Ngubani iNja yeWhippet?

I-Whippets zizinja eziphakathi kwaye zifana ngokusondeleyo nenguqulelo encinci yeGreyhound. Nangona kunjalo, ziyinzala eyahlukileyo eneempawu kunye neempawu ezizodwa. Abanini bafuna inja yosapho edlalayo eya kubaleka ngokukhawuleza emva kwebhola epakini, emva koko igoqe esofeni ngenjikalanga ezolileyo, banokufumana iWhippet ibe liqabane eligqibeleleyo.

Imbali yokuzala kunye neMvelaphi

Imifanekiso yezinja efana ne-Whippets okanye i-Greyhounds kwipeyinti yeoli ibuyele kwi-Middle Ages. Nangona kunjalo, iWhippet yanamhlanje inokulandelwa emva kweGreat Britain kwi18^thkwinkulungwane. Ezi zinja ekuqaleni zazifuyelwe ukuzingela kunye nokuleqa imivundla - eyaziwa ngokuba yi-coursing -- yindlela eziphuhlisa ngayo isantya sazo esikhawulezayo. Obu buchule bukhokelele ekubeni olu hlobo lufumane imali isiqhulo 'snap-dog,' kuba bathathe inxaxheba kukhuphiswano olubandakanya ukuxhwila imivundla emininzi kangangoko kwindawo ethile.

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Amanqaku anxulumeneyo

Iimvubu zazingabizi kakhulu ukuzigcina xa zithelekiswa neeGreyhounds ezinkulu, ngoko ke zazibizwa ngokuba 'yiGreyhound yendoda elihlwempu.' Iimvubu zaya eUnited States ngeminyaka yoo-1800, apho zaqhubeka zibaleka kwaye zenza uphawu lwazo njengezinja zokubonisa. I Iklabhu yeKennel yaseMelika (AKC) yaqaphela olu hlobo ngo-1888. Namhlanje, iWhippets iyoyisa kwimiboniso yezinja nakwimisitho yemidlalo.

Iimpawu zeWhippet

Ngelixa iiWhippets zinokubonakala ngathi zincinci Iingwevu , baneempawu ezikhethekileyo zomzimba kunye neempawu zobuntu.

Imbonakalo

Iimvubu zizinja eziphakathi, ezinobunzima obuphakathi kwama-25 nama-40 eeponti ngokomndilili. Izinja eziziimazi zima 18 ukuya 21 intshi ubude egxalabeni, kanti iinkunzi malunga 19 ukuya 22 intshi ubude. Njengoko izilwanyana zamehlo , I-Whippets yabelana ngeempawu ezifanayo kwamanye amalungu eqela. Banomzimba obhityileyo onemilenze ebhityileyo, emide, intamo ende, isifuba esinzulu, kunye nesinqe esithe nkqo. Nangona zibhityile, ezi zinja azibi buthathaka, kwaye zinemizimba ethambileyo.

Iimvubu zinentloko ebhityileyo kunye nempumlo ende. Iindlebe zazo zichazwa 'njengemilo emile,' nto leyo ethetha ukuba zime nkqo kodwa iindlebe zigoqeka emacaleni. Inzala ibambe umsila wayo obhityileyo phantsi. Akuqhelekanga ukuba i-Whippet ibambe umsila phakathi kwemilenze yabo - oku akusoloko kubonisa ukuba bayoyika, kwaye kunokuthetha nje ukuba umsila ukhululekile.

Idyasi yeWhippet imfutshane kwaye igudile. Iza kwiindidi zemibala emininzi, kubandakanywa emnyama, i-fawn, i-brindle, ebomvu, emhlophe, isilivere, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okanye indibaniselwano yemibala, enjengomhlophe nomnyama, omhlophe kunye nohlaza okwesibhakabhaka, omhlophe kunye ne-fawn, okanye omhlophe kunye ne-brindle. Iimpawu ezahlukeneyo zikwabonwa, njengemaski emnyama okanye imiqondiso emhlophe.

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Ubushushu

I-Whippets zizinja ezikhawulezayo nezidlalayo ezinesimilo esonwabileyo. Ezi zinja zinokufikelela kwisantya esiphezulu ngaphandle, kodwa ngaphakathi kwekhaya zivame ukuzola kwaye zikhululekile. Xa iimfuno zabo zomthambo zifezekiswa, baba ngamaqabane anganyanzelisiyo. Nangona zinokuba zikhulu kakhulu ukuba zisebenze njengezinja zokulala, ziya kuphumla ngokukhawuleza kwi-sofa kunye nawe imini yonke. Zinothando kwaye zinyanisekile, iiWhippets zenza ezongezo ezintle kumakhaya amaninzi.

I-Whippets zaziwa ngokuba zithambile ebantwaneni kwaye ziyifanele kakhulu indlela yokuphila yosapho. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yomkhwa wazo wendalo wokusukela amaxhoba, ezi zinja zinokutyekela ekuleqeni izinto ezihambayo, ngoko ke zisenokungenzi kakuhle kwikhaya elineekati okanye izilwanyana zasekhaya ezincinci. Ngokuqhelekileyo zihamba kakuhle nezinye izinja ukuba zihlalisana ngokufanelekileyo.

Iimfuneko Zokuzivocavoca

I-Whippets zizinja zeembaleki ezifuna umthambo omninzi kakhulu. Bafuna ubuncinane imizuzu engama-45 ukuya kuma-60 yokuzivocavoca ngosuku ngalunye. Cwangcisa ukuthatha iWhippet yakho kuhambo lwemihla ngemihla, iyabaleka , ukunyuka, ukudlala ngaphandle kwe-leash, okanye ukubandakanyeka kwimidlalo yezinja ukuzalisekisa ezi mfuno. Ukuba unethemba lokubhalisa kwimidlalo yezinja kunye neWhippet yakho, yazi ukuba ezi zinja ziyagqwesa kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Isantya sabo, i-athletic, kunye nobukrelekrele babo bubavumela ukuba bakhuphisane ukukhwela inqanawa , imidlalo yomdyarho kuquka irali, ubuchule , i-flyball, kunye nenja ye-disc, phakathi kwabanye.

Emva kokuba olu hlobo lolule imilenze yalo emide kwaye lutshise amandla angaphezulu, baya kukwazi ukusnuza kwibhedi imini yonke. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba azisetyenziswanga kakuhle, zinokuba yingozi ekhaya.

Uqeqesho

Ukudibana kwangethuba kwaye uqeqesho lubalulekile kuyo yonke inja, kwaye iWhippet ayifani. Olu hlobo lunokuba nenkohlakalo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba uqeqesho lokuthobela kunye nomyalelo wokukhumbula ubaluleke kakhulu. Ngelixa bezimele kwaye bezithembile, i-Whippets banokuba novelwano, ngoko ke ukuqinisa okuqinisekileyo kuyacetyiswa ngaphezu kokukhalinyelwa okanye ukohlwaywa. Ezi zinja zikrelekrele kakhulu kwaye kufuneka zifunde iindlela zokufundisa ngokukhawuleza ngoqeqesho olungaguquguqukiyo nolwesineke, nangona zisenokungalungeli kubanini bezinja okokuqala.

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Iinkxalabo zempilo

I-Whippets ludidi olusempilweni ngokwentelekiso kwaye lunezifo ezincinci ezizuzwe njengelifa. Ezinye zeemeko eziqhelekileyo ezibonwa kumalungu ohlobo ziquka:

isifo se-mitral valve

ukungaphumeleli kwentliziyo

58 ekhulwini

I-Brainstem auditory ivuselele impendulo

hypothyroidism

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Umsebenzi wobomi

Ubomi obulindelekileyo be-Whippet ngokuqhelekileyo yi-12 ukuya kwi-15 iminyaka. Nangona kunjalo, inja endala eyaziwayo yolu hlobo yayiphila iminyaka engama-21.

Ukuqeqesha

I-Whippets inedyasi egudileyo kwaye imfutshane, kodwa iphalaza kancinci. Ukuphalala kwazo kwenzeka unyaka wonke kungekhona ngexesha elithile lonyaka. Abanini kufuneka bacwangcise ukubrasha i-Whippet yabo ubuncinane kanye ngeveki ukususa iinwele ezikhululekileyo. Oku kuya kugcina ulusu lwabo luvuselelwe kwaye lusempilweni. Unokuzihlamba kanye emva kweenyanga ezintathu okanye njengoko kuyimfuneko ukuba zingcolisiwe. Sukulibala ibrashi yamazinyo yonke imihla kunye nokucheba iinzipho zesiqhelo.

Iinyani ezonwabileyo malunga neWhippet

Isabhokhwe esinxibe ityali yoboya simi ekhephini.

I-Whippet inokubaleka ukuya kuthi ga kwiikhilomitha ezingama-35 ngeyure, nto leyo ephantse ikhawuleze njengeemayile zeGreyhound ezingama-45 ngeyure.
I-Whippet egama linguReas yayibizwa ngokuba yi- Inja ekhawulezayo eMelika ngo-2021.
Ezi zinja azinxibi iijezi ukuze zibe sefashonini nje: Amafutha azo aphantsi athetha ukuba zibanda lula, ngoko ke umaleko unyanzelekile.
Njengoninzi lweeSighthounds, olu hlobo luxhamla kwi- ikhola ye-martingale ebanzi ukukhusela intamo yabo ende kwaye baphephe ukutyibilika.
Ingelosi enkulu ye-canine, u-Annabelle, kwifilimu Zonke Izinja Ziya ezulwini yi-Whippet.

Apho uThenga okanye Wamkele iWhippet

Abantu okanye iintsapho ezilungele ukuzisa iWhippet ekhayeni labo baneendawo ezininzi zokujonga injana egqibeleleyo. I Iklabhu yeWhippet yaseMelika inika abanini banokuba ngabanini uvimba weefayili zokufuya. Ukuze kuqwalaselwe kuluhlu, abafuyi kufuneka babe ngamalungu ombutho, bathobele imigaqo yokuziphatha, kwaye bahlawule umrhumo woluhlu lwabo. Kukho ezininzi iiklabhu zeNgingqi zeWhippet eUnited States enokuthi kananjalo incedise ngokuthumela abafuyi.

Imilinganiselo yasimahla yasekhaya elungileyo

I Indawo yeMarike ye-AKC kananjalo dwelisa iinjana zeWhippet ezifumanekayo ukuze zithengwe. Ukufumana umfuyi onesimilo kunye nonoxanduva ngundoqo ekufumaneni injana esempilweni eza kusebenza njengeqabane lakho kwiminyaka emininzi ezayo. Injana yeWhippet ekhuliswe kakuhle iya kubiza naphi na ukusuka kwi-850 ukuya kwi-1,500 yeedola okanye ngaphezulu.

Kungenjalo, unganqwenela ukuthatha iWhippet ofuna ikhaya. Ukuhlangulwa kweWhippet kunye nokubekwa (WRAP) ngowona mbutho mkhulu weWhippet-specific osebenza ukubeka iiWhippet ezingenamakhaya. Uhlangulo lwe-Sighthound lukwakhona olunokuba nee-Whippets ezikhoyo kunye namanye amalungu eQela leeHound. Ezi ziquka Fast Friends Greyhound Adoption , Greyhound Abahlobo Bomi , kwaye Indawo engcwele yeSighthound .

Ngaba iWhippet Luhlobo Olufanelekileyo Kuwe?

Kusapho okanye umntu onokunikezela ixesha loqeqesho kunye nokusebenzisa iWhippet edlalayo, olu hlobo lunokuba lufanelekile. Abanini abalindelekileyo kufuneka bagqibe uphando ukuze fumana umfuyi onenkathalo . Ngomzimba onamandla, obalekayo kunye nobuntu obudlamkileyo, iWhippet indibaniselwano yeempawu ezininzi ezinqwenelekayo.

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