Terrier, ukutya kulula ukukwakha. Ukutya kwenja esemgangathweni, kodwa nokutya okwenziwa ekhaya kuya kwanelisa umhlobo onemilenze emine.
Ukutya okulungileyo kunye nesondlo esifanelekileyo nako kunceda ukuthintela izifo. Kuphephe ukunikezela kwi-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ecengayo kwitafile yokutya kwaye endaweni yoko uziqhelanise nomgangatho omhle, ukutya okufumanekayo kwezorhwebo.
Qaphela: Kubalulekile ukukhusela amalungu ngexesha lesigaba sokukhula. Ukutya kufuneka kuqhelaniswe nobudala benjana kwaye kukhethwa ukuba kuxoxwe nogqirha wezilwanyana. I-calcium kunye neeprotheni zizithako ekungafuneki zilahleke kwi-Staffordshire Bull Terrier yokutya.
Kwanele ukondla i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier kanye ngosuku. Elona xesha lilungileyo loku kuhlwa kwaye ukuze umhlobo onemilenze emine aphumle iyure ngaphambi nangemva kokutya.
Abasebenzi bahlala beneminyaka eli-13 ubudala. Noko ke, ukuba nempilo entle nenyameko, ukuba neminyaka eli-15 kuyinto engenakwenzeka. Ngokutya okunempilo kunye okwaneleyo kunye nokuzivocavoca okwaneleyo, unokuyigcina i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ekubeni ikhuluphele.
Kubalulekile: Ukuze ugweme ukuxhatshazwa kwesisu, akufanele ubeke isitya esipheleleyo phambi kwe-Staffordshire Bull Terrier kwaye uyivumele ukuba idle.
Njengezinye iintlobo zeenja, i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ine-predisposition kwizifo ezithile eziqhelekileyo kwiintlobo zayo. Oku kuquka:
- I-predisposition kwizifo zamehlo;
- izifo ezidibeneyo (i-hip kunye ne-elbow dysplasia);
- Urhatyazo lwemfuza;
- Ukulahleka kweenwele;
- Ukuphazamiseka kwe-Neurological kunye nokuphazamiseka kwe-metabolic;
- Ubuthulu;
- I-Follicular dysplasia kwizinwele ezimnyama.
Ingcaciso: I-Follicular dysplasia yimeko yesikhumba kwizinja eziyinxalenye yemfuza. Oku kukhokelela ekubeni amabala angenaboya ngenxa yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwengcambu yeenwele. Oku kuvelisa kuphela iinwele ezibuthathaka eziqhawula ngokukhawuleza okanye kungabikho nwele kwaphela.