El ukukhonkotha kwenja Enye yeendlela abantu abanoboya abazichaza ngayo. Abanye baya kuba ngezimbo zomzimba kunye nezenzo. Ukwazi ukuba zeziphi izinja ezidlulisela kuthi ngokukhonkotha kwazo kunokuba luncedo xa unxibelelana nazo, ngakumbi ukuba sinamava amancinci nezinja. Ukuba oku kuyenzeka, amaxesha amaninzi asizukuyazi into efunwa sisilo-qabane, kwaye siza kuzifumana sizibuza ukuba yintoni engalunganga kuye.
Los ukukhonkotha kwenja Ziye zafundwa ngoogqirha bezilwanyana kunye ne-ethologists, kuba kuxhomekeke kwimeko yakho kunye nento ofuna ukuyibonisa, ezi ziya kwahluka. Ukongeza, kufanele ukuba kukhunjulwe ukuba kukho izinja ezixhalabileyo, ezikhonkotha ngakumbi, kunye nezinye ezingakwenziyo oko, kwaye zizala njengeHusky yaseSiberia enoluhlu olubanzi lokubhomboloza, kangangokuba ngamanye amaxesha phantse iphantse kubonakala ngathi bayathetha nathi.
Ukukhonkotha kwenja xa ithe qwa kwaye yenza ngathi ikhusela indawo yayo kuninzi ezinzima kwaye zihlala ixesha elide. Oku kwenzeka xa bothuswa yingxolo, okanye xa besekhaya kwaye kungena umntu ongaziwayo. Yindlela yokulumkisa into eboyikisayo ukuba bakhona ukuba babaleke. Kungenzeka kwakhona xa sisondela enjeni, kwaye kule meko, ukuba sibona ukuba ikhonkotha ngendlela engathethekiyo kwaye iyagquma, kungcono ukuba umke.
Ukukhonkotha kwezinja ezi ukonwaba okanye uvalo zimfutshane kwaye zibukhali. Ngokwesiqhelo bayakwenza oku ukutsala umdla okanye ukubulisa kwaye babonise ukuba bayakuvuyela ukusibona kwaye babelane ngovuyo olo. Kwelinye icala, izinja ziyakwazi ukukhonkotha ngenxa yokuba nesizungu okanye uxinzelelo. Ezi zinokuphindaphindwa kwaye zikhonkothe ezinde ngamanye amaxesha, kwaye ziphakame kakhulu.
Ngokubanzi, ukukhonkotha kuhlala kuza ikhatshwa zezinye izijekulo kwelakhe icala. Ukwazi indlela yokutolika ezi ntlobo zezinto kwenza ukuhlala nezinja kubengcono.