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Ukuba ungumnikazi womhlobo onemilenze emine (yeentlobo ze-canine, ubuncinane), mhlawumbi uyazi ukuba ukugijima kuyanceda ngokufanayo. "Ukubaleka nenja yakho kukunika ukukhuthazeka ngakumbi, ixesha lokudibana, kunye nenye into eninokujongana nayo nobabini," utshilo uJt Clough, umqeqeshi kwezamashishini oqeqeshiweyo kwezinja, umqeqeshi we Ironman ozihlandlo ezilithoba, kunye nombhali Isikhokelo soqeqesho se5K: Ukubaleka neenja. Okona kuncinci, "xa kunetha kwaye inja yakho imile apho, ukujija umsila, kuya kukukhuthaza ukuba uhambe njalo." (Ngokuqinisekileyo iyanceda aba bantu badumileyo ukuba bahlale befanelekile: Izilwanyana zasekhaya ezili-11 ezithandekayo eziSebenzayo.)

Ngapha koko, uRover ufuna umthambo: Iipesenti ezingama-53 zezinja zityebe kakhulu, ngokwe-Association of Pet Obesity Prevention. Kwaye, njengabantu, ibeka ii-canines zethu emngciphekweni omkhulu wokugula, kubandakanya nokufa kwangaphambili ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka emibini enesiqingatha. Ingabuchaphazela nobuntu babo: "Imiba emininzi yokuziphatha ivela kukungabikho kokwenza umthambo," uxwayisa uClough.

Njengakubantu, izilwanyana zasekhaya zidinga ukutya okunempilo kunye nedosi efanelekileyo yokuzilolonga ukuze uphile ubomi obude, obunempilo. Kodwa ngelixa sisabelana ngalo mbandela, izinja zineempawu ezahlukeneyo zokomelela komzimba, impilo kunye nesondlo kunabantu. Nazi iingcebiso ezili-9 zobungcali zokugcina i-pooch yakho ikwimo ephezulu ngelixa ugalela ipavumente.

Qwalasela kuqala

Njengabantu, ii-canines kufuneka zibone ugqirha ngaphambi kokuqala nayiphi na indlela yokusebenza. Buza ugqirha wezilwanyana ogxile kunyango lokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kuvavanyo lwe-biomechanical, ngakumbi ukuba ujonge ukufaka iimayile ezinzima, ucebisa uJessica Waldman, ugqirha wezilwanyana, ugqirha wezonyango wokuvuselela imeko, kunye nomphathi wezonyango waseCalifornia. Ugqirha wezilwanyana unokukulumkisa ngazo naziphi na iimeko esele zikho ezinokuchaphazela inja yakho ukuba ihambe umgama, kwaye ikunike ukufudumala, ukupholisa phantsi, kunye nokwelula umdlali wakho onoboya. "Ukuba uzenzela yonke loo nto, kufuneka uyenzele nenja yakho," utshilo uWaldman. (Izinja zisinceda ukuba sihlale sisempilweni! Iindlela ezili-15 eziPhakamileyo eziNdlwana eziPhucula Impilo Yakho.)

Imiba yobudala

Ngaba unenjana? Izinja akufuneki ziqale ukusebenza zide zivalwe iiplati zokukhulisa, "ulumkisa uWaldman. Oko kuthetha ukulinda de i-pup yakho ibe neminyaka emibini ukuya kwemibini ubudala, kuxhomekeke kuhlobo.

Kwelinye icala lesiphelo, izinja ezineminyaka ephakathi kunye nezindala kunokufuna ukuzicothisa. "Ubudala bezinja ngokukhawuleza," utshilo uWaldman. "Unyaka kwinja enkulu yohlobo yiminyaka esixhenxe ukuya kwe-10 ebomini bakho." Ukuqala kwiminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu, yilumkele impilo yenja yakho kunye namanqanaba amandla. Unyaka omnye unokuba ngumahluko phakathi komhlobo onomdla osebenzayo kunye nesifo samathambo okanye iintlungu zomqolo.

Ukuba isilwanyana sakho esidala asikhawulezi ukuphakama kwaye uphume ngomnyango, inokuba lixesha lokucothisa izinto. "Bafumana ukudumba njengathi," utshilo uClough, ocebisa nge-glucosamine kunye neoyile yekhokhonathi ukunciphisa ukudumba. "Kodwa kubalulekile ukuba ungayeki ngokupheleleyo-bagcine behamba." Yenza umsebenzi omfutshane okanye tshintshela ekuhambeni. Umzekelo, u-Weimaraner oneminyaka elithoba ubudala kaClough ubaleka iimayile ezintathu ukuya kwezintlanu ngexesha endaweni yezisibhozo ukuya kwezili-10 azixhoma njengenja encinane.

Cinga ngokuzala kwabo

Ezinye iintlobo zeenja zazalelwa ukuba zibaleke, kodwa ezinye zazingazaliswanga. Uninzi lweentlobo ezinobuso obuthe tyaba ngemiba yokuphefumla, njengee-pugs kunye nee-bulldogs, azenzelwanga ukuba ziimbaleki zokunyamezela, utshilo uWaldman. Kodwa iimbethi manqindi ziimbaleki ezinkulu, utshilo uClough-ngaphandle kwaxa kushushu okanye kufumile ngaphandle. UWaldman ukwalumkisa abanini bezinja ezinomqolo emide, ezinemilenze emifutshane ezifana needachshunds, iibassets, shih-tzus kunye neepoodles ezithile, ezinokuthi zibe nengxaki yomqolo. Kwicala le-flip, iintlobo ezininzi eziphakathi kunye nezikhulu-kodwa ezingekho zinkulu zenza amaqabane amakhulu aqhubayo: ii-collies zemida, ezinye ii-terriers, i-vizslas, i-weimaraners kunye nezikhombisi zaseJamani.

Kodwa okubaluleke ngaphezu kokuzala yimvakalelo yenja yakho kunye neemfuno zomzimba. “Yonke inja idinga umthambo,” utshilo uClough. "Kwizinja ezininzi, ukuziqeqesha ukuba zihambe okanye zibaleke ukuya kwiimayile ezimbini okanye ezintathu kwamkelekile ngokugqibeleleyo." Ke sukuvumela i-DNA yenja yakho ukuba ibe sisizathu sokungayisebenzisi kwaphela. (Kodwa zama enye yeendlela ezi-4 zokuLungela ngeFido engasebenziyo.)

Mncede Afudumale

Njengabantu, inja ejikelezileyo yenza okungakumbi kunokubaleka nje. "Lungiselela imizimba yabo ukuba izilolonge ngokomzimba, njengokuba ubuya kuyilungiselela eyakho," utshilo uWaldman. "Inja yakho ayinakufane yenzakale ukuba uthatha imizuzu embalwa ukufudumeza kwaye wolule izihlunu kunye namalungu." Ucebisa imizuzu eli-10 yokuhamba ngokukhawuleza phambi kokubaleka. Emva koko, zizipholise ngokuhamba kwemizuzu emi-5 ukuya kweli-10.

Kwaye ungalibali uqeqesho lwamandla. "Izilwanyana kufuneka zenze ukomeleza ukongeza kwi-cardio," utshilo uWaldman. Ucebisa ukuhamba kancinci kwisanti enzulu okanye ukucotha, ukunyuka okulawulwayo kuqeqesho lwamandla.

Yakha unyamezelo

Ukuba inja yakho intsha ukubaleka, qala ngemizuzu emihlanu nje, uWaldman ucebisa, kwaye ubuncinane imizuzu eli-15, utsho uClough. "Qinisekisa ukuba awusuki kwaye wenze iimayile ezisixhenxe ngenja engenakho ukomelela," utshilo uClough. "Abantu bacinga ukuba izinja zizalwa zikulungele. Akunjalo. Imizimba yabo kufuneka ivumelane nokuzilolonga njengomntu."

Emva kweveki kwimizuzu emihlanu ukuya kwe-15, yongeza enye imizuzu emihlanu ukuya kwe-10, utshilo uClough. Kodwa hlala uvumela i-pooch yakho ibe ngumkhokeli wakho. "Emva kwemizuzu engama-20 sibaleka, ingaba isilwanyana sakho sinejubane namandla afanayo?" UWaldman uyabuza. Ukuba impendulo nguewe, ungaqhubeka ngokukhuselekileyo. Ukuba akunjalo, ixesha lokuhamba kwaye ubagoduse.

Ngexesha lokubaleka kwakho

Izinja azinako ukusixelela xa zidiniwe, zibuhlungu, okanye zisezintlungwini zokwenyani, ke kuya kufuneka ubalumkele. Kodwa (abona bahlobo) benene bomntu baya kuzityhala ngaphaya kwemida yabo ukuze basikholise. "Kukho izinja eziya kuthi ziqhubeke zidlula kwindawo ebekufanele," utshilo uClough. "Abantu abaninzi banobunzima bokubona ukuba inja yabo inzima."

Ngexesha lokuzilolonga, jonga ngokusondeleyo isantya somntwana wakho, ukuma komsila, ukuphefumla, kunye nokuhamba.“Eyona nto ibalulekileyo nelula ukuyijonga sisantya,” utshilo uWaldman. "Isilwanyana sakho kufuneka sibe secaleni kwakho okanye phambi kwakho ngaphandle kokudibanisa ukususela ekuqaleni ukuya ekupheleni." Ukuba uqala ngasemva, lixesha lokuba ayeke. Wazi njani ukuba kukudinwa hayi ukuzalwa? Isikhundla somsila wenja yakho kunye nokuphefumla kufuneka kufane ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni. "Ukuba umsila uyawa okanye ukuba ukuphefumla kwabo kuphezulu okanye kusebenza ngakumbi, luphawu lokuba basebenza nzima," utshilo uWaldman. Iimpawu ezinzima okanye ezikhawulezayo zokukhawuleza ukuba intliziyo yabo iphezulu kakhulu, utsho uClough. Kwaye ukuba ipal yakho iqala ukukhupha amagwebu emlonyeni, yima kwangoko, ibafunele amanzi, kwaye ubapholise. (Zama ezi Ndlela ziPhezulu ze-7 zokuHlala uHydrated kuMgama omde.)

Ekugqibeleni, utshintsho olukhulu kwi-gait luphawu olulumkisayo lokukhathala, ubuthathaka okanye ukulimala. Ngokuxhomekeke kwisantya, ezininzi izinja ziya kugijima kwi-trot, i-canter, okanye i-gallop-ifana nehashe. Kodwa izinja ezibandezelekileyo zibaleka ngendlela eyaziwa ngokuba yi "pace." "Izilwanyana ezinentlungu okanye ingxaki ziya kuhamba icala elinye lomzimba lihamba kunye," utshilo uWaldman. Ukuba inja yakho ihambisa ngaphambili ekunene kunye nemilenze yangasemva iye phambili ngokudibeneyo ngelixa ilinganisa ngokupheleleyo kwicala lasekhohlo, emva koko utshintshe, lixesha lokuba ume kwaye uhambe.

Nika Ingqalelo kwiZithupha kunye neMozulu

"Sinxiba izihlangu, kodwa azinazo," utsho uClough. (Ufuna ezintsha ngokwakho? Zama enye yezi Zihlangu ze-14 ukuze Ukwenze Ulunge, Ukukhawuleza, kunye ne-Slimmer.) Yiba neentloni malunga neenyawo zenja yakho njengoko umalunga nezihlangu zakho zokugijima. "Jonga iindawo zabo ezibuhlungu," utshilo uClough. Kwimozulu eshushu, khumbula ngakumbi iindawo ezivuthayo zomhlaba. Ngamanye amaxesha abantu abayiqondi indlela eshushu ngayo ipavumente, utshilo uClough, ohlala eMaui. Ucebisa ukuba ujonge umhlaba ngentende yesandla sakho ngaphambi kokuba uxhume uFido. Kwaye kumaxesha abanda kakhulu, sukuyenza ixesha elide ukuba umhlobo wakho onomsindo. "Ukuba baphume ixesha elide kubanda, banokufumana iqabaka," ulumkisa uClough.

Nika ingqalelo ekhethekileyo kubushushu: "Ukufuma yenye yezona zinto zimbi kwizinja, kuba azinamadlala okubila," utsho uClough. "Kungavakalelwa njani ukuba ekuphela kwendawo onokujuluka kuyo lulwimi lwakho, iinyawo zangaphantsi, kunye neentende zezandla zakho?" Uyabuza. Ke khumbula ngakumbi imiqondiso yesilumkiso kwiintsuku ezinesuphu.

Bukela ukukhathazeka okungapheliyo

Kanye njengathi, iimbaleki zezilwanyana ziyonzakala. Kwaye njengathi, iintlungu ezibangelwa kukubaleka kunye neentlungu zinokungakhuli kude kube lusuku olulandelayo. "Ukuba isilwanyana sakho asikunyamezeli ukubaleka, awusoloko ubona iimpawu ngexesha lokubaleka," utshilo uWaldman. "Banokuba namandla aphantsi, batyhafile, okanye badinwe ngosuku olulandelayo." UWaldman ukhuthaza iimbaleki ukuba zingene kunye nenjana yazo ngosuku olusemva kokubaleka. "Inja kufuneka ingoyiki," utshilo, esithi inja ediniweyo inokwenzakala, ngakumbi ukuba ihlala inomdla.

Izifo ezixhaphakileyo kwiimbaleki zenja ziinyembezi ze-ACL ligament kunye nentlungu yomqolo, utshilo uWaldman. Jonga imiqondiso efihlakeleyo yokuqhwalela xa uhamba okanye uncike kwelinye icala xa umile. Kwaye qaphela ukuziphatha kwenja yakho: "Naluphi na utshintsho lokuziphatha luphawu lokuba kukho into engalunganga," kusho uWaldman. "Ukuba isilwanyana sakho silala phantsi endaweni yokulandela indlu, okanye sibaleke siye emnyango kodwa sikhangeleke sithandabuza, basenokuba basentlungwini." (Ungakulibali ukuzolula kwakho! Ezona Ndlela ziPhambili zokuPhepha ukwenzakala ngelixa uQeqeshela iMarathon.)

Ukwanelisa Iimfuno Zabo Zokutya

Xa kufikwa kumba wesondlo kwezemidlalo, izinja zahluke kancinane: Iiprotein zisabalulekile, kodwa zitshisa amanqatha endaweni yeecarbohydrate ukwenza umsebenzi wombane. "Nawuphi na umdlali we-canine ufuna iiprotein ezininzi kunye ne-antioxidants ekudleni kwabo, utshilo uWaldman, oxhasa ukondla inja yakho ukutya okwenyani. I-yam, ibhatata, kunye ne-broccoli ephekiweyo zizinto azithandayo ukudibanisa nenkukhu, intlanzi kunye nezinye iiproteni. "Linda ubuncinci iyure emva kokuba batye ukubathatha ukuba babaleke," utsho uClough. Kwaye ungabavumeli ukuba baphuze isitya samanzi ngaphambi nje kokuba nabo. “Inokubangela ukuqunjelwa,” uyalumkisa.

Nikeza inja yakho ngamanzi rhoqo kwi-15 ukuya kwimizuzu engama-20 ngelixa ubaleka, utshilo uWaldman. Nangona bengabila, bafuna amanzi amaninzi njengathi. Kodwa musa ukwabelana ngesiselo sakho sezemidlalo okanye ijeli kunye neSpot. Izinja aziyifuni i-carbs yokusebenza kunye neziselo zezemidlalo zinokubangela uxinzelelo lwesisu se-canine, ngokutsho kophando kwi Iiklinikhi zoNyango lweZilwanyana zaseMntla Melika: Ukuziqhelanisa nezilwanyana ezincinci. Ngoku, qhagamshela uze uphume phandle-uyakuhlawula nina nobabini!

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