UMary Allen
Amasonto ayisishiyagalombili noma ayishumi? Noma ngisho ezinyangeni ezintathu? Isikhathi esihle sokuyeka imidlwane kuseyindaba yokuphikisana. Inja ngayinye encane kufanele icatshangelwe iyodwa, kusho uchwepheshe.
Ukuthi ngamaviki ayisishiyagalombili, ayishumi, ayishumi nambili, noma ayishumi nane - lapho imidlwane kufanele isuke kumfuyi iye ekhaya layo elisha akuxhomekile ohlotsheni noma inhloso yenja. "Izici ezinqumayo zihlanganisa ubukhulu bemfucumfucu, ukuvuthwa kanye nesimo sengqondo somdlwane, izimo zohlaka ezibangelwa uhlelo lokufuya futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ubuntu kanye nesitayela sokukhulisa umama noma umhlengikazi omanzi," kusho uChristina Sigrist we-Behavior and Umnyango Wenhlalakahle Yezilwane we-Swiss Cynological Society (SKG) bese ukhipha Ingxoxo emoyeni oseyili: “Ngeshwa azikho izincomo zengubo yokulala ezinganikezwa.”
Abanye abafuyi bathanda ukubeka imidlwane kusukela eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ubudala. I-Swiss Animal Welfare Act ibanika ukukhanya okuluhlaza: Kule minyaka, imidlwane izimele ngokwenyama kumama wayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, izingane zezinja ezinakekelwa ngobuhlakani ngokuvamile sezikwazile ukwazi izingane ezifunda nazo, umfuyi nomndeni wakhe, izivakashi ezinemilenze emibili nemilenze emine, kanye nezisusa zansuku zonke zemvelo.
Uma i-SKG ibe nendlela yayo, imidlwane kufanele ihlale nomama wayo amasonto ayishumi. “Ayikho into edlula umama onakekelayo, ongokwemvelo, ophile kahle ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo nokukhulela endaweni evikelekile futhi enothile nabantu afunda nabo,” kusho uSigrist. Kukhona ngisho nezincomo ezifanele ezikhuthaza usuku lokulethwa kwakamuva, amasonto ayishumi nambili kuya kwayishumi nane.
Ukuthuthukiswa Kobuchopho Kuthatha Isikhathi Eside
Eqinisweni, lokhu kunezinzuzo: Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umdlwane usuvikeleke kangcono ezifweni ezivamile zezinja ngemva kokuba isivikelo sokugoma sesakhiwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, waba nethuba elanele lokujwayelana nezinhlobonhlobo zezisusa zemvelo futhi ngaleyo ndlela azilungiselele kangcono ukuthuthela emzini wakhe omusha. NgokukaSigrist, izikhathi zokulethwa kamuva zingavunywa ngokutholwe kwakamuva kwe-neurobiology. Isigaba sokuqala, esiyingqayizivele, nesinesikhathi esinqunyelwe sokuthuthukiswa kobuchopho futhi ngaleyo ndlela ukufunda ukuhlalisana kwabantu akufanele kuqedwe ngesonto le-16 lokuphila, njengoba kwakucatshangwa ngaphambili, kodwa kuphela ngeviki lama-20 kuya kwangu-22 lokuphila.
Nokho, umuntu akufanele alinde isikhathi eside kakhulu. “Lapho kamuva umdlwane ubekwa ekukhuleni kwawo, kuba nzima nakakhulu ngawo ukujwayela isimiso esisha,” kusho uSigrist. Ngokukhula kokukhula, isikhathi esisele sokufunda okuzinzile, okusheshayo naso siyehla. Lokhu kudinga umsebenzi wokuxhumana nabantu ojulile futhi ophelele ovela kumnikazi. Ngokusho kuka-Sigrist, kunengozi yokuthi "abazali bezinja" abasha bazowela ekushisekeleni komphakathi okungahambisani nokukhiqiza, bazi ngokubaluleka kwalesi sigaba esifushane, esibaluleke kakhulu.
Uma ufuna ukuthola umdlwane, udokotela wezilwane oziphatha kahle utusa ukwenza ukuhlolwa komuntu ngamunye kwezimo zokukhula ohlelweni lwamanje lokufuya kanye nezimo zekhaya elisha ngaphambi kokubeka usuku lokulethwa. “Uma umdlwane ukhula ngaphansi kwezimo ezimbi, kufanele udluliselwe endaweni enenzuzo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka,” kusho uChristina Sigrist. Uma unezinto ezimbalwa ongakhononda ngazo endaweni okuzungezile, awudingi ukushesha.