I-West Highland White Terrier (Westie)

I-West Highland white terrier, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi "uWestie," iyinja encane, enamandla enobuntu obuthandekayo nobuthandekayo. UWestie uqotho kakhulu futhi uhlakaniphile kodwa futhi unomoya ozimele. Nakuba kunzima kakhulu, i-Westie ayiyona into enhle noma engaphezu kwemisipha.

Ubuntu bukaWestie obuthandayo futhi obuthandayo buyenza umngane omuhle kakhulu. Bobabili abakhuthele futhi abaqhakazile, iWestie ihambisana nezimo ezihlukahlukene futhi ivumelanisa nezimo, okwenza uhlanga lufane kahle kakhulu emakhaya amaningi.

Loluhlobo oluhlanganisiwe lujabule futhi luqotho. Ngokuqeqeshwa okufanele kanye nokuhlelwa komphakathi, amaWesties angahamba kahle nezingane futhi angakwazi ukuhambisana nazo zonke izinhlobo zemindeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu kuzalwa kwezinja ezincane kuvame ukuhlala endaweni yokuhlala .

Ukubukwa kobubele

• Iqembu: Terrier
• Usayizi: Isisindo samakhilogremu angu-13 kuya kwangu-20; ukuphakama kwamasentimitha angu-10 kuya kwangu-11
• Indwangu nombala: Mhlophe, enengubo emibili yobude obuphakathi
• Ukulindela Ukuphila: iminyaka engu-13 kuya kwengu-15

Izimpawu ze-West Highland White Terrier

Umlando we-West Highland White Terrier

I-West Highland white terrier yamatshe esuka ePoltalloch, eScotland futhi ibuyele eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu. Kukholelwa ukuthi wonke ama-terriers aseScotland ayevela emlandweni ofanayo, kuhlanganise ne-Scotties, Cairns, Dandie Dinmonts, naseWesties.

I-Westies yayisetshenziselwa ukuzingela inyamazane kanye nokuhlinzeka ubungane. Ukukhuthazwa kokuzala i-white terrier kuthiwa kuvela kuMalcolm, uLaird wasePoltalloch, owathi i-terrier yakhe ebomvu yayibheke kakhulu njengenkukhu ngesikhathi izingela. Ngemva kwengozi eyingozi, wazimisela ukuzala i-terrier emhlophe.

Kanye eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Poltalloch terrier noma i-Roseneath terrier, lolu hlobo lube se-US kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1900. Kwaqashelwa yi-American Kennel Club (AKC) ngo-1908.

Ukukhangisa kokudla kwezinja ze-Cesar kufaka i-West Highland white terrier, njengoba kunjalo nakuWhisky Black & White Scotch whisky.

Ukunakekelwa kwe-West Highland White Terrier

I-Westie ihlanzekile ngokuphelele ngezinwele ezinde. Ijazi eliphakeme liqinile, liqinile futhi limile ngenkathi i-undercoat ithambile futhi ihle. UWesties udinga ukuzilungisa njalo, ngokuvamile ngesonto onke. Ukushayela noma ukuhlanza ngesandla (ukubhoboza izinwele ezifile) wakho Westie okungenani kanye ngesonto. Ungase ufise ukuba uWestie wakho aqotshwe umkhwenyana ngezikhathi ngezikhathi (ngokujwayelekile njalo emasontweni amane kuya kwamasonto ayisithupha). Ngenhlanhla, amaWesties adle kakhulu. Izihluthulelo zesikhumba njalo nazo zibalulekile ukuze ugcine izinyawo zakho zikaWestie ziphilile futhi zikhululekile.

Njengama-terriers eqiniso, amaWesties anesidingo futhi ahlakaniphile ngokwemvelo. Bangabhekwa njengenjabulo kodwa hhayi amandla amakhulu, ngakho-ke ukuzivocavoca umzimba okulinganisela kufanele kube ngokwanele ukubenza bajabule futhi banempilo. Ukuhamba kwansuku zonke ngokuvamile kukwanele ukufeza izidingo zohlelo lukaWestie. Nokho, zonke izinja zihlukile. Uma ngabe u-Westie wakho ubonakala engenamkhawulo noma enesithukuthezi, uqala ukwenza okuthile, noma abe ngokweqile , kungase kudingeke ukwandise umsebenzi owenzayo.

Kubalulekile ukugcina uWestie ngokuhamba ngezinyawo njengoba benesidingo esikhulu sokudla futhi uzogijima ngemuva kwanoma yini ehambayo. Gcina lokho engqondweni lapho uhlinzeka indawo yangaphandle enezibindi. Ama-Westies agcinwe kangcono endlini lapho ubalekile ekhaya futhi benza kahle ngokuqeqeshwa kwe-crate. Banamandla aphansi ngaphakathi endlini.

Izinsizakalo ngokuvamile zizinja ezihlakaniphile ezijabulela ukufunda nokufisa isakhiwo. I-Westie ihlakaniphile futhi ishukunyiswa, ngakho ukuqeqeshwa okufanele kuzuzisa kakhulu futhi kuyadingeka. UWestie oqeqeshwe kahle futhi ohlanganyelwe kakhulu kungenzeka ukuba agxile kuwe futhi aziphathe kahle ezindaweni zomphakathi (ngakho-ke uzothola ngokwamukelekile).

I-Westies yenza kahle emindenini eminingi yezilwane futhi izovame ukuhambisana kahle nezinye izinja futhi ingavumelaniswa namakati. Kodwa i-Westie izophishekela izilwane ezincane njengama-gerbils nama-guinea izingulube, ngakho-ke uzodinga ukugcina noma yiziphi izilwane ezifuywayo ezihlukene no-Westie.

Uma kuqhathaniswa nezinja ezincane ezincane, uWestie ungcono kakhulu uma uhlala kude nomuzi ngesikhathi sokusebenza ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokwehlukana. Akuzona ngokuvamile inja yempuphu kodwa bafuna ukuqapha indawo nokudlala imidlalo.

Izinsizakalo ngokuvamile zithanda ukumba, okungaba yinkinga engadini yakho nezitshalo ezinamanzi. Ungakwazi ukuqeqesha u-Westie wakho ukuthi angabuni ngokuhlala eqondisa ngokumqondisa kusukela esemncane.

Ukuqhaqhaza kungaba yinkinga njengoba uWestie wakho ekuxwayisa kuwo wonke umuntu odlula futhi ehambisa isikhuthazo. Uma unomdlandla, ungabaqeqesha ukuba uvele ukhawuleze.

Izinkinga Zempilo Ezivamile

Abalimi abanomthwalo wemfanelo bazama ukugcina izindinganiso eziphakeme kakhulu ezenziwe njengamaqembu kennel njenge-AKC. Izinja eziboshwa ngalezi zindinganiso azitholi amathuba okuthola izimo zezempilo. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izinkinga zempilo ezithintekayo zingase zenzeke kuloluhlobo. U-Westie umhlathi, noma i-craniomandibular osteopathy, ibangelwa isakhi esiyingozi futhi iholela ezinkingeni zokufuna nokugwinya. Ezinye izimo ziyakwazi ukuphathwa ngezidakamizwa eziphikisayo kodwa ezinye zinzima futhi zibuhlungu.

Okulandelayo ezinye izimo okufanele wazi:

• Izifo nezinye izinkinga zesikhumba
• Isifo se-Addison (i-hypoadrenocorticism)
• Isifo se-Legg-Calve-Perthes

Ukudla nokudla

Ama-Westies angcono ukudliwa kokubili ngosuku ngosuku oluphelele lwamakhophi angu-1/2 kuya ku-1 1/2 wokudla okumile, kuye ngokuthi usayizi wabo nomlingani womsebenzi. Njalo qinisekisa ukuthi banamanzi ahlanzekile, ahlanzekile okuphuza.

Qinisekisa ukuqapha inja yakho ukuze uzuze isisindo ukuvimbela ukukhuluphala. Ukudla kudinga, kufaka phakathi inani kanye nemvamisa oziphakelayo, kuzoshintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi njengoba bekhula. Sebenzisa nodokotela wakho wezilwane ukuze uhlole uhlelo lokudla lokuzikhethela lwenja yakho.

Ukunyuka kwezinja nokuPhenya okwengeziwe

Njenganoma yiluphi uhlobo, uma ucabanga ukuthi iWest Highland white terrier ilungele wena, qiniseka ukuthi wenza ucwaningo oluningi ngaphambi kokuthola eyodwa. Xoxa nabahlengikazi bezilwane, ochwepheshe bezilwane, abanye abakwaWestie, abalimi abahloniphekile, kanye namaqembu okusiza eWestie ukuze afunde kabanzi.

Uma unesithakazelo ezizalweni ezifanayo, bheka kulokhu ukuqhathanisa izinzuzo nezingozi:

• Amasevisi ase-American Staffordshire
• Izinsizakalo ezingekho emthethweni
• Iziteshi Ze-orkshire

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