UMary Allen
Uma ufuna umngane othembekile ongasoze waba nesithukuthezi ngaye, bese ukhetha i-pug. Ngincoma i-retro pug, efuywa ukuze ibe nempilo futhi ishesha kakhulu kune-pug evamile. Ngoba njengoba uLoriot asho: “Ukuphila ngaphandle kwe-pug kungenzeka, kodwa kuyize.”
#1 Inja encane ekuqaleni yayivela e-Asia, mhlawumbe iqonde ngqo eMbusweni waseJalimane, lapho yayigcinwa khona njengenja yombusi. Kwakuyilungelo lombusi ukuba ne-pug.
Ngakho-ke, izinja zazinesikhundla esiphakeme phakathi kwama-Asiya. Cishe ngekhulu le-16, okhokho be-pug yanamuhla bathunyelwa eYurophu nge-Dutch East India Company. Ngakho-ke izinja zasakazeka ezindaweni zokucwala abesifazane abahle futhi zavinjelwa kuphela emphakathini omuhle.
#2 Ngemuva kwalokho, ezinye izinhlobo ezincane zathatha izintambo futhi iPug yacishe yashabalala amashumi ambalwa eminyaka.
Kusukela ngo-1918, izinja ziye zabhekwa njengezinja zemfashini futhi ziye zathandwa kakhulu eJalimane nasemhlabeni jikelele kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Inani elikhulu labafuyi libonisa ukuthi inani lama-litters liye landa futhi ukuthandwa akwehli.
#3 Njengoba imvelaphi yomlando isivele isikisela, izinja ziyizidalwa eziziqhenya kakhulu.
Bakhanyisa lokhu kokubili ekubukekeni kwabo kwangaphandle nangesimo sabo. I-pug isazi kahle isikhundla sayo futhi kufanele ifundiswe ukubusa phakathi komnikazi nenja ngesiyalo nomusa.