Ngezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-400 ze-Canis Familiaris yazo zonke izimo ongazicabanga, usayizi, umbala kanye nesimo sengqondo esisungulwe kusukela ngo-1850, ulahlekelwe ukukhetha uma kuziwa ekukhetheni 'umngane wakho omkhulu'.

Ukwehlukahlukana kwezinhlobo zezinja kuyigagasi lobuchopho loMuntu ngokwakhe. Eminyakeni emincane edlule, safuya izimpisi, sazondla futhi sazikhosela ukuze sithole ukwethembeka, ukuvikelwa kanye nosizo ekuzingeleni. Inguquko esuka ku-'Wolf' kuya ku-'Woof' yazuza umfutho lapho amawundlu empisi afuywayo ehlangana phakathi kwawo ukuze akhiqize izinhlobo ezintsha zezinja ezifuywayo.

Izinqubo ezintathu zifaka isandla ekuguqukeni kwezinhlobo zezinja:

• Ukukhetha Okuhlelekile , okubandakanya ukukhetha ngokucophelela izinja ezithile zezici ezizuzwe njengefa njengohlobo lomzimba, izici zejazi, isivinini, ukwelusa, ukuzingela, ukukhuthazela, nosayizi. Lokhu kuholele ekukhiqizeni izinja ezibukeka ngendlela ehlukile kanye namakhono afana neSaluki, i-Basenji, ne-Greyhound.

• Ezemidlalo , isho ukuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo ukuze uklame imidlwane enezici ezingajwayelekile nokubukeka kwangaphandle, njengokungabi nazinwele, ukungabi nasisila noma izitho ezimfushane (isb. i-Dachshund).

• I-Cross Breeding ikhiqiza amafomu amasha ngokuwela izinhlobo ezimbili ezihlukile ngokubukeka noma ukuziphatha, okulandelwa ukuzalanisa okukhethiwe kwenzalo, okuholela ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zofuzo. Inja yezinkomo yase-Australia, i-Doberman Pinscher, kanye neWhippet ziyizibonelo ezimbalwa zokuzalanisa.

Izindinganiso zokukhiqiza zigcina ukubukeka okufanayo kwezinja ezihlanzekile. Uma sezisunguliwe, ukubukeka kwezinja ezihlanzekile ngeke kushintshe kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ngokuphambene, izilwane zasendle zishintshashintsha njalo ngenxa yokushintsha kwezimo zemvelo.

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