UMary Allen
I-Lhasa Apso iyinja edlalayo kunye neyobungane, kodwa inomntu ozimeleyo. Udinga ukuhlalisana kakuhle kunye nokukhuliswa ukuze angatyhala ngenkani yakhe ngamaxesha athile. Izilwanyana ezikrelekrele zomelele kakhulu kwaye ziyazingisa ngobukhulu bazo kwaye zifaneleke kakuhle njengeqabane kunye nezinja zentsapho. AmaTibet amancinci aqala ukukrokrela abantu abangabaziyo kwaye ade enze abagadi abalungileyo.
Ukusuka kwiNgonyama yaseTibetan ukuya kwiNgxaki kunye neNja yoSapho
I-Lhasa Apso yinzala yakudala yaseTibet. Kwiminyaka engama-2000 eyadlulayo, ezi zinja zazihlala kwiimonki zaseTibetan eziphakamileyo nakumantla eIndiya. Kwakhona babebiza izinja zeengonyama baze bazinqule njengamakhubalo ethamsanqa. Izilwanyana ezihlakaniphile zabonakala ziluncedo kwaye zingaqhelekanga kumafama: zazijonga amabala emidlalo, zigada indlu, kwaye zikhuseleke kwizinambuzane. Abanye baseTibet abanekratshi bafika kwinkundla yasebukhosini baseTshayina njengezipho ezithandwayo ezivela kwiinkosana.
Malunga ne-1901, iLhasa Apso yafika eGreat Britain. Ngowe-1934, umgangatho wokuqala wezinja ezincinci zeqabane wadalwa. Olu hlobo lwaqatshelwa yi-FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale) ngo-1960.
Ubume beLhasa Apso
Zizinja ezinobuhlobo kwaye eziphaphileyo ezinobukrelekrele obuphezulu – azifanelanga kwaphela njengezinja ezicocekileyo. I-Lhasa Apso eyomeleleyo idinga inani elikhulu lezigulana kwaye iyasebenza. Ngeqondo eliphezulu lokuthembeka, benza izinja zokugada ezibalaseleyo, nokuba awusoloko ucinga njalo.
U-Lhasa Apso uzidibanisa nomntu obhekiswa kuye abalindele kuye ubudlelwane obunothando kunye nokuzimela. Bahlalisana kakuhle kwaye baqeqeshiwe, bazibonakalisa bengamaqabane athembekileyo kunye nezinja zosapho, kodwa bahlala bebonisa intlantsi yokuzimela.
Uqeqesho kunye noLondolozo lweLhasa Apso
Ngenxa yokuzimela kwabo kwinzala yeLhasa, i-Apso kufuneka ihlalisane ngokufanelekileyo kwaye iqeqeshelwe ukucoceka kwi-puppyhood. Kucetyiswa kakhulu ukuba uye kwiiklasi zenjana kunye nesikolo sezinja. Uthando kodwa olungaguquguqukiyo lwabazali lubaluleke kakhulu, olunzima kubanini abaninzi ngenxa yendalo enomtsalane yeLhasa Apso. Kodwa umntu waseTibetan ozithembayo ngokukhawuleza uthatha ithuba lokungakhathali ekukhuliseni kwaye unokuba negunya.
Inja ephilayo inokuhlala kwindawo yasezidolophini, kodwa ke idinga ukuhamba okude kunye nemisebenzi kwiindawo zokudlala ezinkulu. Izinja ezininzi zikwakwimidlalo yezinja kodwa aziyigqithisi ngezinja ukuze zibe ngabanikazi bamalungu esincinci.
Ukunyamekela iLhasa Apso
Idyasi enzima ende enedyasi eshinyeneyo ngaphantsi kufuneka ibrashwe kakuhle ubuncinane kabini ngeveki. Kungcono ukugcina ingubo emfutshane ukwenzela ukuba ihambe ngokukhululekile kwaye ihlale inombono omhle.
Iimpawu zeLhasa Apso
Ngenxa yohlobo lwabo, abahlobo abancinci abanemilenze emine bathanda ukuba ne-hip dysplasia, i-patellar luxation (isifo se-patellar), kunye nesifo samehlo.