UMary Allen
I-Bull Terrier iwuhlobo olunomlando othokozisayo. Wayevame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-gladiator, kubhekiselwa esikhathini sakhe esidlule sokulwa. Kodwa manje njengoba ukulwa nezinja sekudlulele ekukhohlweni, ubizwa ngokuthi “i-white cavalier”, okusho ukuhlakanipha, inhlonipho, nokuphana - izimfanelo ezenza i-Bull Terrier ibe umnumzane wangempela.
#1 Inja yeBull Terrier yazalelwa eNgilandi.
Ukuvela kwayo kwandulelwa ezinye izigameko emlandweni wezwe. Kuze kube sekuqaleni kwekhulu le-XIX, kwakuthandwa kakhulu ezinkunzini, namabhere, futhi njengoba izinja ezilusayo zazisetshenziswa ama-bulldog asheshayo, angesabi futhi aqinile.
#2 Kodwa umthetho eNgilandi ngo-1835 wavala izenzo ezinjalo ezinonya.
Kodwa, amaNgisi, omele umbukwane, aqala ukuzijwayeza ukulwa nezinja. Ama-bulldogs avele angafaneleki kulolu hlobo lokulwa, obekudinga ukuthi abe bukhali, futhi asheshe asabele ezenzweni zomphikisi - inja efanayo. Abazalanisi babhekane nenselele yokuthola uhlobo olungesabi kodwa olushesha kakhulu.
#3 I-terrier yakhethwa ukuba iwele ne-bulldog, eyanikeza izinja ukuhlakanipha nekhono.
Izinja ezitholakalayo zazibizwa ngokuthi ama-bulldogs nama-terriers. Ukuqhubeka nokuwela lezi zinja nge-terriers kwaholela ezicini ze-bull terrier yesimanje: imilenze ende, ikhanda elinwetshiwe, ne-muzzle ebukhali kunaleyo ye-bulldog. Nakuba izinja zokuqala ze-mestizo azikwazanga ukuziqhayisa ngokubukeka okunjalo, ngoba zazibonakala ngezitho ezigobile futhi zibuyele emuva.