Ngokuphikisana nalokho abanye abakukholelwayo, izinja zizizwa zombili imizwa emihle nengakhi, njengabantu. Ukudabuka Ingenye yazo, futhi kungenzeka ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi ukunganakwa kwethu nokungabikho kokuvivinya umzimba. Kulula ukuthola ukuthi isilwane sethu asijabule yini, ngoba lesi simo sengqondo sibonakala ngalezi zimpawu ezilandelayo:
1. Ukuntula ukudla. Kuwuphawu olujwayelekile olukhombisa ukuthi isilwane sizwa ukungaphatheki kahle, kungaba ngenxa yenkinga ethile ngokomzimba noma ngokwengqondo. Ukulahleka kwesifiso kuvame kakhulu enjeni ecindezelekile, okungagcina sekwenqaba ngisho nokudla okumnandi kakhulu kuye. Kodwa-ke, kujwayelekile nokuthi uhlupheke ngokukhathazeka ngokudla, kukhombisa ukulamba ngokweqile.
2. Ukuqwasha noma ukozela. Izinguquko emikhubeni yokulala zingesinye isibonakaliso esihambisana nokungajabuli kwenja. Ngokuvamile, izinja ezikule nkinga zilala amahora amaningi kakhulu, yize ezinye zinovalo futhi ziba nezinga eliphakeme lokukhathazeka.
3. Ukuziphatha okungafaneleki emphakathini. Kungenzeka, inja ayifuni ukuxhumana nabanye abantu noma izilwane. Sizobona ukuthi isuka kude nabo; ingase isabele ngolaka lapho ukhona.
4. Ukunganaki. Inja engajabule ayifuni ukuhamba noma ukudlala, kodwa ukulala noma ukumane ucambeke phansi. Ngokufanayo, angagwema ukuxhumana nathi futhi anqabe ukubonisa kwethu uthando.
5. Ukukhathazeka ngokwehlukana. Ngendlela efanayo engazihlukanisa ngayo, inja nayo kungenzeka ithuthukise ukuthembela okuqinile kithina, kuze kufike lapho ingashiyi uhlangothi lwethu umzuzu.
Ukwenza inja yethu iguqule isimo sayo futhi ithole injabulo akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kwesinye isikhathi ngemuva kwalokhu kuziphatha kufihla inkinga enkulu, ngakho-ke kunconywa ukuthi ufune usizo lwe uchwepheshe kwezemfundo ye-canine. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaqhinga amancane njengokuhamba kaningi, imibukiso yothando noma imidlalo azosisiza kulokhu.