Uma uthatha umzalisi ohlakaniphile futhi onokwethenjelwa we-puppy, ungalindela ngokuqiniseka ukuthi inja ayithengise ukuzalwa okuvunyelwene ngakho futhi akukho okumangazayo umnikazi angeke akwenze. Kulesi simo, ungabuyekeza kalula izincwadi futhi uthole ukulinganisa okunembile ukuthi kufanele kuthuthuke kanjani kuneminyaka yobudala. Umbuzo, zingaki iminyaka izinja zikhula, kubaluleke kakhulu kubantu abafika ekhaya bengenalutho. Futhi, abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo banesithakazelo ezinkingeni ezifanayo, eziqhubeka zithola isisindo, ziphenduka "ithole" elincanyana, nakuba abathengisi bemakethe babethembisa ukuthi bathengisa inja encane.
Inja inka nini ukukhula?
Ukwandisa ngokwanele usayizi cishe zonke izinsana kuze kube izinyanga eziyisithupha. Kodwa lapha kubaluleke kakhulu ukuzalwa kwesilwane. Uma i-yorkshire terriers, i-dachshunds, i- pugs ne-pekinese ikhula cishe izinyanga ezingu-8-10, izinja ezinkulu ziyaqhubeka zithola ubuhlungu besisindo ngemuva konyaka. Abelusi baseJalimane noma abaRottweilers bakha umzimba wabo iminyaka emibili. AmaCaucasus yizinja ezinjalo ezikhula ezinyangeni eziyi-12, kodwa le nqubo yokuthuthukiswa ayipheli, kanti omunye umnyaka baqhubeka besondeza. Ezinye izimo ezibalulekile ezithinta kakhulu ukukhula kukhona ukondla, ukwelashwa, ukuqeqesha, izinkinga ezingenzeka ngemuva kokutheleleka noma ukuhlinzwa kwengane.
Izinja zikhula masinyane kangakanani?
Kuze kube izinyanga eziyisithupha imbongi yakho izothuthukisa usayizi cishe izikhathi ezintathu, futhi lapho ishona kuyoba ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili. Ukuthuthukiswa kwamathambo ahlukahlukene kwenzeka ngokusho kwezimo ezahlukene. Ukulinganisa komzimba kuncike emathanjeni amathumba asenza ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala. Ngemuva kwalokho, kuze kube unyaka ubukhulu bokukhula abukali okwamanje, kukhona ukwanda okusebenzayo emathanjeni asezintweni zesifuba senja. Ikhula ngobubanzi (ngokuphawulekayo iba mkhulu kune-sternum). Ekugcineni, umgogodla wesilwane uthola ubukhulu bomuntu oneminyaka engama-2.5-3, ngaphambi kokuba izilwane ezifuywayo zingabhekwa njengabancane.
Uma unesithakazelo esikhulu kulo mbuzo, zingaki izinyanga zikhula, bese sincoma ukuthi uqale incwadi ekhethekile futhi uthathe izinyathelo zokulawula zesilwane sakho. Awukwazi ukulinganisa kuphela nge-tape isilinganiso (ibhande lokubhoboza, ukuphakama ema-withers, njll), kodwa ulinganise i-puppy. Akukaze kube buhlungu ukwazi ukuthi izinja zingakanani. Uhlobo ngalunye luba nezici zalo, futhi uzokwenza ngokushesha ukuphazamiseka okungenzeka uma kwenzeka ukusola kokungathembeki kombelethi.