UMary Allen
Ubude behlombe: 40 - 43 cm
isisindo: 9.5 - 11 kg
Ubudala: Iminyaka eyi-12 - engama-14
Colour: emnyama, emhlophe, ebomvu, emnyama kanye ne-tan, e-brindle enezimpawu ezimhlophe
Sebenzisa: inja yokuzingela, inja engumngane
The basenji or I-Congo Terrier (Inja yase-Congo) ivela enkabeni ye-Afrika futhi ingeqembu lezinja “zakudala”. Uthathwa njengohlakaniphe kakhulu kodwa unesifiso esikhulu sokuzimela. I-Basenji idinga ukuqashwa okwanele nobuholi obungaguquki. Lolu hlobo lwezinja alufaneleki kangako kwabaqalayo bezinja kanye nabantu abahamba kalula.
Umsuka nomlando
I-Basenji yadabuka e-Afrika emaphakathi, lapho yatholwa khona amaNgisi futhi yakhuliswa njengohlobo lwezinja kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1930s. Iyingxenye yeqembu lezinja ze-primal ngakho-ke ingenye yezinja ezindala kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngokufanayo nezimpisi, ama-Basenji awakhonkothi. Ziziveza ngemisindo emifushane ye-monosyllabic. Imvelaphi ye-Basenjis iphinde icaciswe yiqiniso lokuthi ama-bitches - njengezimpisi - angena ekushiseni kanye kuphela ngonyaka. I-Basenji yayisetshenziswa abomdabu base-Afrika Ephakathi njengenja yokuzingela nokushayela. Ngakho-ke, banomuzwelo wemvelo wokuzingela onamandla kakhulu, nomuzwa omuhle kakhulu wokuhogela futhi bayashesha kakhulu futhi banendawo yonke ngenxa yemizimba yabo ezacile.
ukubukeka
I-Basenji ifana nohlobo lweSpitz. Uboya bayo bufushane kakhulu, bucwebezela futhi bucolekile. Ukubukeka kwayo kunomusa futhi kunhle. Ngokuma kwayo okuntekenteke, imilenze ephakeme ngokuqhathaniswa, nomsila ogoqekile ohlukile, i-Basenji idonsela ukunaka. Uboya bayo bubomvu futhi bumhlophe, bumnyama nomhlophe, noma i-tricolor. Izindlebe ezicijile kanye nemibimbi eminingi emihle esebunzini lakhe nakho kujwayelekile kulolo hlobo.
Nature
I-Basenji iqaphile kodwa ayikhonkothi. Okuvamile ngaye ukukhala kwakhe, ukuphimisela okufana nokugedla. Ukuhlanzeka kwayo kuyaphawuleka, ijazi elifushane kakhulu lidinga ukunakekelwa okuncane futhi alinuki neze. Esimweni somndeni esijwayelekile, i-Basenji inothando kakhulu, iqaphile, futhi ikhuthele. I-Basenjis ijwayele ukugcinelwa abantu abangabazi.
I-Basenjis idinga izivivinyo eziningi kanye nomsebenzi ophusile. Ngenxa yesifiso sabo esinamandla senkululeko, i-Basenjis ithandabuza ukuba ngaphansi. Ngakho-ke imidlalo yezinja ayiyona inketho njengomsebenzi. I-Basenji idinga ukukhuliswa ngothando nangokungaguquguquki futhi idinga ubuholi obucacile. Ngakho-ke i-Basenji ayifanele abaqalayo bezinja.