Kungani inja idla yonke into ngenkathi ihamba?

Uyawazi umbhalo. Umdlwane wakho uhamba ngokuzethemba eduze kwakho uphakamise ikhanda. Uyaziqhenya ngendlela asehambe ngayo ekuqeqesheni emasontweni ambalwa nje. Nawe hamba uphakamise ikhanda. Phela, unenja ephelele.

Futhi-ke, kungalesi sikhathi lapho i-leash idonswa ngokuqinile, ikulahlekisele. Lapho uzwa ukudonsa, uyabona ukuthi umdlwane wakho okahle uthole isigaxa sohlobo oluthile lokudla phansi (okungenani uthemba ukuthi kuwukudla!), ezama ukukugwinya ngokushesha okukhulu.

Yebo, uyazibuza ukuthi kungani ezama ukudla yonke into, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokuba agwinye izingcezu ezimbalwa ezingcolile ezingaziwa ukuthi zivelaphi.

Ngakho-ke, ungayimisa kanjani inja yakho ukuthi ingadli udoti osuka phansi ngenkathi uhamba? Nawa amanye amathiphu.

Kungani inja izama ukudla yonke into?

Umnikazi we-Journey Dog Training u-Kayla Fratt uthi kungokwemvelo ukuthi izinja zizame noma zidle noma yini eziyitholayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kubi kangakanani. Izinja zihlafuna indle nemfucuza emanzi ngoba ikuDNA yazo.

“Umdlwane wakho uqondiswa imizwa yawo eyisisekelo ukuze uhlole umhlaba usebenzisa umlomo wawo bese udla noma yini oyitholayo,” kubhala yena engosini yakhe. “Lolu hlobo lokuziphatha aluvamile.”

UFratt uphinde aphawule ukuthi imidlwane eminingi ivele idlule isikhathi lapho ifuna ukuzama konke. Kodwa njengoba ukudla izinto ezingacacile kungaba yingozi enja yakho, kuthukuthelise isisu sakho, noma kuholele ohambweni lokuya kudokotela wezilwane (ingasaphathwa iphunga lomlomo!), kuwufanele umzamo ukuyifundisa ukuba iqhele kulo. lokho akufanele kuwele emlonyeni wakhe.

Ukufundisa umdlwane wakho ukuthi ugxile kuwe

Pho uyimisa kanjani inja ukuthi idle ngaphandle? Isinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile ekusizeni umdlwane wakho ukuthi uyeke ukudla konke okuphambi kwawo uwukwenza ufunde umyalo othi “cha” noma “cha”. USandy Otto, ongumnikazi wesikhungo sokuqeqesha izinja ze-Puppy Preschool, weluleka amakhasimende ukuthi azijwayeze leli khono nomdlwane omusha nsuku zonke.

Le ndlela yokuqeqesha kulula ukuyiqonda ekhaya:

• Bamba into (efana nethoyizi) ngesandla esisodwa.
• Bamba ukwelapha ngemuva komhlane wakho kwesinye isandla (udinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi inja ayiyinuki).
• Vumela umdlwane uhlafune ithoyizi owuphethe, kodwa ungawuyeki.
• Phakamisa umuthi uwubeke emakhaleni ukuze ezwe ukunuka.
• Lapho ekhulula ithoyizi ukuze athole ubumnandi, sebenzisa umyalo ozikhethele wona bese umnikeza ubumnandi.

Lo mkhuba ongaguquki uzofundisa inja yakho ukudedela into lapho unikeza umyalo.

Enye indlela yokusiza umdlwane wakho ukuba uyeke ukuwuphazamisa ngokuphatha. Thatha izibiliboco kanye nawe ekuhambeni, ngosizo lwabo ungathola inja yakho ukuthi ikunake ngokushesha nje lapho uphendukela kuyo.

Ukuphikelela Kwezinqumo

Njengezingane ezincane, izinja zingasebenzisa i-impulse control. UFratt unikeza imibono yokudlala efundisa inja yakho ukuthi "ixhumane" nawe ngaphambi kokulandela ikhala layo kulelo phunga elimnandi eliphansi. Omunye umdlalo awubiza ngokuthi “ukuzikhethela kwakho.”

Lo mdlalo ufundisa inja yakho ukuthi ime futhi iphendukele kuwe ukuze ithole iseluleko lapho ifuna okuthile. Angafundisa inja yakho ukwenza izinqumo ezifanele lapho ilingeka:

• Thatha izibiliboco esandleni sakho wenze isibhakela.
• Yenza inja yakho ihogele, ihlafune, noma ithiqe isandla sakho.
• Ungasivuli isibhakela sakho kuze kube yilapho inja ihlala phansi futhi ilindile.
• Cindezela isandla sakho njengoba efinyelela ekwelapheni. Lapho ehlala phansi futhi elinde umzuzwana noma emibili, beka ukudla okukodwa phansi ukuze adle.
• Khulisa kancane kancane isikhathi phakathi kokuvula isandla sakho kanye nokuphatha ukuze umfundise ukulawula imizwa yakhe.

Sithola ukubekezela

“Nakuba lezi zindlela zingasiza ekunciphiseni ukuthambekela kwenja yakho ekucosheni izinto phansi ngenkathi ihamba, ungamangali uma lawa macebiso engasebenzi ngaso sonke isikhathi,” kusho uFratt. Yiba nesineke futhi ungesabi ukumisa ukuqeqeshwa okunzima bese uzama futhi kusasa.

Uma ucabanga ukuthi imikhuba yokudla kwesilwane esifuywayo ingase ibangelwe okungaphezu nje kokufuna ukwazi, kufanele uthintane nodokotela wakho wezilwane. Nakuba kungavamile, ukuthambekela kwenja yakho ukudla noma yini ekubonayo kungase kubangelwe ukuphazamiseka okubizwa ngokuthi i-geophagy, njengoba kuchazwe kuyi-Wag! iwebhusayithi, kubangela inja yakho ukuthi idle izinto ezingadliwa. Udokotela wakho wezilwane angakusiza ukuthi ubone ukuthi inja yakho ine-geophagy. I-American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) iphinde itusa ukuqapha ezinye izimbangela zokuhlafuna izinto ezingajwayelekile, njengokuphuma kwamazinyo noma ukucindezeleka.

Ngokusebenza nenja yakho ngesineke, udlala imidlalo efundisayo, futhi ugxilise ukunaka komdlwane wakho kuwena (hhayi embotsheni yokudla okungenamsoco), ungayifundisa ukuthi ukuhamba ngezinyawo akusho “ukwamukela i-smorgasbord.”