UMary Allen
Inkangeleko enyanisekileyo, idyasi ehonjisiweyo, kunye nendalo ethandekayo yenza iMalta ibe yinja enkulu yeqabane. Apha unokufumanisa ukuba yintoni eyahlula inja yeqabane kwaye yintoni eyenza ibe yodwa.
Imbali yeMalta
I-Maltese yenye yezona ntlobo zenja ezindala kwaye ibisoloko iyinja ethandwayo kangangeenkulungwane. Imvelaphi yayo ayicacanga. Ngokwesithethe, oomatiloshe baseFenike bafumanisa izinja zokuqala ezifanayo kwi-1500 BC kwisiqithi saseMalta. Nangona kunjalo, eli gama alinakulandwa emva kwisiqithi saseMalta, kodwa kwigama lesiSemite elithi "Màlat".
Eli gama lithetha indawo yokusabela okanye izibuko, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba ookhokho bolu hlobo babehlala kumazibuko nakwiidolophu eziselunxwemeni kumbindi weMeditera. Izinja zazisetyenziselwa ukulwa neempuku kunye neempuku. Ngenkulungwane yokuqala ye-AD, irhuluneli yaseRoma yaseMalta, uPublius, wayenenja yakhe yaseMalta, u-Issa, echazwe kwaye engafi kumbongo:
“UIssa uliqhula kunongqatyana kaCatella. UIssa ulunge ngakumbi kunokwanga kwengabangaba. UIssa uthandeka kunentombi. UIssa ubiza kakhulu kunezacholo zaseIndiya.”
Ngexesha le-Renaissance ngenkulungwane ye-15 neye-16, izinja ekugqibeleni zaqhubela phambili kwizinja zoluntu kwizangqa ze-aristocratic. Izinja ezincinci ezimhlophe zazithandwa kakhulu kumanenekazi. UKumkanikazi waseBhritane uVictoria kunye nookumkanikazi baseFransi uMarie Antoinette kunye noJoséphine Bonaparte nabo bayayithanda le nzala. IiMalta zikwayenye yezinja zokuqala ukuboniswa esidlangalaleni kwimiboniso.
Baqala ukuboniswa kwi-Great Britain ngo-1862, kwaye e-USA emva kwexesha elifutshane, ngo-1877. Ngamazwe ngamazwe, uhlobo ngoku lukwiqela le-FCI le-9, inkampani kunye nezinja ezihambelanayo, icandelo 1.1, "i-Bichons kunye neentlobo ezinxulumene nazo". Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, inja encinci yeqabane luhlobo lwenja oludumileyo kwihlabathi jikelele.
Undoqo kunye noMlingiswa
Abantu baseMalta yinja yosapho eyonwabileyo nenothando ethanda ukuya kukhenketho lokufumanisa. Inja enomdla ihlala ilungele ukudlala kunye neqabane elikhulu kubomi bemihla ngemihla. Izinja ezithambileyo zinokudlala ngokulula nabantwana phantsi kweliso. Ngendalo yabo yothando, badinga ukuhoywa kakhulu kunye nokugonwa ukuze bonwabe. Bakhetha ukulandela umnini wabo kuyo yonke indawo, engeyona ingxaki ngenxa yobukhulu babo kunye nendalo enobubele. Baneentloni kwaye bagcinelwe abantu abangabaziyo.
Izinja ezincinci, ezinomoya ozithembileyo kwaye azibonisi loyiko lwezinja ezinkulu kakhulu. Ukuhlalisana kakuhle, bayahamba kunye nezinye izinto ezicacileyo, iikati, okanye izilwanyana ezincinci ngaphandle kweengxaki. Iimpumlo zoboya obukrelekrele zinethuku lokuzingela elibuthathaka kodwa zinokulandela ngokulula amavumba. Oku kungenxa yokufuna kwabo ukwazi. Bafuna ukuthathwa nzulu njengenja kwaye abanelisekanga ukuba abananto yokwenza. Sekunjalo, izinja ezinobuhlobo kunye nezidlamkileyo zifaneleke kakuhle abaqalayo.
Imbonakalo yaseMalta
Amehlo amnyama anobuhlalu kunye nempumlo entle erhangqwe buboya obumhlophe obuqaqambileyo iya kunyibilikisa iintliziyo zabathandi bezinja. Nangona ubukhulu bayo buncinci be-20 ukuya kwi-25 centimeters kunye nobunzima obufikelela kwiikhilogram ezi-4, i-Malta inomdla wokwenene wamehlo. Inja encinci enomzimba omde ibonakala intle kakhulu kwaye ngokuzingca iphakamisa intloko yayo. Idyasi ende kunye nethambileyo ihlala imhlophe ecocekileyo, kodwa inokuba nombala wendlovu. Ukuba uboya buyekiwe bukhule bubude, buphantse bufike emhlabeni xa buhlulwe ngasemva.
Udidi lwenja lubhidaniswa lula kunye nezinye iintlobo zeenja ngabantu abaqhelekileyo. Nangona zonke ziphuma kuhlobo olulodwa lwenja, ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ze-bichon ziye zavela kwiinkulungwane. Ngokukodwa, abantu abaninzi bayayibhidanisa neCoton de Tuléar, ekwamhlophe. Nangona kunjalo, iMalti incinci kunale kwaye inedyasi egudileyo. Kwakhona kulula ukubhidanisa ne-curly bichon frisé evela eTenerife, i-Italian Bolognese, okanye iHavanese enemibala emininzi.
Imfundo yeNjana
Ukuziphatha okundlongondlongo kunye nobukrwada babanye abameli bolu didi ludla ngokulandelelwa emva kokungabikho koqeqesho ngenxa yomfanekiso wayo njengenja yenja. Ngokukhuliswa okungenabundlobongela nothando, abantu baseMalta bakhula babe ngamaqabane abalaseleyo kubomi bemihla ngemihla.
Awudingi naluphi na ulwazi olukhethekileyo okanye amava ukuze uqeqeshe inja ezimiseleyo. Ukuba yinja yakho yokuqala, kufuneka ufumane uncedo kwisikolo sezinja. Musa ukukhohliswa yinkangeleko yenjana entle kwaye ubonise ngokucacileyo inja into enokuyenza nengakwaziyo ukuyenza. Ukuba unikezela kube kanye, kufuneka ulwe nemikhwa emibi ubomi benja yakho bonke. Yintoni inja evunyelwe ukuba iyenze njengenjana, igcina ebudaleni.
Izinja ezincinci zihlala zinobubele kwaye zifuna ukukholisa umnini wazo. Ukuhlalisana kwangaphambili kunye nokuqhelana nabantu ongabaziyo kunye nezilwanyana kubaluleke kakhulu ukuze ukwazi ukulawula ubomi bemihla ngemihla kunye kwaye ngaphandle kweengxaki.