UMary Allen
Beka ikhanda lakho emoyeni bese uhamba! Izinja zikhala njengezinja zenqaba. Kwakukholelwa ukuthi ukufa kothandekayo kuseduze. Namuhla kunenkinga komakhelwane. Kungani izinja zikhala?
Ubani ongakwazi lokhu: I-ambulensi idlula igijima nenhlabamkhosi ekhalayo, ngokushesha inja endaweni iqala ukukhala kakhulu. Impela akahayizi ngenxa yobuhlungu abuzwayo. Bese ecasha. Ngokuphambene: “Ngokuhewula, izinja zikhuluma lapho zikhona nendlela ezizizwa ngayo, zifuna ukuthintana noma ziqede isizungu,” kuchaza isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo nomqeqeshi wezinja eSt. Gallen uManuela Albrecht.
Amanye amathoni angadakisa kakhulu abangani abanemilenze emine. Akuthina sonke esingakwazi ukuzwa, ngoba izinja zibona imisindo ephakeme ngokuphindwe kabili kunaleyo esiyenzayo. Abangane abanemilenze emine bangezwa ngisho nemisindo efinyelela ku-50,000 Hertz. “Ngezinye izikhathi izinja zikhala ngokukhala kwama-siren noma izinsimbi zomculo. Kukhona ngisho nezandiso ezingenza ifa lofuzo liphile. Izinja ziyakhala ngoba kuzizwa kukuhle kuzo, »kusho u-Albrecht. Lo muzwa omuhle uthanda ukuthatha izici ezihlangene. “Wonke umuntu okhalayo ungoweqembu noma oweqembu.” Lokhu kuqinisa ukubumbana kanye nesakhiwo senhlalo yeqembu. Ochwepheshe bayayibiza ukuze uxhumane no-Howing.
Abanikazi bezinja eziningana ngokuvamile bavunyelwe ukulalela ikhorasi yokukhala. Ngoba ukukhonkotha nokuhhewula kuyathelelana. “Uma umuntu eqala, wonke umuntu kuso sonke isifunda noma eqenjini uzokwenza ngokushesha,” kusho isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo yezilwane. Lokhu kuvame ukundulelwa ukukhala kwe-alamu.
UStefan Kirchhoff wayengumphathi wendawo yokukhosela izilwane futhi wayeyiphini lenhloko yomcwaningi wezimpisi u-Gunther Bloch's "Tuscany Dog Project" yenja elahlekile, lapho ososayensi babheka ukuziphatha kwesikhathi eside kwamaqembu ezinja ezifuywayo eTuscany. Uyakhumbula: “Izinja zaseTuscany zasabela lapho zizwa umsindo wokuqala ekuseni nge-alamu, okwathi cishe njalo izinja ezimbili zaqala ukuhayiza.”
U-Kirchhoff usola ukuthi ukukhala kungenzeka kuwufuzo. Akuzona zonke izinhlobo zezinja ezikhalayo. Izinhlobo ze-Nordic, ikakhulukazi ama-huskies, zithanda ukukhala. Ama-Weimaraners nama-Labradors nawo ayajabula ngokuhhewula okukhulu. Ama-Poodle nama-Eurasiers, ngakolunye uhlangothi, awakwenzi.
Nokho, ukuhhewula kungase futhi kubaluleke kakhulu endaweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinja ziyakhala ukusiza ukuthola amalungu eqembu, ngokusho kukaKirchhoff. Uma inja ihlukaniswa neqembu layo, isebenzisa ukuhhewula ukuze ixhumane nezinye, ezivame ukusabela.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinja ezingaphandle kweqembu bezizokhaliswa ukumaka indawo yazo - ngokwesiqubulo esithi: “Nansi insimu yethu!”
Khala Kunokuba Ume
Iminyaka yobudala inja eqala ngayo ukukhala iyahlukahluka. Abanye baqala ukuhhewula njengemidlwane, abanye kuphela lapho sebeneminyaka embalwa ubudala. I-pitch nayo ingumuntu ngamunye. Nakuba ukuklewula kwezimpisi kuzwakala kuvumelana kakhulu futhi kuvumelana, ukuklabalasa kwezinja ngokuvamile akuthophazi kakhulu ezindlebeni zethu. Ngoba wonke umngane onemilenze emine ukhala ngephimbo lakhe. U-Manuela Albrecht uyiqhathanisa nolimi lwesigodi - inja ngayinye ikhuluma ehlukile.
Uma umngane onemilenze emine ekhala ngokushesha nje lapho inkosi noma inkosikazi iphuma endlini, ukuhhewula akusho ngempela ukukhathazeka ngokwehlukana. UStefan Kirchhoff ucabanga ukuthi izinja zingakhala ngoba zifuna iphakethe lazo libe ndawonye. “Noma bakhala ngesithukuthezi noma lapho behluleka ukuzibamba,” kusho uManuela Albrecht. "Futhi ama-bitches ekushiseni enza abesilisa bakhale."
Uma ngempela kunengxabano nomakhelwane, ukuqeqeshwa kuphela kungasiza. “Inja kufanele ifunde ukuhlala yodwa noma nengxenye yomkhaya wesintu kuphela futhi ikhululeke ngesikhathi esifanayo,” kweluleka umqeqeshi wezinja. Esakhiweni sefulethi ikakhulukazi, kufanelekile ukusungula isignali yokudilizwa kokukhala.
Nokho, u-Albrecht unokunye ukusikisela kokubhekana nokuklabalasa: “Uma ukubheka ngombono wokukhulumisana, thina bantu kufanele sihhewule kanye nezinja zethu kaningi kunokuba sizilungise njalo.”