I-spaniel encane iyinhlobo yasendulo yezinja ezincane eziye zaziwa eYurophu kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-12. Lolu hlobo lwaluhlonishwa ezinkantolo zasebukhosini zaseSpain naseFrance, futhi kusukela ngekhulu le-15 laqala ukuvela eNetherlands. Igama lesiYurophu elithi "i-continental spaniel lisho izinhlobo eziningana: i- phalen (enezindlebe ezilenga) ne-papillon (enezindlebe ezifana nevemvane). Izinhlobo zokugcina kubantu zibizwa ngokuthi "inundu" (eYurophu - "butterfly"), futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho "inja-squirrel". Ngendlela, ukuzalwa kwezinja ze-Papillon ngaphandle kokubonakala okukhanyayo nakho kunomlingisi ophansi futhi ohlakaniphile ophezulu. Sekuyiminyaka engama-30 usezingeni lezinja ezihlakaniphile emhlabeni wonke, ephethe indawo ehloniphekile yendawo yesishiyagalolunye lapho. Ngakho-ke, uma ungadingi "ithoyizi elincane", kodwa umngane othembekile nohlakaniphile, khona-ke le nja yiyona oyifunayo!
Incazelo
Le spaniel inesipiliyoni esihle, lapho yonke into ibonakala ivumelana: i-muzzle enhle ihamba phambili, umzimba omfushane omncane nesembatho esicebile. Isici esiyinhloko esihlukanisayo siyizindlebe ezinhle kakhulu. Ukuma kwabo kufana namaphiko avulekile wephevemvane futhi kubonakala kuhlaba umxhwele ngempela.
Isici sePapillon
Lesi yisilwane esinobungane nesiqotho. Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obukhulu, inja idlala kakhulu. Kungabizwa ngokuthi "ingane engunaphakade". Angeke ahlale phansi futhi angaboni lutho ngalokhu okwenzeka kuye. I-Papillon iyakuthanda ukuklabalaza nokufunda isithakazelo emhlabeni ngokuhluka kwayo.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi lolu hlobo lubophezela ngokushesha kumnikazi futhi lubekezelela kakhulu ukushintsha komndeni. Ngakho-ke, uma uhlela ukuthenga inja, kodwa ungaqiniseki ukuthi ungawuzungeza ngokufudumala nokunakekelwa okudingekayo, kungcono ukuthi ungabungozi futhi ukhethe isilwane esicabangelayo. Ama-papillon asengozini kakhulu kangangokuba angagula ngisho nokuhlukunyezwa nokungaqondakali kwengqondo.