UMary Allen
Ibinzana elaziwa kakhulu lelo “ingcuka eyambethe ufele lwegusha”. Ingcuka yaseIreland iyenza ngenye indlela: yigusha enxibe impahla yengcuka.
I-wolfhound yaseIreland yinto ekhethekileyo kakhulu: Inja ene-shaggy enenkangeleko enesibindi ayisiyiyo kuphela inzala enkulu yeenja emhlabeni kodwa inesimo esithandeka kakhulu nesithambileyo.
Kumfanekiso wethu wohlobo lwe-Irish Wolfhound, kukho lonke ulwazi olubalulekileyo malunga nenja enkulu. Apha unokufumanisa apho ufuyo luvela khona, ukuba ukhathalelo olulolona lujongeka njani, kwaye yintoni ebalulekileyo xa kufikwa kuqeqesho nokugcinwa.
Ijongeka njani i-Irish Wolfhound?
Iimpawu ezibonakalayo ze-Irish Wolfhound, ezithi ngamanye amaxesha zibangele ukuba abanye abadlulayo bawele isitrato ngokuqaphela, ubukhulu babo kunye nenkangeleko yabo yasendle. Oku kwenza inja icinge ngakumbi ngengcuka kwaye ingabinasilo-qabane esithambileyo.
Idyasi ye-Irish Wolfhound irhabaxa kwaye inoboya, inobude obuphakathi, kwaye ivunyelwe eJamani ngemibala emhlophe, engwevu, emnyama, ebomvu, efawn, kunye nebrindle. E-Ireland, ilizwe lemvelaphi, zonke iintlobo zemibala ezenzeka kwi-Deerhound enxulumene nazo zivumelekile.
Ngaphandle kobukhulu kunye nobunzima bayo, ukwakhiwa kwe-Wolfhound yase-Ireland akukaze kube nzima kwaye kube nzima. Umzimba we-greyhound uphumle phantsi koboya obunzima, obude: Incinci kakhulu, inemisipha kwaye isifuba sinzulu ngaphambili, njengazo zonke iihounds ezingwevu, kodwa zicuthene kwaye zithe thaca ukuya esinqeni.
Olunye uphawu olubalaseleyo yinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-rose ears. Zibekwe umva kuKhakhayi olumxinwa lwe-Irish Wolfhound kwaye luncinci kakhulu xa luthelekiswa nobukhulu bayo.
Ingakanani i-Irish Wolfhound?
Ubungakanani benzala buyamangalisa kwaye akusiyo into yokuba izinja ziphakathi kwezinja ezinkulu kwihlabathi: Amadoda afikelela kumphakamo ophakathi kwi-79 cm kunye ne-90 cm. Iibhitshi zikhula phakathi kwe-71 cm kunye ne-79 cm. Ngo-2012, i-wolfhound “Wölfi” yabeka irekhodi njengeyona nja inde yaseJamani kumgama oziimitha ezi-1.14.
Inzima kangakanani i-Irish Wolfhound?
Nabani na ongakanani na unobunzima obuninzi: iinkunzi kufuneka zibenobunzima obuphakathi kwe-45 kg kunye ne-59 kg kunye neemazi phakathi kwe-40 kg kunye ne-50 kg. Njengesiqhelo, ubunzima obufanelekileyo buxhomekeke kuhlobo lomzimba kunye nobukhulu.
Ingaba ingcuka yaseIreland iba neminyaka emingaphi?
Ngelishwa, i-Irish Wolfhound nayo ineengxaki zempilo ezifanayo phantse kuzo zonke iintlobo zeenja ezinkulu. Inzala inomndilili wokuphila ubomi obungaphantsi kweminyaka esibhozo. Zimbalwa izinja eziphila iminyaka elishumi nangaphezulu. Ixesha elithile ngoku, abafuyi abaninzi baye bazama ukuphucula ixesha lokuphila kwezinja ngokugxininisa ngokukodwa kwimpilo kunye nokunyamekela kwaye akukho (kuphela) kwimbonakalo.
Ngowuphi umlinganiswa okanye indalo i-Irish Wolfhound enayo?
Ngenkangeleko yaso yasendle kunye negama layo elimnyama elithi “Wolfhound”, isenokungabukeki njengayo konke konke, kodwa isigebenga sinothando olugqithileyo, sinesimo esihle, nesinothando. Nangona ixesha elidlulileyo njengenja yokuzingela enokuthi ibulale amabhere, mhlawumbi wayengenakukwenzakalisa impukane ngaphandle kwesizathu namhlanje.
IiWolfhounds zaseIreland zithathwa ngokuba zithanda kakhulu kwaye zijolise ebantwini. Bakufuna ngenkuthalo ukusondelelana nokunxibelelana nentsapho yabo engabantu, bafuna ukuwolana ngalo lonke ixesha, yaye bavuya kakhulu xa inkosikazi okanye inkosi yabo inikela ingqalelo epheleleyo kubahlobo babo abanemilenze emine. Izinja zivana kakhulu nabantwana kwaye zinemvakalelo enamandla yosapho. Nakubantu abangabaziyo, bahlala benomdla ngakumbi kwaye banobuhlobo kunokuba babe ndlongondlongo. Ke ngoko, ngaphandle kobukhulu bayo kunye nenkangeleko enomtsalane, olu hlobo alufanelekanga njengenja yenkundla okanye inja yomlindi.
Umlingiswa we-Irish Wolfhounds ubonakaliswa ngokuzola kwangaphakathi, umonde, kunye nokuguquguquka. Kwangaxeshanye, i-Irish Wolfhound iseyinja ebalekayo nokuzingela kwaye ngokufanelekileyo ifuna imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo nexakekileyo. Ithuku lakhe lokuzingela ligqalwa linamandla, kungoko abantu bakhe befanele banikele ingqalelo ekhethekileyo kulo ngaphandle. Kuba yakuba inja ifumene “ixhoba” elinokubakho okokuqala, nolona qeqesho lungcono kaninzi aluncedi ngokuchasene nomnqweno wokuqalisa ukubaleka kwangoko.
Ivela phi ingcuka yaseIreland?
Igama lithetha konke: izinja zivela eIreland. Olu hlobo alulohlanga lwezinja ezinkulu kuphela ehlabathini kodwa lukwayenye yezona zindala. Ubungqina bufunyenwe ngexesha lokumbiwa kwezinto zakudala ezisukela malunga ne-7000 BC. I-BC e-Ireland naseNgilani ibhala ubukho bezinja ezinkulu ezinjenge-greyhound. I-Irish Wolfhound mhlawumbi yehla kubo.
Ukusukela kumaXesha Aphakathi ukuya kuthi ga kwinkulungwane ye-17, inja enkulu yayiyinja yokuzingela edume kakhulu kumdlalo omkhulu phakathi kwamaNgesi. Waba ngumqondiso wesimo esihloniphekileyo, esanikwa nezinye iintsapho zasebukhosini zaseYurophu. Owona msebenzi wayo ibikukukhusela imihlambi yeenkomo zala mmandla kumarhamncwa afana neengcuka. Yiyo loo nto yafumana igama layo hayi kuba ikhangeleka ngathi yingcuka.
Ngokutshabalala kwengcuka eNgilani nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi aseYurophu, i-Irish Wolfhound yaphulukana nendima yayo ephambili kwaye ukwehla kwayo kwaqala. Ngenkulungwane ye-19, olu didi lwalugqalwa luphantse lutshabalale kwaye kushiyeke imizekelo embalwa ephilayo. Kungumbulelo kumfuyi waseScotland uGeorge Augustus Graham ukuba sisenako ukonwabela izigebenga ezithambileyo namhlanje. Wawela izinja ezimbalwa eziseleyo ukusuka eIreland kunye nezinye iintlobo ezifana neDeerhound, Great Dane, kunye neBorzoi ngeminyaka yoo-1850. Ngale ndlela, wabeka isiseko se-Irish Wolfhound yanamhlanje, leyo, ngokungafaniyo nookhokho bayo, inkulu ngandlel' ithile, yomelele, kwaye ikhawuleza kancinane.
I-Irish Wolfhound: Ukugcinwa ngokufanelekileyo kunye noQeqesho
Olona phawu lunothando, olunobuhlobo, kunye noluqeqeshekayo lwe-Irish wolfhounds luchasene nomnqweno omkhulu wokuhamba kunye nethuku elivakalayo lokuzingela. Uqeqesho olubanzi olusisiseko ukusuka kwiminyaka yeenjana lubalulekile ekukhuliseni. Inja kufuneka ifundiswe ngokuqhubekayo kodwa ngothando kwangoko ukuphulaphula imiyalelo yabantu bayo "kwiimeko zokuzingela". Nangona kunjalo, nokuba unenja eziphatha kakuhle, kuya kufuneka uhlale uqwalasela ithuku lokuzingela kunye nokubuyisela okungcono kwaye ubophe isigebenga sakho kwiimeko ezingakhuselekanga.
Eyona misebenzi ilungileyo yangaphandle kuhambo olude lwemihla ngemihla, apho kufuneka uhlale unika inja ye-turbo ithuba lokubaleka kunye nokubaleka ngokukhululeka. Eminye imisebenzi emihle yikhosi kunye nomsebenzi wokulandela umkhondo. I-Wolfhound yaseIreland inokuphila ngaphandle kwethuku lokuzingela. Nangona kunjalo, imidlalo yokunyamezela okanye i-agility ayifanelekanga kuhlobo.
Iindawo ezinkulu zokuhlala ezinomgangatho omnye ezineegadi ezinkulu ezibiyelweyo zifaneleke kakhulu kwi-wolfhound. Izinyuko zokunyuka akulunganga kwaphela kwizinja ezinkulu kunye namalungu azo. Oku akufanele kube yimfuneko, ngakumbi kwiinja ezincinci.
Luluphi ukhathalelo oludingayo i-Irish Wolfhound?
Kuya kufuneka ubrashe idyasi ye-Irish Wolfhounds rhoqo. Ngaphandle koko, ayifuni naluphi na ukhathalelo olukhethekileyo. Njengalo naluphi na uhlobo lwenja enkulu, i-wolfhound iya kukhupha ukutya okuninzi. Kwaye ngaloo nto sithetha: ukutya okuninzi! Zilungiselele i-Wolfhound yakho yaseIreland ukuba itye izixa ezikhulu. Kuya kufuneka ungenise izixa ezikhulu zesondlo kwisondlo sakhe.
Zeziphi izifo eziqhelekileyo ze-Irish Wolfhound?
Ngelishwa, ubukhulu be-Wolfhound yase-Irish nayo inika iingxaki zempilo eziqhelekileyo. I-Hip dysplasia, i-elbow dysplasia, isifo senhliziyo, ukunyanzeliswa kwesisu esoyikekayo, kunye nomhlaza zithathwa njengento eqhelekileyo kwinzala.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, uthando lwe-wolfhound lujika lube yinto engathandekiyo apha, kabuhlungu. Izinja zithathwa ngokuba zikhululekile kwaye ziguquguquka. Oku kuhlala kuthetha ukuba bahlala benyamezela izigulo ngokuzimeleyo kwaye ababonisi nto ixesha elide. Esi sifo sisoloko sihambela phambili kangangokuba asinakukwazi ukunyangwa. Ukhathalelo olunenkathalo kunye nokuhlolwa rhoqo kugqirha wezilwanyana kubaluleke kakhulu kwii-wolfhounds. Ngale ndlela, unokusindisa izinja ezininzi iintlungu kunye neentlungu.
Ixabisa malini i-Irish Wolfhound?
Abafuyi abaninzi ngoku banikela ingqalelo kwimpilo entle ekuzaleni kunye nokuthintelwa kwezifo ezininzi zelifa ngolawulo olungqongqo kunye nemigangatho ephezulu yokuzala. Ngenxa yokuba i-Irish Wolfhound nayo inqabile eJamani, kufuneka ucinge ngamaxabiso enjana phakathi kwe-1,500 ye-euro kunye ne-2,000 ye-euro. Hlala kude nonikezelo lwexabiso eliphantsi, njengoko uninzi lunokwenzeka ngenxa yezizathu zeendleko kwaye akukho xabiso lingako libekwe kwimpilo ejongwa ngononophelo. Isiphumo ke ngoko kaninzi kukuba uninzi lwezi zinja ziyagula kwaye ziphantsi kokubandezeleka okungeyomfuneko.