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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Adult Shiba Inus
Now that Kenji is on the other side of two years old, I can confirm what everyone told me: once your Shiba is an adult, that’s when the true bonding begins. While still an independent soul, Kenji now tends to follow me around the house, choosing to sleep where I sleep. If I’m on the computer, he’ll appear under my chair to clean himself. And if I get home late from work, he...
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Stopping. Stalling. Staring.
Kenji is in one of those stages where he randomly decides that the direction we are traveling in — or the block we are traversing — is not suitable for him.
We have had public stand-offs that have lasted for 10 minutes; the dog will not give in.
I don’t want to drag him, so I ultimately let him make the choice and control the walk: North, South, East or West. The problem is,...
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What Does Your Shiba Inu Hate?
Kenji hates the following 10 things (in no particular order): - blowing plastic bags - skidding cars - manhole covers - garbage day - spicy foods - rain - being picked up - getting anything stuck on the bottom of his paws - if he has any extra poop dangling from his butt - helicopters What does your Shiba hate?
May 2011
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March 2011
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Shiba Inu Coprophobia
Poor Kenji stepped in it tonight…literally. We were out for a dusk-time stroll when he started to convulse like a maniac. After flitting his leg several times, his paw went limp. In cases like this, I grab his paw, remove whatever is under it and he goes about his business. Well tonight it was a big fat juicy turd - lucky us!
After “the incident” Kenji was spooked; weirded...
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February 2011
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