Enye yezindlela ezivame kakhulu ukukhombisa uthando enja yethu ukuyigona. Kodwa-ke, ochwepheshe kudala bathi lesi silwane asiwona umngani omkhulu Ukwangana, ngoba zibenza bazizwe "beboshiwe", okubenza babe nengcindezi nokungakhululeki. Ucwaningo olusanda kwenziwa olwenziwe yi-University of British Columbia (Canada) luchaza ukuthi kungani lokhu kunqatshwa.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule abezindaba benanela ngemiphumela etholwe wucwaningo olwenziwa kuleyo nyuvesi, olushicilelwe kulo magazini Psychology Today. Ithimba lochwepheshe eliholwa uthisha kanye nochwepheshe kwi-canine psychology I-Stanley Coren, wenze ukuhlaziywa okujulile kwezithombe ezingama-250 zabantu abanga izinja, ezitholwe ngeFlickr neGoogle.
Ngokusho kwalaba ngoti, izinja ezingama-82% kulezi zithombe ziveze ukuthinta okuthile okukhombisa lokho bazizwa becasukilenjengokujika ikhanda, ukuvala amehlo kancane, ukukhombisa amazinyo, ukuphonsa izindlebe emuva, ukuzamula noma ukuphakamisa izidladla. Kodwa-ke, izinja eziyi-8% zazibonakala zijabule kanti i-10% zazingenandaba.
UCoren usinikeza impikiswano yesayensi echaza konke lokhu: “Izinja empeleni ziyizilwane ezenzelwe ukugcina ukunyakaza njalo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ezimweni ezicindezelayo noma ezisongelayo, umugqa wokuqala wokuzivikela kubo awusebenzisi amazinyo abo, kodwa amandla akhe okubaleka. Ngokusobala, ukuncisha inja okuwukuphela kwendlela yayo yokuphunyuka ngokuyibamba ngokuyanga kungakhuphula izinga lokucindezeleka kwayo. Uma izinga lokukhathazeka ku-canine lanele, lingaluma ngisho ”, kukhombisa uchwepheshe we-canine psychology.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba isifundo siveza, akuzona zonke izinja ezizwa ukwenqatshwa okufanayo ngokugonwa. Ukuthola ukuthi inja yethu izizwa kanjani ngalesi senzo, kuzofanele sibheke ukuthi ngabe inezimpawu zokungakhululeki ezibalulwe ngenhla. Uma kunjalo, kungcono kakhulu uma sibonisa uthando lwethu ama-caress, ukudla namazwi anomusa.