UMary Allen
I-Keeshonden ijwayele ukudlala kakhulu, inamandla asheshayo kanye nekhono lokugxuma eliqinile. Bayacabanga, bazimisele ukujabulisa, futhi bafunda ngokushesha okukhulu, okusho ukuthi nabo bayashesha ukufunda izinto abantu babo abebengahlosile ukubafundisa zona. Kodwa-ke, i-Keeshonden yenza izinja ezihlakaniphile nezilalelayo. Eqinisweni, evumelana kakhulu nokuqeqeshwa okufanele yilenja ekhanyayo, eqinile kangangokuthi iye yaqeqeshelwa ngokuphumelelayo ukukhonza njengezinja eziqondisa izimpumputhe; ukuntula kwabo usayizi kuphela okuvimbe ukuthi zisetshenziswe kabanzi kule ndima.
Bathanda izingane futhi bayizinja zomndeni ezinhle kakhulu, bancamela ukuba seduze nabantu bazo noma nini lapho kungenzeka. Ngokuvamile bazwana nezinye izinja futhi bazojabulela ukujaha kahle egcekeni. I-Keeshonden ihlakaniphile futhi inozwela futhi ivame ukusetshenziswa njengezinja zokunethezeka. Okuphawuleka kakhulu, okungenani uKeeshond oyedwa, eTikva, wayeseGround Zero kulandela ukuhlasela kwangoSepthemba 11 ukusiza abatakuli. Umhlobo lo uthambekele ekubambeleleni ngokukhethekileko kubanikazi bawo, kakhudlwana kunezinye iinhlobo ezinengi. Uma umnikazi wazo ephumile, noma kwelinye igumbi ngemuva komnyango ovaliwe, angase ahlale, alinde umnikazi wawo ukuba aphinde avele, ngisho noma kukhona abanye abantu eduze. Abaningi baye babizwa ngokuthi “isithunzi somnikazi,” noma “izinja ze-velcro”.
