Daga cikin ƙananan ƙwayoyin canine waɗanda muke samun abin da ake kira Magellanic Tumaki. Wanda ya fito daga Chile, karnuka ne mai matsakaici wanda yake tsaye don ƙimar ƙarfinsa da yawan gashinsa. Tare da halin fara'a da ƙarfin hali, an yi amfani da shi ko'ina cikin tarihi don kula da garken, kuma yana da ƙa'idar kariya mai ƙarfi. Muna ba ku ƙarin bayani game da wannan dabba.
Asalin garken tumaki na Magellanic ya samo asali ne tun ƙarshen karni na sha tara, kuma yana cikin yankin Magallanes. An yi amannar cewa sun fito ne daga hannun sabbin matsugunan, ta hanyar mutanen da suka yi amfani da wadannan karnukan don kula da garkensu. Da kaɗan kaɗan suka haye tare da samfurin ƙasa na yankin Chile, suna ba da haɓaka tsawon shekaru ga wannan nau'in sha'awar.
An bayyana su da kyawawan dabi'unsu, kasancewarsu matsakaiciyar kare, kunnuwa masu yalwa da yalwar fur. Shin karfi da kuma agile, mai aiki tuƙuru, kuma yana jure yanayin ƙarancin zafi tare da babban juriya. Zai iya yin tafiya na dogon lokaci, kuma yana son motsa jiki a waje.
Kodayake yawanci yakan gabatar da docile da kirki hali, zai iya zama ɗan taurin kai. Yana koyan umarnin biyayya cikin sauki, tunda shi kare ne mai hankali da kwarin gwiwa. Saboda yawan kuzarin da yake da shi, yana buƙatar kyakkyawan aiki na motsa jiki, kodayake baya yawan haifar da matsalolin halayya.
Galibi yana cikin koshin lafiya, amma yana buƙatar kulawa ta musamman saboda yawan gashi. Dole ne goga shi akai-akai don hana kulli yinsa haka kuma a tsaftace shi. Bugu da kari, yana da kyau mu yanke shi lokacin da watannin yanayin zafi ya fara kuma mu kasance masu lura da yiwuwar bugun zafin.
Kamar yadda muka fada a farkon, ba sanannen nau'in duniya bane sosai. A gaskiya, a halin yanzu babu kwafi da yawa, kasancewar har cikin hatsarin halaka. Koyaya, a Chile shi shahararren mai gaskiya ne, har zuwa inda garin Punta Arenas yake da mutum-mutumi wanda aka gina don girmamawarsa, "Tunawa ga garken Tumaki", wanda ke nuni da mahimmancin aikinsa a matsayin mai kiwon garken shanu.