Ungayivikela kanjani inja yakho emakhazeni

Ngezinye izikhathi kwanele ukubheka inja ukuqonda: yenzelwe isimo sezulu esibandayo. Ama-husky aseSiberia, ama-malamute kanye no-St. Bernards abingelela iqhwa nesithwathwa ngokukhonkotha okujabulisayo. Zimbozwe ngoboya obukhulu, obufudumele, obusebenza njengesisusa esihle kakhulu sokushisa semvelo kubo. Kodwa ezinye izinhlobo zezinja ziqala ukuqhaqhazela umcabango nje wokuphumela ngaphandle lapho isiphepho esishisayo sishaya.

Kwezinye izilwane, ubusika abukho nje ukungakhululeki - ubusika bungaba yingozi kuzo. Yingakho lapho izinga lokushisa lehla ngenkathi uhamba nezinja, kusadingeka ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuphepha.

Inja kufanele ihambe isikhathi esingakanani ebusika?

Ukuchayeka kakhulu emakhazeni kungaba yingozi ezinjeni njengoba kunjalo nakubantu. Ukuthi zimbozwe izinwele akusho ukuthi azivikelekile ezifweni nasezingozini ezivame ukuvela lapho kubanda. Ukuchayeka kakhulu emakhazeni kungaba yingozi, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukunciphisa isikhathi sesilwane sakho esifuywayo ngaphandle ngezikhathi ezibandayo zonyaka. Lokhu akusho ukuthi inja yakho akufanele ibe ngaphandle lapho kubanda noma uma kuneqhwa isikhathi eside kunesidingo sokuhlangabezana nezidingo zomzimba. Ngokuvamile, ukubuka inja idlala eqhweni kungenye yezinto ezijabulisa kakhulu umnikazi wayo. Ukudlala izimpi ze-snowball ukuze inja yakho iyibambe kungaba wukuzivocavoca okudingekayo ukuze ehlise isisindo esizuzile ebusika. Kodwa uma uqala ukubanda ngaphandle, isilwane sakho singase sithole amakhaza naso.

Ngisho noma unendawo yokudlala yangaphandle noma indlu yenja egcekeni lakho ayisebenzisayo phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo, khumbula ukumngenisa endlini ngemva kwesikhashana ungaphandle. Ungalokothi ushiye inja yakho ngaphandle ebusuku. Uma ejwayele ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi engaphandle, ungamenzela indawo efudumele egaraji. Uma ehlala isikhathi esithile endlini yakhe yokulala, mnike izingubo zokulala noma amathawula ukuze azithandele futhi awashintshe nsuku zonke njengoba ebanda. Kungase kube usizo ukutshala izibani zokushisisa ukugcina izinga lokushisa elijwayelekile edokodweni.

Akukho lutho olungalungile ngokuthi inja yakho ingaphandle lapho kubanda, kodwa kuyadingeka ukuba uyingenise endlini ngemva kokuba ngaphandle isikhathi eside ukuze ugweme izinkinga zempilo.

Indlela yokuqonda ukuthi inja iyabanda?

Uphawu olusobala kakhulu lokuthi inja iyagodola ukuqhaqhazela, okuyindlela engokwemvelo yomzimba yokukhiqiza ukushisa. Ezinye izimpawu ezivamile zokuthi isilwane esifuywayo siyabanda kakhulu ukungafuni ukuphuma, ukunyakaza okuhamba kancane nokuxakayo okubangelwa amalunga abandayo nemisipha, kanye nokuncipha kokusebenza.

Ezinye izilwane zibekezelela ukubanda okubi kakhulu kunezinye. Iwebhusayithi ye-Chewy ichaza ukuthi amafutha omzimba wenja, usayizi, ubudala, ijazi, nempilo iyonke kuthinta indlela ephatha ngayo amakhaza. Yingakho, isibonelo, ama-Chihuahuas namaGreyhound engakwazi ukumelana nomoya obandayo.

Yini okufanele uyenze uma i-hypothermia?

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi inja ayiqandi. Naphezu kokuba nezinwele, ingaba nezimo ezisongela ukuphila njenge-hypothermia kanye ne-frostbite uma ishiywe emakhazeni isikhathi eside.

Izimpawu ezivamile ze-hypothermia ezinjeni ukuqhaqhazela okukhulu, ukukhathala, kanye nesithwathwa. I-Frostbite ezinjeni ivame ukwenzeka ezindaweni ezisobala njengomsila, amathiphu ezindlebe, isikhumba se-scrotum, nama-paw pads. Ungakwazi ukubona isithwathwa ngokuthi indawo ethintekile iba phaphathekile kakhulu ibe nombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka-omhlophe ngenxa yokuntuleka kokujikeleza kwegazi, kuchaza i-PetMD.

Uma inja yakho ine-hypothermia, kubalulekile ukuthatha isinyathelo ngokushesha ukuvimbela ukugula okubi noma ngisho nokufa. I-PetMD incoma ukwenza okulandelayo:

• Letha inja ekhaya.
• Msonge ngezingubo zokulala ezifudunyezwe i-radiator.
• Xhumana nodokotela wakho wezilwane ukuze ahlole isilwane sakho esifuywayo. Kudingeka uqiniseke ukuthi azikho izinkinga ezingapheli noma ezinye izinkinga, njenge-frostbite.

Yini engingayenza ukuze ngigcine inja yami ipholile ngaphandle?

Uma unenja enezinwele ezimfishane—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iwuhlobo noma ukugunda izinwele—ijezi noma ibhantshi lingayigcina ifudumele, njengoba nje nejazi lingakugcina ufudumele. Ungathola amabhuzu ngama-non-slip soles, njengoba iqhwa neqhwa lingakwazi ukungena phakathi kwama-pads of paws, agcwele i-frostbite. Lapho ubuyela ekhaya, sula iqhwa enja, njengoba ngezinye izikhathi ingaqongelela ejazini. Lokhu kuzomsiza ukuthi afudumale ngokushesha.

Izilwane azizizwa kabi ngaso sonke isikhathi ebusika. Uma ugcina inja yakho ikhululekile esimweni sezulu esibandayo, izokujabulela ukudlala nawe ngisho nasembusweni weqhwa. Manje gijima ukuze udlale amabhola eqhwa nesilwane sakho!