Sekuyiminyaka izazi zibheka ukuthi Border collie Kuyinja ehlakaniphe kakhulu, kepha yavela kanjani le mbono? Kususelwa kuphi ukubeka lolu hlobo phezulu ohlwini? Kule ndatshana sethula imininingwane esisiza ukuba siqonde le mfundiso.
Ukuze sikuqonde konke lokhu, kumele sibuyele emuva ocwaningweni olwenziwa ngo-2009 ngu I-Stanley Coren, isazi se-neuropsychologist kanye noprofesa wesayensi yokusebenza kwengqondo e-University of British Columbia. Imiphumela yabo yaqinisekisa ukuthi ubuhlakani bezinja buyafana nobengane eneminyaka emibili, nokuthi phakathi kwabo, kwakungu Border collie lowo okhombise ukuhlakanipha okukhulu. Ngokwalolu cwaningo, ezinye izinhlobo ziyakwazi ukuhumusha amagama angafinyelela kwangu-200 ahlukene.
Le mpikiswano iqiniswe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngenxa yokunye ukuhlaziywa. Kugqame okwenziwa ngo-2011 ngongoti bezengqondo U-Alliston Reid noJohn Pilley, abavela eWofford College (South Carolina), abasebenza kuyo neBorder Collie wesifazane ogama lakhe linguChaser. Ngokuya ngokuqeqeshwa okude kwansuku zonke, lesi silwane sabona amagama angaphezu kwe-1.000 200, sikwazi ukuhlukanisa imiqondo efana nenyoka, iphiramidi, uvemvane, isilo noma umcamelo. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi irekhodi lalingelikaRico, owesilisa wohlobo olufanayo ovela eMax Planck Institute eJalimane, owayekwazi ukuqonda amagama angama-XNUMX.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi siyathola UChus, wabizwa ngokuthi inja ehlakaniphile kunazo zonke eSpain. Lo Border Collie, okwamanje oneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, uhlala eVillanueva de Castellón (eValencia) nomnikazi wakhe, uJonathan Guillem. Akagcini ngokunakekela umndeni wakhe nsuku zonke, kepha futhi ungumpetha we-Agility yaseSpain. Engaphumuli futhi enothando, ukhombisa ukugxila okukhulu lapho enza izivivinyo zakhe.
Wonke lawa macala ayizibonelo ezinhle zokuthi ubuhlakani obuhambisana neBorder Collie akuyona inganekwane nje. Noma kunjalo akufanele senze kakhulu, ngoba inja ngayinye inezici ezihlukile kungakhathalekile ukuthi izaleluphi uhlobo.