UMary Allen
Njengezinja ezingabangane ezihlakaniphile nezidlangile, i-Maltese encane, emhlophe qhwa ikhuthaza abathandi bezilwane abaningi. Bangabangane abahle bezilwane kubantu abahlale bethanda ukuba nabangane babo abanemilenze emine eduze futhi abajabulela ukunakekela uboya babo obuthambile obusilika.
Inja encane ehlakaniphile futhi enothando ihlukaniswa ku-FCI Group 9, emele izinja ezingabangane. Lapha amaMalta aseSigabeni 1 sama-Bichon kanye nezinhlobo ezihlobene. I-Bichon isiFulentshi yenja yenja kanti amaMaltese angabameleli abaziwa kakhulu nabadume kakhulu kulesi sigaba.
#1 Uhlobo lwezinja "iMaltese" lungenye yezindala futhi luvela esifundeni saseMedithera.
Kuze kube namuhla akukaqinisekwa ukuthi yavelaphi. Okuwukuphela kwento ecacile ukuthi leli gama alibhekiseli esiqhingini saseMalta, kodwa empeleni lisuselwa egameni elithi "Malat". "I-Malat" yigama lesiSemite elisho ichweba, ngoba izinja ezincane zazihlala emadolobheni amaningi asechwebeni ngaleso sikhathi. Lapho, ayesebenza njengabadobi begundane namagundane ngoba amagundane asheshe aphumelela nomaphi lapho kugcinwa khona izimpahla zomkhumbi. Kodwa kukhona nezinkolelo-mbono ezinquma umsuka wesiqhingi saseMljet neminye imibono engacatshangelwa kangako.
#2 Nokho, okuqinisekile ukuthi kwase kunenja encane emhlophe ezikhathini zasendulo eyayaziwa eGreece naseMbusweni WaseRoma.
Ngaleso sikhathi yayingeyona into ehloniphekile, kodwa inja ebukekayo yayisivele isiyinja ethandwayo ngaleso sikhathi. Kusukela kuRenaissance ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-14, izicukuthwane zabe sezizalela ngamabomu njengenja ehloniphekile nenothando yabesifazane.
#3 Akuyona ize ukuthi abathandi bezinja abaningi bathanda abantu baseMalta, njengoba engumuntu onobungane ngendlela emangalisayo futhi ohlekisayo.
Umngane ophilayo omncane onemilenze emine onothando ngendlela emangalisayo futhi omnene ngesikhathi esifanayo. Ubathanda ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke abantu bakhe. Ngakho-ke inja ekhanyayo nehlakaniphile ihlale ifuna ukuba lapho.