UMary Allen
Ngaba izinja ezincinci zikhonkotha ngaphezu kwezinja ezinkulu? Kweli phepha, siza kukubonisa ukuba kutheni oku kunokuba njalo.
Uya kufumana neengcebiso malunga nendlela yokunqanda inja yakho ekubeni ikhonkothe ngokungekho ngqiqweni. Kaloku loo nto inento yokwenza nokukhuliswa.
Ezinye izinja azifane zikhonkothe. Kwaye kukho izinja ezihlala zikhonkotha kwaye aziyi kuyeka.
Ndiqinisekile ukuba uziva ngendlela efanayo, ukuba ngoko nangoko unenja encinane engqondweni.
Kodwa kutheni kukho le ngqungquthela yenja encinane ekhonkothayo? Kwaye ngaba yinyani ukuba amancinci akhonkotha kakhulu kwaye akhwaza kakhulu?
Ukukhonkotha lunxibelelwano
Izinja ziyakhonkotha ukuze zinxibelelane.
Izinja zinxibelelana enye kwenye kwakunye nathi bantu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kakhulu:
- olfactory perception: imvakalelo yokuvumba
- umbono obonwayo: ulwimi lomzimba
- tactile perception: Ukudibana ngokwasemzimbeni
- umbono wokuva: ukukhonkotha
imvakalelo yevumba
Isivamvo sokujoja sibaluleke kakhulu. Usetyenziswa ekuhambeni xa inja eyinkunzi iphawula ummandla wayo okanye inja “ifunda” iimpawu zevumba lezinye izinja.
impawu zomzimba
Izinja ziyathanda ukusebenzisa ulwimi lomzimba ukunxibelelana. Wonke umntu uyazi "inja" eyaziwayo engenakunqandwa kuthi bantu.
uqhagamshelwano lomzimba
Izinja zikwathetha ngokudibana ngokomzimba. Cinga ngento eyenziwa yinja yakho xa ifuna ukumbamba?
Ngaba uyakukhukulisa ngempumlo okanye alale ecaleni kwakho? Ngokuqinisekileyo uyazi kakuhle le miqondiso.
ukukhonkotha kunemisebenzi ekhethekileyo
Ngokwahlukileyo kwezi ntlobo zonxibelelwano, ukukhonkotha kuyimfuneko xa izinja zifuna ukunxibelelana into ngaphandle kokudibana ngokwasemzimbeni okanye okubonakalayo. Inja ilindele ukusabela ngokukhawuleza xa ikhonkotha.
Kuthi bantu, akusoloko kuqondwa ngokulula ukuba kutheni inja ikhonkotha. Asimqondi. Yiyo loo nto siqhele ukungazi ukuba kutheni imeko okwangoku ifuna nje inja ukuba ikhonkothe.
Izinja zikhonkotha ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo
Kwingxowa yezinja, indima yokukhonkotha kukulumkisa, ukuhlanganisa amalungu, nokoyikisa abangeneleli bamanye amazwe.
Izinja ezihlala nathi bantu azisakhonkothi nje ukuba zisilumkise okanye zigxothwe. Bakhonkotha ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo kuba baye baziqhelanisa nokuhlala nathi.
Ngokomzekelo, izinja ziyakhonkotha xa zizodwa. Baye babize umkhathaleli wabo.
Ukuba kukho izinja ezininzi kwindawo ekufutshane, izinja ziya kuqalisa ukukhonkotha xa inja yommelwane ikhonkotha. Basuke bamxelise.
Izinja zinokukhonkotha ngenxa yokukruquka xa zifuna ingqalelo yethu. Ngenxa yokuba izinja zazi kakuhle ukuba sidla ngokusabela ngokukhawuleza kuyo.
Ukukhonkotha ngokugqithisileyo yimpazamo yobuzali
Izinja ezingakhange zihlale ngokwaneleyo njengoko iinjana zidla ngokuphendula ngokukhonkotha abantu okanye ezinye izinja. Ezinye iintlobo zeenja zicaphuka ngokulula kwaye emva koko zikhonkothe kakhulu kunezinye.
Nangona kunjalo, ukukhonkotha okugqithisileyo kunqabile ukuba kunxulumene nenzala. Ngelishwa, ubukhulu becala yimpazamo ekukhuliseni.
Ngapha koko, izinja zasekhaya zifunde ngokuhlala nathi ukuba ukukhonkotha kwazo phantse kusoloko kubangela ukusabela kuthi.
Lityala lethu ukuba umhlobo wethu onemilenze emine ukhula abe yingcuka ekhonkothayo.
Kwaye apha abancinci bahlala bephambili ngokwenene kuba abaniniyo abahambelani ngokwaneleyo ekukhulisweni kwabo kwaye bavumela izinto ezininzi zityibilike. Inyanisekile kwisiqubulo esithi: "Owu, omncinci umhle kakhulu, ndingahlala ndimphakamisa kamva". Ikhola yokulawula i-bark ayiyi kunceda kamva.
Kutheni izinja ezincinci zikhonkotha rhoqo?
Umzekelo wokuqala: Khawufane ucinge ukuba uhamba inja enkulu, umzekelo, i-Great Dane enobunzima be-50 ukuya kwi-60 kilos. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngubani oza kuwe, inja iqala ukukhonkotha okwegeza.
Abadlula ngendlela baya kusabela ngokuxhalaba nangomsindo kwinja nawe njengomnini wenja.
Umzekelo wesibini: Ngoku khawufane ucinge ukuba inja ekwi-leash yakho yi-5-ponti encinci ye-Chihuahua okanye iYorkie eyenza igeza.
Abantu abaninzi abazayo baya kusabela kolu gqabhuko ngoncumo. Akukho nto anokuyenza, akunjalo? Qaphela umahluko?
Sinokuphembelela inja
Ngoko ukuziphatha kwethu kunokuba nempembelelo enkulu ekuziphatheni kwezinja zethu. Kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba inja iziva ikhululekile, ayikhathazwa luloyiko, kwaye ayicaphuki nayo.
Ukuba inja ikhonkotha ngexesha elingafunwayo, sidla ngokuthetha nenja okanye sithethe kabukhali nayo. Kodwa leyo yeyona ndlela iphosakeleyo.
Ngaphantsi kweemeko kufuneka "ukhonkothe kunye". Ngaphandle koko, inja yakho iya kuziva iqinisekisiwe kuba icinga ukuba siyayixhasa. Endaweni "yokubhokoxa", ukungahoyi kudla ngokuba yeyona ndlela ingcono yokusabela.
Ukukhonkotha ngumbandela wemfundo
Inja idla ngokuza kuthi kwiminyaka ethile kwaye sele ineempazamo zayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba kutheni inja iye yakhula yaba yi-barker. Okokuqala, kuya kufuneka ufumanise ukuba kutheni oku kunjalo.
Emva koko, uqeqesho olujoliswe kuyo ngoncedo lomqeqeshi wezinja lunokunceda ukufumana ukukhonkotha phantsi kolawulo.
Kodwa nceda ungaziniki nayiphi na inkohliso yobuxoki. Yindlela ende kwaye inzima. Kwaye asingabo nje abanini bezinja abaneentlobo ezincinci abahamba ngale ndlela.
Ukuba izinja ezincinci zikhonkotha ngaphezu kwezinja ezinkulu, lityala lethu. Cinga emva kumzekelo weChihuahua kunye ne-Great Dane, zombini izinja zikhonkotha umlinganiselo ofanayo. Abanini beGreat Dane banokungaguquguquki kuqeqesho lwenja.
Imibuzo ebuzwa qho
Uzinqanda njani izinja zingakhonkothi?
Yenza inja yakho ikhonkothe kabini okanye kathathu kwaye umdumise ngokuba uthe qwa. Emva koko uthi “Yeka!” kwaye umnike isipho. Inja yakho iya kuyeka ukukhonkotha ngokukhawuleza ngenxa yokuba ayikwazi ukuvumba ukunyanga ngelixa ihlaba.
Xa inja iyikhonkotha?
Unobangela oqhelekileyo wokukhonkotha okungafunwayo kukuqiniswa kungekho zingqondweni kwingqalelo ethe rhoqo yomnini. Oku kudla ngokuba yisangqa esincinci esikhohlakeleyo. Inja iyakhonkotha kwaye umntu uphendula ngandlela thile, nokuba kukuthethisa okanye ukuthomalalisa.
Kutheni inja yam ikhonkotha abantwana abancinci?
Dlala nam! Izinja ziyakhonkothelana ngelixa zidlala kwaye zicela umngeni omnye komnye. Ke ngoko, kukho amathuba aphezulu okuba inja yakho ifuna ukudlala nomntwana kuphela kwaye ivakalise le mfuno ngokukhonkotha nokugquma.
Yintoni omawuyenze ukuba inja yakho ikhonkotha ngenxa yokungakhuseleki?
Ukuba inja yakho ixhalabile kakhulu okanye ayikhuselekanga, ukusebenzisa ikhola ekhupha iipheromones zenja kunokuba luncedo. Ivumba elithozamisayo linokukhulula uxinezeleko lomhlobo wakho onemilenze emine. Icebiso: Ulawulo olululo lwentambo lunokunceda ngokuchasene nokukhonkotha. Kuba ugqiba apho uya khona.
Inja yam ivunyelwa nini ukuba ikhonkothe?
Ngokubanzi, kunokuthiwa iinkundla zikulungele ukwamkela ukukhonkotha kwezinja ngaphandle kwamaxesha aqhelekileyo okuphumla kunokuphazamisa ukuphumla kwemini nobusuku. La maxesha okuzola asebenza ngokubanzi ukusuka ngentsimbi yoku-1 ukuya kweyesi-3 malanga kwaye ebusuku ukusuka ngentsimbi yeshumi ukuya kweyesi-10 kusasa kodwa anokwahluka kancinci kumasipala ngomasipala.
Kutheni inja yam ikhonkotha kwaye indincwina?
Ukukhula kuqala kwaye kunxibelelwano oluphambili. Ugquma kuthetha: hamba ungasondeli ndiyoyika, andikhululekanga, ndiziva ndisongelwa. Inja ivakalisa ezi mvakalelo ngesandi. Uninzi lwexesha, sinokuqiniseka ukuba ukugquma kwandulelwa zezinye iimpawu ezininzi zolwimi lomzimba.
Ndiyiqhela njani inja yam kubantwana abancinci?
Chazela umntwana wakho ukuba akufuneki atyhale, atyhale, okanye ayitsale inja. Ukukhaba kunye nokumpintsha ngokuqinisekileyo akuvumelekanga, njengoko kuphosakele kuye ngezinto. Izinja zineenkumbulo ezintle kwaye kamva ziya kukhumbula ukuba ngubani owayedla ngokuzicaphukisa.
Ndingenza ntoni ukuba inja yam yoyika abantwana?
Ngoko ke, kungcono ukudibana nogqirha wezilwanyana oyincutshe kunyango lokuziphatha kwezilwanyana. Banokusebenzisana nawe ekuphuhliseni uqeqesho olufanelekileyo ukuze inja yakho ingabi naloyiko ngabantwana.