I-Belgian Shepherd iyinja ephakathi nendawo enomzimba oqinile, onemisipha futhi oshesha.

Izinwele : kuminyene futhi kuqinile ezinhlotsheni ezine. Izinwele ezinde ze-Groenendael kanye ne-Tervueren, izinwele ezimfushane ze-Malinois, izinwele eziqinile ze-Laekenois.

Usayizi (ubude buyabuna): 62 cm ngokwesilinganiso kwabesilisa no-58 cm wabesifazane.

Isisindo : 25-30 kg kwabesilisa kanye 20-25 kg kwabesifazane.

Ukwahlukaniswa kwe-FCI : N ° 15.

Uhlobo lweBelgian Shepherd lwazalwa ekupheleni kwekhulu le-1910, ngesisekelo eBrussels se "Belgian Shepherd Dog Club", ngaphansi kobuholi bukaprofesa wezokwelapha wezilwane u-Adolphe Reul. Wayefuna ukusebenzisa ngokugcwele ukuhlukahluka okukhulu kwezinja ezilusayo ezabe sezihlala endaweni yaseBelgium yanamuhla. Kwachazwa uhlobo olulodwa, olunezinhlobo ezintathu zezinwele futhi ngo-1912 kwase kuvele uhlobo olujwayelekile. Ngo-XNUMX, yayisivele yamukelwe ngokusemthethweni e-United States ngabakwa- I-American kennel club. Namuhla, ukumila kwayo, isimo sayo sengqondo kanye nekhono layo lokusebenza kuvumelana ngazwi linye, kodwa ukuba khona kwezinhlobonhlobo zayo sekuyisikhathi eside kubangele impikiswano, abanye bekhetha ukuyibheka njengezinhlobo ezihlukene.

Amakhono akhe azalwa nawo kanye nokukhetha okuphawulekayo emlandweni wonke kwenze uMalusi waseBelgium waba isilwane esiphilayo, esiqaphile futhi esiqaphile. Ukuqeqeshwa okufanele kuzokwenza le nja ilalele futhi ihlale ilungele ukuvikela inkosi yayo. Ngakho-ke, ungenye yezinja eziyintandokazi zamaphoyisa nomsebenzi wokugada. I-Malinois, ngokwesibonelo, idingeka kakhulu izinkampani zokuvikela / zokuphepha.

Pathologies kanye nezifo inja

Ucwaningo olwenziwe ngo-2004 ngu I-UK Kennel Club wabonisa isikhathi sokuphila seminyaka eyi-12,5 kuMalusi waseBelgium. Ngokusho kocwaningo olufanayo (olubandakanya izinja ezingaphansi kwamakhulu amathathu), imbangela eyinhloko yokufa umdlavuza (23%), unhlangothi kanye nokuguga (13,3% ngayinye). (1)

Ucwaningo lwezilwane olwenziwe nabelusi baseBelgium luvame ukukhombisa ukuthi lolu hlobo alubhekani nezinkinga ezinkulu zempilo. Kodwa-ke, kunezimo eziningana ezivame ukubonwa: i-hypothyroidism, isithuthwane, i-cataract kanye ne-atrophy eqhubekayo ye-retina kanye ne-dysplasia ye-hip kanye nendololwane.

Isithuthwane: Yisona sifo esidala ukukhathazeka kakhulu kwalolu hlobo. i I-Danish Kennel Club yenza ucwaningo ku-1248 Belgian Shepherds (Groenendael kanye ne-Tervueren) ebhaliswe e-Denmark phakathi kukaJanuwari 1995 no-December 2004. Ukusabalala kwesithuthwane kulinganiselwa ku-9,5% kanti isilinganiso seminyaka yokuqala yokuquleka sasiyi-3,3, 2 iminyaka. (XNUMX)

I-hip dysplasia: izifundo I-Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA) kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi lesi simo asivamile eBelgian Shepherd kunezinye izinhlobo zezinja zalolu hlobo. Kuphela u-6% wemalinois ecishe ibe yi-1 ehloliwe ethintekile, kanti ezinye izinhlobo azithintekile kangako. I-OFA ibheka, nokho, ukuthi iqiniso ngokungangabazeki lixubene kakhulu.

Amanqamu ezivame kakhulu kwaBelusi baseBelgium i-lymphosarcoma (izimila zezicubu ze-lymphoid - lymphomas - ezingathinta izitho ezihlukahlukene), i-hemangiosarcoma (izimila ezikhula zisuka kumangqamuzana e-vascular), kanye ne-osteosarcoma (umdlavuza wamathambo) .

I-Belgian Shepherd - futhi ikakhulukazi i-Malinois - isabela ngamandla ekuvuseleleni okuncane, ekwazi ukukhombisa ukwethuka kanye nolaka kumuntu angamazi. Ngakho-ke imfundo yayo kufanele ibe ngaphambi kwesikhathi futhi ibe qinile, kodwa ngaphandle kobudlova noma ukungabi nabulungisa, okungase kukhungathekise lesi silwane esizwela ngokweqile. Ingabe kuyasiza ukuveza ukuthi le nja esebenzayo, ehlala ilungele ukusiza, ayenzelwanga ukuphila kokungenzi lutho kwefulethi?