UMary Allen
I-Staffie kulula kakhulu ukuyinakekela. Indlela eyinhloko yokulungisa i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ihlanganisa ukuxubha, ukugunda izinzipho, nokuhlanza izindlebe. Ukuxubha kahle kanye ngesonto kwanele ukwenza okuthile okuhle ngejazi.
Kodwa isibopho phakathi kwenja nomnikazi nakho kuyaqiniswa ngale ndlela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunconywa ukuthi kuhlolwe njalo izinzipho, amazinyo nezindlebe.
Ulwazi: Njengezinye izinja eziningi, i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier inoshintsho lwejazi kabili ngonyaka. Ngemuva kwalokho kufanele uyixube kuphela ukuze ususe izinwele.
Ngenja ehahayo njenge-Staffordshire Bull Terrier, ukudla kulula ukukwakha. Ukudla kwenja okuseqophelweni eliphezulu, kodwa nokudla okwenziwe ekhaya kuzokwanelisa umngane onemilenze emine.
Ukudla okuhle nokudla okufanele nakho kuyasiza ekuvimbeleni izifo. Gwema ukuvumela i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier encengayo etafuleni lesidlo sakusihlwa futhi esikhundleni salokho uzijwayeze ukudla okuyikhwalithi enhle, okutholakala ngokuthengisa.
Qaphela: Kubalulekile ukuvikela amalunga ngesikhathi sokukhula. Ukudla kufanele kuhambisane neminyaka yomdlwane futhi kufanele kuxoxwe nodokotela wezilwane. I-calcium namaprotheni ayizithako okungafanele zishoda ekudleni kwe-Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Kwanele ukondla i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier kanye ngosuku. Isikhathi esihle salokhu kusihlwa futhi ukuze umngane onemilenze emine aphumule ihora ngaphambi nangemva kokudla.
U-Staffie uvamise ukuphila aze abe neminyaka eyi-13. Nokho, ngempilo enhle nokunakekelwa, iminyaka engu-15 akuyona into engacabangeki. Ngokudla okunempilo nokwanele kanye nokuzivocavoca okwanele, ungagcina i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ingakhuluphali.
Okubalulekile: Ukuze ugweme ukuhlukunyezwa kwesisu, akufanele neze ubeke isitsha esigcwele phambi kwe-Staffordshire Bull Terrier futhi uyivumele idle.
Njengezinye izinhlobo zezinja, i-Staffordshire Bull Terrier ine-predisposition yezifo ezithile ezijwayelekile zezinhlobo zayo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa:
- Ukubikezelwa kwezifo zamehlo;
- izifo ezihlangene (i-hip ne-elbow dysplasia);
- i-cataract yofuzo;
- Ukulahlekelwa izinwele;
- Ukuphazamiseka kwe-Neurological kanye nokuphazamiseka kwe-metabolic;
- Ukungezwa;
- I-Follicular dysplasia ezinweleni ezimnyama.
Incazelo: I-Follicular dysplasia yisimo sesikhumba ezinjeni esiyingxenye yofuzo. Lokhu kuholela ekubeni namabala angenaboya ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle kwempande yezinwele. Lokhu kukhiqiza kuphela izinwele ezibuthakathaka eziphuka ngokushesha noma ezingenazo nhlobo izinwele.