UMary Allen
Lowchen. Igama lale nzala yenja ngokukhawuleza lifana "nokumkani wezilwanyana" kwaye ukufana okuthile kufumaneka ngokubonakala. Nangona kunjalo, ubukhulu bayo bahlukile kuleyo yegama layo, kungoko ukwenziwa lula kwegama. Imvelaphi yaseFransi, uhlobo luyaziwa ngokuba nobubele, indalo yokudlala. Uthathwa njengokrelekrele, unomdla, kwaye udlamkile: ULowchen ukhetha ukwenza izinto nawe!
"I-Petit Chien Lion" - iNgonyama encinci yeNgonyama
I-Lowchen luhlobo lwenja olunembali lusukela kumaXesha Aphakathi: kwiCathedral yaseGothic yaseAmiens eFransi, eyakhiwa ngenkulungwane ye-13, kukho izinja ezimbini eziqingqwe ematyeni ezihambelana nenkangeleko yeeLowchens zanamhlanje. Inzala ifumana igama layo kwinkangeleko yayo okanye "ukucheba kwengonyama": kwinkangeleko eqhelekileyo, uboya buchetywa ukusuka esinqeni ukuhla, kodwa buhlala bubude kumphambili womzimba. Kwi-paws, i-trimmings ishiywe malunga ne-pasterns, kwaye incam yomsila nayo inoboya obude kunye nobuninzi obuninzi kunomsila. Ingonyama inokubonwa kwimizobo emininzi yenkulungwane ye-17: ii-aristocrats zazithanda uhlobo njengenja yenja, njengoko ibonakala ngathi yinguqulelo encinci yekati enamandla.
I-Lowchens ifikelela kubude be-26 ukuya kwi-32 centimeters kwaye izihlobo ezisondeleyo ze-Bichons. Ngexesha leNguqulelo yesiFrentshi kunye nokuhla kwezidwangube, abahlobo abancinci abanemilenze emine babesanda kulityalwa. Kodwa ukususela phakathi kwekhulu lama-20, baye baphinda benyuka: abathandi bezinja baye bathatha ukuzalanisa "petit Chien lion", kwaye namhlanje ingonyama encinci iyinzala eyaziwayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ubume beNgonyama
ULowchen unobuntu obudlamkileyo, obudlalayo. Unobudlelwane kakhulu kwaye unoxolo: U-Lowchen phantse akazange abonise ukuziphatha okundlongondlongo. Bahlalisana kakuhle noontanga babo nezinye izilwanyana zasekhaya kwaye bagqalwa njengabanobuhlobo kubantwana. Zinyanisekile kubaninizo, ngokufuthi zinikel’ ingqalelo kumntu omnye entsatsheni. Ii-Lowchens zizinja ezibalaseleyo ezingamaqabane, izinja zosapho, kunye nezinja ezingamaqabane kubantu abancinci kunye nabantu abadala, ukuba nje zinokubonelela izinja ngononophelo olwaneleyo kunye nomthambo.
Igama elithi "inja yezilwanyana" alichazi ngokwaneleyo uhlobo lohlobo, kuba i-Lowchen yinja ephilayo kwaye enomsindo. Badlala kakhulu kwaye bayakonwabela ukudlala bobabini nabanini babo kunye nezinye izinja. Bagqalwa njengabakrelekrele, abakhaliphileyo, nabathanda ukwazi, bayathanda ukufunda izinto ezintsha. Cela umngeni kubulumko bengonyama yakho encinci rhoqo: ukufunda iintlobo-amaqhinga ezinja ezifanelekileyo kufanelekile njengemidlalo yenja okanye imidlalo yokusezela.
Imfundo kunye noLondolozo lweLowchen
Ingqwalasela eyaneleyo ibalulekile kubahlobo abancinci abanemilenze emine, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ugcina i-Lowchen yakho kwindlu yedolophu okanye kwindlu yelizwe. Kuba uLowchen akakuthandi ukuba yedwa. Bakhetha ukuchitha ixesha elininzi kunye nawe kwaye babe nawe yonke indawo. Ubungakanani babo obuncinci buluncedo: awudingi uhambo olude ukuze uzigcine uxakekile. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuqinisekileyo i-Lowchen idinga umyinge ofanelekileyo wokuzilolonga - izinja zabantu abadala kunye nezinja eziqeqeshiweyo nazo zihamba uhambo olude kunye nawe okanye zibaleka ecaleni kwakho xa ubaleka.
Ukudlala kunye nokuzulazula kunye nezinye izinja kubalulekile kwi-Lowchen, yiyo loo nto nabo bayakonwabela ukuhlala nenja yesibini endlwini. Ngamanye amaxesha iingonyama eziselula zidla ngokuzicingela ngokugqithiseleyo kwaye ziba ndlongondlongo ekudlaleni kwazo – kulapho “inkalipho yengonyama” idlala khona. Ngamanye amaxesha oku kukhokelela kukwenzakala.
Ukuya kwisikolo sobunjana kudla ngokubonakala kufanelekile: nangona iiLowchens zihambelana kakhulu nentlalontle ngokwendalo, kunenzuzo kubo ukuba bazi izinja zeentlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nobukhulu besebancinci kwaye bandise uluhlu lwabo lokuziphatha kwezentlalo kwasebancinci. Isikolo se-kennel siyanceda ngoqeqesho olusisiseko lwe-Lowchen yakho, nokuba inja yohlobo lwenja ibonwa njengethambileyo kwaye kulula ukuyiqeqesha, ukuba nje uhlala ungaguquguquki.
Ukhathalelo lweLowchen
Kukuwe ukuba ufuna iLowchen yakho ilungiswe okanye hayi. Nangona kunjalo, izinja ezinoboya bengonyama zinokufuna idyasi yenja ebusika, kwaye ehlotyeni kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba ingonyama yakho ayitshiswa lilanga. Idyasi yolu hlobo lwenja i-silika kwaye igudile, ayiphalazi. I-Lowchen ayinayo i-undercoat. Kufuneka usayibrasha rhoqo emva kweentsuku ezimbini, njengoko uboya bubhityana ngokulula. Nika ingqalelo ekhethekileyo kumaqhina oboya emva kweendlebe, phantsi kwamakhwapha, nasezimpundu. Nciphisa ii-bangs zakho kunye nebhulorho yempumlo yakho ukuba kuyimfuneko, njengoko zombini zinokunciphisa umbono kwaye zicaphukise amehlo. Ukungcola okanye ama-clods ekhephu aqokelela ngokukhawuleza kwi-fur kwi-pads ye-paws ye-Lowchen, ngoko zikhululeke ukunqumla iinwele ezinde apha ngezikhathi ezithile. Khangela izikhonkwane ngoko nangoko: Kwizinja ezindala, ezingasebenzi kakhulu, ngamanye amaxesha ziba nde kakhulu, nto leyo enokukhokelela ekubeni izinja zirhorhozele kwaye zilimaze. Kule meko, nciphisa izikhonkwane nge-nail clipper ekhethekileyo.
Ii-Lowchens zithathwa ngokuba zizinja ezomeleleyo ezihlala zikhuthele kwaye zinomdla ukuya ebudaleni. Abachaphazeleki kwizifo kwaye baphila umyinge weminyaka eyi-12 ukuya kweli-14. Qinisekisa ukuba ufumana i-Lowchen yakho kumfuyi owaziwayo: ngokufanelekileyo, yazi bobabini abazali.