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INyanga yeSizwe yoThintelo lwezilwanyana ezilahlekileyo

Xa ndicinga ngoJulayi, ndicinga ngee-cookouts kunye ne-grilling, i-fireworks, inkululeko kunye neentsana zam ezithandekayo, izinja zam. Ngombulelo, abafana bam abathathu (ewe, ngabantwana bam) aboyiki iziqhushumbisi okanye ingxolo enkulu. (Ndiyazi, ndisikelelwe ngokwenene kwaye ndinombulelo).

Ngazo zonke iziqhushumbisi kunye nezinja, iikati, kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezizoyika ngokwenene, ndiyasiqonda isizathu sokuba uJulayi INyanga yeSizwe yoThintelo lwezilwanyana ezilahlekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyazi ukuba ayizizo kuphela iziqhumane ezinokubangela ukuba isilwanyana esithandekayo silahleke. NdandineWest Highland White Terrier egama linguDuncan kwiminyaka ethile edlulileyo, inja emangalisayo enomoya wokuzama. Ndandithanda ukuhamba naye phantse kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye ndiyaqikelela ukuba wayecinga ukuba angaphuma eyedwa ngamaxesha athile! Ndikhumbula ndiseyinjanana, waphuma kwikhaya lam ledolophu, kwaye andiqinisekanga nokuba wayenza njani loo nto, njengoko ndandidla ngokumkhupha phandle ngentambo ukuze ndiye embizeni! Ewe, ngokuqinisekileyo, wagqiba ekubeni athathe uhambo, kwaye ulahlekile waya!

Elo yayilixesha elibuhlungu, elibuhlungu ebomini bam. Bendingazi ukuba mandithini okanye ndiqale ngaphi ukumkhangela. Ngombulelo, kukho izixhobo ezininzi zokukhusela iintsana zam namhlanje. I-American Humane Society ineengcebiso ezintle zokulandela ukuba isilwanyana sakho silahlekile - cofa Apha ukuzifunda.

Kule mihla, iintsana zam ziphawulwe kunye ne-microchip, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ndinezixhobo ezininzi endiza kubelana ngazo ekupheleni kwale post yebhlog. Owu, kwenzeka ntoni ngoDuncan, uyabuza? Andizange ndikhathazeke, intliziyo yam yaba yethutyana. Kamva ngaloo mini, ndamfumana ejikeleza kwisihlalo esingaphambili kwilori yethu yokulahla inkunkuma! Ndinethamsanqa lokuba uDuncan akazange agilwe nje ngulahlisi, kodwa waqonda usana lwam lwalapho waza waphindela emva ukuze abone ukuba angandifumana na! Ishiye inkumbulo engapheliyo kunye nempembelelo kum eqinisekisa ukuba andikhangeli kuphela amathuba okuhlangula izilwanyana ezilahlekileyo xa ndizifumana (zibize zihlawule phambili), kodwa ukuthatha amanyathelo okhuseleko angaphezulu kunye nesilwanyana ngasinye endiye ndanaso ukususela ngoko. Intliziyo yam iphuma kwabo bazali besilwanyana abangazange bafumane ukubuya koboya babo (okanye i-scaly?) usana. (Ngethemba lokuba izibalo endizifundileyo ziyinyani, kwaye leyo yipesenti encinci kakhulu.)

Ukuba wena okanye umntu omaziyo ufumana isilwanyana sasekhaya esilahlekileyo, nazi ezinye izixhobo zasimahla onokuzisebenzisa: