Kungani kufanele ulahle ikhola kagesi

Ucwaningo oluvela emhlabeni wonke lufakazela ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwekholomu kagesi (ebuye ibizwe ngokuthi ikhola ye-electric shock, noma i-ESHO) ukuqeqesha inja kwenza umonakalo omkhulu kunokuhle. Yingakho emazweni amaningi le “divayisi” inqatshelwe ngokomthetho. Yini engalungile ngekhola kagesi yezinja?

Esithombeni: inja ekhola kagesi. Isithombe: google

Ngo-2017, abameleli be-European College of Veterinary Clinical Ethology bathi ukusetshenziswa kwekhola kagesi ekuqeqesheni inja akwamukelekile, futhi babeka phambili isiphakamiso sokuvimbela ukudayiswa nokusetshenziswa kwalezi zixhobo kuwo wonke amazwe aseYurophu. Ngo-2018, i-Journal of Veterinary Behavior yashicilela isihloko sikaDkt. Sylvia Masson, esichaza ukuthi kungani kufanele uyeke ukusebenzisa amakholomu kagesi.

Kungani abantu besebenzisa amakholomu kagesi lapho beqeqesha izinja?

Amakholomu kagesi avame ukusetshenziswa ekuqeqesheni izinja njengesijeziso esihle sokuziphatha "okubi". Zibuye zivame ukusetshenziswa njenge-reinforcer engalungile: inja iyashaqeka ize ilalele umyalo womuntu. Amakholomu amaningi kagesi manje anesikhathi esinqunyelwe, ngakho-ke mancane amathuba okuthi asetshenziswe njengokuqiniswa okungalungile.

Isihloko sixoxa ngezinhlobo ezintathu zamakholomu kagesi:

1. I-“Anti-bark”, eyenziwa ngomsindo futhi ishaqisa inja ngokuzenzakalelayo lapho ikhonkotha.
2. Ezicijile zikagesi ezifakwe izinzwa ezingaphansi komhlaba. Lapho inja yeqa umngcele, ikhola ithumela ukushaqeka kukagesi.
3. Amakholomu kagesi alawulwa kude avumela umuntu ukuthi acindezele inkinobho futhi ashaqise inja ekude. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi "i-remote control".

Lesi sihloko sithi abukho ubufakazi obuphathekayo bokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-ESHO kungathethelelwa. Kodwa kunezizathu eziningi zokushiya le mishini. Kunezindlela eziphumelela kakhulu zokuqeqesha, ngesikhathi esifanayo ezingenabungozi kangako.

Iphinde iphakamise ukuthi ukuthengiswa, ukusetshenziswa kanye nokukhangisa kwamakholomu kagesi kuvinjelwe kuwo wonke amazwe aseYurophu.

Kunezizathu ezimbalwa zokuthi kungani abantu beqhubeka nokusebenzisa amakholomu kagesi:

• "Bangitshele ukuthi kuyasebenza."
• “Ngifuna imiphumela esheshayo.”
• "Ngizamile i-ESHO kimi, futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi ayinabungozi" (lokhu akucabangi umehluko phakathi kokuzwela ukushaqeka kukagesi kwenja nomuntu).
• “Ngatshelwa ukuthi ingozi incane uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zokufunda.”
• “Kushibhile kunokuya kumqeqeshi noma kumuntu oziphethe kahle wezinja.”

Nokho, asikho nesisodwa salezi zizathu esingamele sibhekisiswe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwekhola kagesi kuyingozi eqondile enhlalakahleni yesilwane, njengoba sekusungulwe ngaphambilini ezifundweni zezindlela zokuqeqesha eziphikisanayo (ezisekelwe ngobudlova).

Esithombeni: inja ekhola kagesi. Isithombe: google

Kungani ukusetshenziswa kwamakholomu kagesi kungasebenzi?

Abantu abakholelwa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-ESHO ishibhile kunezinsizakalo zochwepheshe bazokhokha kakhulu ukuze kuqedwe umonakalo obangelwe ukushaqeka kukagesi engqondweni yenja. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-ESHO kuholela ezinkingeni zokuziphatha ezinjengolaka, ukwesaba noma ukungabi namandla okufundile. Izinkinga zesikhathi (futhi abanikazi abaningi, ikakhulukazi abangenalwazi, banazo) bandisa isimo futhi bandise ubungozi.

Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwamakholomu kagesi lapho uqeqesha inja kwandisa izinga lokucindezeleka futhi kwenza inja yesabe kakhulu ukuzivocavoca. Inja yakha izinhlangano ezimbi nomqeqeshi, indawo lapho amakilasi eqhutshwa khona, kanye nabantu nezinja eziseduze noma ezidlulayo ngesikhathi sokushaqeka kukagesi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, alukho ucwaningo olulodwa olufakazela ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-ESHO kusebenza kangcono. Ngokuphambene nalokho, izifundo eziningi zinikeza ubufakazi obuqand’ ikhanda bokuthi ukuqiniswa okuhle kuholela emiphumeleni engcono. Ngokwesibonelo, olunye ucwaningo lwabheka ukusetshenziswa kwekholomu kagesi lapho kuqeqeshwa inja ukubiza (isicelo esithandwayo esivela kubanikazi). Kwakungekho nzuzo evela ku-ESHO, kodwa inhlalakahle yezilwane yonakaliswa.

Ngakho-ke, nakuba abantu benikeza izizathu ezihlukahlukene zokusebenzisa ikhola kagesi, abukho ubufakazi bokusekela lezi zinganekwane (ayikho enye indlela yokuzibiza).

Ngeshwa, i-intanethi igcwele ulwazi mayelana nezimangaliso zokushaqeka kukagesi. Futhi abanikazi abaningi abazi ukuthi kukhona, ngokwesibonelo, izindlela ezinjengokuqinisa okuhle.

Nokho, isimo siyashintsha. Amakholomu kagesi asevinjelwe kakade e-Austria, UK, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden nasezingxenyeni ezithile ze-Australia.

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufuna ukusiza inja yakho, ukuyiqeqesha, noma ukulungisa ukuziphatha kwayo, khetha umqeqeshi omuhle osebenzisa ukuqinisa okuhle.

Isithombe: google

Ongafunda mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwamakholomu kagesi ekuqeqesheni inja

Masson, S., de la Vega, S., Gazzano, A., Mariti, C., Pereira, GDG, Halsberghe, C., Leyvraz, AM, McPeake, K. & Schoening, B. (2018). Amadivayisi okuqeqesha ama-elekthronikhi: ingxoxo ngobuhle nebubi bokusetshenziswa kwazo ezinjeni njengesisekelo sesitatimende sesikhundla se-European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE). Ijenali Yokuziphatha Kwezilwane.