Shiba Owners Recommendations

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Kaida

Official Shiba- Squirrel Tracker

Barked: Tue Dec 6, '11 10:08pm PST


	My suggestion is to work with a rescue in finding a perfect match that will get along with your little male dog. Rescues are very good at helping families find the dog that gets along well with current pets and family members. Of course I also think that the upbringing, training, personality and confidence of each dog come into play as to how they will get along. A well socialized dog should do well with other dogs if given time to be properly introduced. A lot of times I think people fail with "same sex aggression" is because one they aren't introduced correctly, two the dogs have two different personality types and they "clash" just as some people do, and three the owners aren't educated in how to handle spats and things dogs who are unfamiliar with each other and establishing dominance often have at the start. One of the reasons I suggest rescues is that many of them offer a trial period or let you and your dog meet and greet a few times before you go ahead with adoption. This allows you to see how they are going to react to you, other dogs, and your dog. Many of the fosters are in homes with other pets, and the foster families can tell you how they react in certain situations. If you find shortly that they aren't going to work, the rescues will help you in finding the right dog for you. Where as if you adopt a puppy or younger dog from just anyone, you do not know how it is going to react or behave until its too late, and then you have to worry about dealing with these issues all of the time or finding a new home for the dog. Not to mention rescues are in constant need of help and volunteers as well as adopters because of the number of dogs coming in. If you are really interested in getting a shiba, why not try a foster from one of the rescues closer to you. This way you help a dog in need by fostering until the right family is found, you can see if the shiba is right for you, and you have a network of support available when you do find the dog for you and your family. Some rescues even offer foster to adopt type programs. These are just some options and things to consider. I honestly wish I would have thought to go the rescue route first when we got Kaida, but I wouldn't trade her for anything in this world. However we are fostering and not getting a second dog until the perfect one for us comes into the rescue and needs us as much as we need them.

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Ziggy

1224711

Barked: Thu Dec 29, '11 8:41am PST


	I don't even have my Shiba yet and I'm just happy reading all these posts so i know what to expect! We will see how my little guy reacts to everything! Thank you everyone for posting all the recommendations!

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Tetsuya

I'm a snuggly- boy!

Barked: Sat Apr 7, '12 11:55am PST

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Pearl

1224187

Barked: Sun Apr 15, '12 9:36pm PST


	buy a furminator brush to cut down on shedding, which will happen anyway. buy a martingale collar make friends with other shiba owners. They'll understand. take lots of pictures, shibas are hi-larious.

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Jasmine

Mom's Valentine

Barked: Fri Sep 21, '12 1:28pm PST


	Bumpity Bump, Bump, Bump.

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Rukia

Right. Now let- me tell you- about MY day

Barked: Wed Nov 21, '12 3:00am PST


	We got Rukia when she was going on 2 now she will be 4 mext month. She came from an abusive home and was terrified of everything (excluding the wolfdog she was living with) and had a number of issues. She was only 14 pounds and needed to put some weight on her frame. She had ripped out every bit of undercoat she had that she could reach from a flea allergy. Obviously as Shiba owners know, Rukia came to us with several things that did not have to do with her past: She was opinionated She wanted what she wanted when she wanted it Playtime was "her" time She was right, she was always right, and we just needed to accept that However...we were hooked. Loved that little dog right away. The first day we had her we discovered just how fast she could run...in chicken country. Also, we learned just what SHE thought of peacocks...she could totally take them and she totally would (when SHE felt like it). But as time went on we learned about other things. Like the fact she loved to lick feet and race around the yard (in what I now know is the Shiba 500). I love all her little noises, huffs and gunts and whines and growls. When people look at her funny barking at the fence I just tell them she barks in Japanese. It amazed me at how few people knew what a Shiba was though. I just try and make the explanation simple. "Ancient Japanese Spitz breed. Looks like an Akita but smaller." I do suppose we got lucky with her though. The only thing major we had to worry about with her was that she had never been potty trained. That took a little work since she was almost 2 and was with new people and a new house and she needed to go over inventory in her new kingdom, so it was just NOT in her schedule for awhile for her to learn to do her stuff outside (and forget it if it was raining!). Other than that though, we just kinda let her do what she wanted and then when she came across something we didn't want her doing we just told her so. I have never had to be phisical with her in any way, never yelled at her (muttered under my breath, I will admit to though) and learned that we should never have given her cheese. As another owner said, I do miss cheese. She LOVES the wall furnace and MUST lie in front of it in the mornings after she goes and piddles. After about half an hour we need to be scratched (she lets us know we are done by ignoring us again) and then we will promptly take our little curled tail back to bed. A raw diet fixed her fur up and she is even able to shed now. We take joy in that actually since she sheds less than the hybrid does and because it took so long for her undercoat to recover. And, ah, just so many other things I wish I could remember but can't. I'll just have to stalk to post until I remember.... I must say though, this post has been wonderful for helping me see that when we get a second shiba (a performance one this time) that some of the things she does are normal as a breed goes. It makes me happy to see so many owners having the same issues that did and so many of the same observations too. I look forward to more!

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Saya

I want to play!

Barked: Tue Nov 27, '12 7:55pm PST


	Rukia is a beautiful B&T shiba. I met a red shiba once named Rukia. hehe Yeah the raw diet works well for Saya she loves it too. She has been raw fed for three years soon four. I love shiba inu breed with all their pros and cons. I'm glad she is in a good home now.

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Saki

Her Royal- Higness

Barked: Sat Jan 5, '13 1:15am PST


	Saki is my second Shiba. My first Shiba Scout has become my parent's companion due to their health reasons (helped my father through cancer recovery). Saki, was a resuce because she is a one dog kind of girl. she is also very well educated in manners. No one is allowed in the house with their hats on, and will bark at you until you take it off. She is also Houdini reborn. She has managed to escape our house a total of 7 times since we adopted her, 5 of which were to chase the neighbors cat, the other two times to play her favorite game, You can't catch me. But she always comes home, to my daughters, not me. I love this breed. they are all proud and insanely intelligent, not to mention sarcastic. Anyone that gives a Shiba a good home will always have a best friend waiting on them to arrive, just to be promptly ignored until they are ready to give you attention again. (just like being married)

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Tetsuya

I'm a snuggly- boy!

Barked: Sat Apr 13, '13 12:43pm PST


	Bump!

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04/14/2013

Barked: Sun Apr 14, '13 10:36pm PST


	Sorry, I just had to respond to this: >A lot of times I think people fail with "same sex aggression" is because one >they aren't introduced correctly, two the dogs have two different >personality types and they "clash" just as some people do, and three the >owners aren't educated in how to handle spats and things dogs who are >unfamiliar with each other and establishing dominance often have at the >start. We did absolutely /everything/ to get our female shiba and female corgi to get along. (We wound up with an unexpected corgi just after we got our shiba puppy, so the shiba grew up with the corgi, so it's not like they were unfamiliar.) For years, and I do mean years, starting when the shiba was an adolescent, they would get in the most horrible fights about once a month. We started to call it their 'time' (although both were fixed of course). Everything would be fine, they'd be the best of friends and then something would set them off and they'd be tearing at each other like they were ready to kill one another. I thank thick ruffs and the fact that they usually went for the neck that we never had a permanent injury. However, both my roommate and myself have scars from separating them and getting caught in the crossfire. So yeah. Do not underestimate the same-gender aggression part. Although in the last months of our dear corgi's life, they didn't have a bit of a problem. I often felt that one would snipe, the other would react violently, and then they'd really get into it because neither would back down. When the corgi was nearing her time, she just didn't have the energy to sustain a disagreement anymore. Nine years they lived together, most of the time in harmony, sometime with vicious fights. We will not be getting two dogs that are both same-gender aggressive again. So, we're preparing ourselves for the introduction of our new (male) corgi puppy to our 9 1/2 year old female shiba (who's been doing play-bows with the cat, so we think she's ready for another companion). So, please don't underestimate the power of 'same gender aggressive'. Even if you do everything right, there can still be problems.