UMary Allen
Intshayelelo: Iiponi zekota
I-Quarter Ponies zincinci, ziqinile, kwaye zisebenza ngeendlela ezininzi zamahashe aseMerika awela phakathi kwe-American Quarter Horse kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeeponi. Baziwa ngokuguquguquka, ukunyamezela, kunye namandla, okubenza bafaneleke kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo, ezifana nomsebenzi we-ranch, i-rodeo, ukukhwela umzila kunye nemiboniso yamahashe.
Imbali yeePoni zeKota
Iiponi zeQuarter zaveliswa ngeminyaka yee-1950s xa abafuyi baseUnited States babefuna ukudibanisa isantya, isantya, kunye nokuqonda kwenkomo yeAmerican Quarter Horse enobukhulu obubambeneyo, ukuqina, kunye nokuqina kweeponi. Basebenzisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zehashe, njenge-Welsh, i-Shetland, kunye ne-Arabia, ukwenza inguqulelo encinci ye-Quarter Horse enokusingatha iimfuno zomsebenzi we-ranch kunye neziganeko ze-rodeo. I-Quarter Ponies yokuqala yabhaliswa kwi-American Quarter Pony Association ngo-1964.
Iimpawu zoMzimba zeePoni zeKota
I-Quarter Ponies ine-muscular, i-compact, kunye nomzimba olungeleleneyo kunye nomqolo omfutshane, isifuba esibanzi, kunye nemilenze eqinile. Banentloko ecocekileyo enamehlo acacileyo kunye neendlebe ezincinci. Intamo yabo igobile kwaye ibekwe kakuhle, kwaye umnwe kunye nomsila wabo ungqindilili kwaye uyahamba. Banegxalaba elithambekileyo kunye ne-girth enzulu, evumela ukuba bathwale ubunzima kwaye baqhube ngokukhawuleza. Zikwaziwa ngokuba ngamanqina ashinyeneyo kwaye ahlala ixesha elide, akwazi ukumelana nomhlaba kunye neemeko zemozulu.
Ubude kunye nobunzima beePoni zeKota
Amahashe ekota aqhele ukuba phakathi kwe-11 kunye ne-14 izandla ubude, obulingana ne-44 ukuya ku-56 intshi okanye i-112 ukuya kwi-142 yeesentimitha. Banobunzima obuphakathi kwama-500 kunye nama-900 eeponti, kuxhomekeke kubude babo, ubudala, kunye nemeko. Zincinci kune American Quarter Horses kodwa zikhulu kuneentlobo ezininzi zehashe.
Imibala yeCoat yeePoni zeKota
Iiponi zekota ziza kuluhlu olubanzi lwemibala yedyasi, kubandakanya i-bay, i-chestnut, emnyama, i-palomino, i-buckskin, i-dun, i-roan, i-grey, kunye nemhlophe. Basenokuba neempawu ezahlukileyo, ezinje ngedangatya, inkwenkwezi, i-snip, kunye neekawusi. Umbala wabo wedyasi kunye nepateni imiselwe yimfuza yabo kwaye inokwahluka phakathi kwabantu.
Iimpawu zoBuntu beePoni zekota
I-Quarter Ponies ziyaziwa ngobukrelekrele bazo, umnqweno wokwazi, kunye nobuhlobo babo. Kulula ukuphatha, ukuqeqesha, nokukhwela, kwaye bayakonwabela ukusebenzisana kwabantu. Bakwaziwa ngokuguquguquka kunye nokomelela, njengoko bekwazi ukujongana neemeko ezahlukeneyo kunye neemeko ezingqongileyo ngokulula. Banyanisekile yaye banothando, yaye bayayivuyela ingqalelo nokunconywa.
Ubushushu beePoni zekota
I-Quarter Ponies inomoya ozolileyo, ozinzile, kunye nokuzithemba okubenza bafanelekele abaqalayo kunye nabakhweli abanamava ngokufanayo. Abaphazami ngokukhawuleza okanye baphazamiseke, kwaye banomdla wemvelo wokukholisa. Kwakhona bayakwazi ukusebenza iiyure ezininzi nokwenza imisebenzi elucelomngeni, njengokwalusa iinkomo, ukutsiba ucingo, nokuqhuba imiphanda.
UngaQeqesha njani iiponi zekota
I-Quarter Ponies kulula ukuyiqeqesha, njengoko ifunda ngokukhawuleza kwaye isabela ekuqiniseni okulungileyo. Bazuza kuqeqesho olungaguquguqukiyo nolomonde olujolise ekwakheni ukuthembana, intlonipho nonxibelelwano phakathi komkhweli nehashe. Basabela kakuhle kwiindlela zoqeqesho ezahlukahlukeneyo, ezinjengokukhwela amahashe endalo, ukunxiba ngendlela eqhelekileyo, nokukhwela entshona. Kwakhona bayazuza ngokuzilolonga rhoqo, ukuhlalisana, nokuvuselela ingqondo.
Ukusetyenziswa kweePoni zekota
I-Quarter Ponies ngamahashe ahlukeneyo angasetyenziselwa iinjongo ezahlukeneyo, ezifana nomsebenzi we-ranch, iziganeko ze-rodeo, ukukhwela umzila, imiboniso yamahashe kunye neeponi zabantwana. Bagqwesa kwiinkalo ezinjengokusika, ukubethelela iintsimbi, umdyarho wemibhobho, kunye nokuroqa ngamaqela. Benza amahashe olonwabo abalaseleyo kunye nezilwanyana zasekhaya, njengoko zithambile, zithembekile, kwaye kumnandi ukukhwela.
Imiba yeMpilo yeePoni zeKota
I-Quarter Ponies, njengawo onke amahashe, aqhelene nemicimbi eyahlukeneyo yezempilo, efana ne-colic, ukuqhwalela, kunye neengxaki zokuphefumla. Basenokuba sesichengeni sokuphazamiseka kwemfuza, okufana ne-hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) kunye ne-hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA). Kubalulekile ukubanika unyango lwezilwanyana rhoqo, ukutya okufanelekileyo, kunye nomthambo owaneleyo ukugcina impilo kunye nokuphila kakuhle.
Isondlo kunye nokuKhathalelwa kweePoni zeKota
I-Quarter Ponies ifuna ukutya okunesondlo okuquka ifula ekumgangatho ophezulu okanye idlelo, iinkozo, kunye nezongezelelo, ezifana neevithamini kunye neeminerali. Bakwafuna ukufikelela kumanzi acocekileyo kunye nekhusi, kunye nokuzilungisa rhoqo, ukunyamekelwa kweempuphu, kunye nokulawula i-parasite. Bayazuza ngokuzilolonga rhoqo, ukuhlalisana, kunye nokukhuthazwa kwengqondo ukuze bahlale besempilweni yaye bonwabile.
Ukuqukumbela: Iponi yeKota eNxaxheba
I-Quarter Ponies luhlobo olulodwa noluguquguqukayo lwamahashe aseMelika adibanisa ezona mpawu zibalaseleyo zeAmerican Quarter Horse kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zehashe. Baziwa ngamandla abo, unyamezelo, ubukrelekrele, kunye nendalo enobubele, kwaye bagqwesa kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo, njengomsebenzi we-ranch, imicimbi ye-rodeo, ukukhwela umkhondo kunye nemiboniso yamahashe. Bafuna isondlo esifanelekileyo, inyameko noqeqesho ukuze balondoloze impilo nentlalo-ntle yabo, kodwa bangamaqabane anomvuzo namnandi kuye nabani na othanda amahashe.