The story of my Shiba Inu Kongo (3) 

The story of my Shiba Inu Kongo (3) 

Kongo once got lost. 

It was probably when my girlfriend was taking out the trash, she left the door open, and he walked out. When I found him, it was already an hour later. 

I was running wildly on the street, tears welling up in my eyes, and flashing back to the various scenes of the documentary Twelve Nights shot by Giddens. I thought of Kongo rummaging through the trash on the street looking for food, that he was dragged away by fishermen and euthanized, or that he might have escaped to the suburbs and been attacked by other stray dogs. I am a pessimistic person. As I walked, I made all the mental preparations, even thinking of the title of the missing dog notice. I was desperate and ran into walls everywhere on the street, calling all my friends on the phone to help me find the dog. 

As a result, a street vendor selling cable TV saw him running into a church. After Kongo ran out of the house, he entered a church where a wedding was taking place. When he was running around inside, others thought it was a show arrangement and found it interesting. But when Kongo took a dump in the middle of the wedding venue, they realized it was not a prank. 

Several people caught the dog, called the police, and asked the Agriculture and Fisheries Department to take it away. When we arrived at the church, the newlyweds were about to leave, but luckily they didn’t miss it. After learning the whole story, we rushed to the SPCA. On the way, I swore to beat him to death, breaking his legs one by one. 

When I saw him, his expression was like a child who was a little late coming home from school, or he just went to someone else’s house for a meal and came home a little late. I think, if I have a child in the future and lose it, I will feel almost the same. When you see it, you will no longer be angry, and all that is left is gratitude. 

King Kong is very afraid of taking a bath. He has never liked water since he was a child. He used to run away whenever he could, and he thought taking a bath was a punishment. I originally wanted to bathe him to cultivate feelings with him, but later I found that the more I bathed him, the less feelings I had. In addition, I found that the equipment at home was not enough. After bathing, I couldn’t blow dry the dog, so the dog would be damp all day, and the hair was not smooth. Later, I sent it outside for bathing. 

Shiba Inu is a Japanese breed, which is extremely cold-resistant. It is a dog with two layers of hair. It metabolizes a lot of hair every day and needs to be combed frequently, otherwise the hair will fall everywhere. The picture below shows the hair I brushed out when I helped him take a bath. If you are not prepared for raising a dog, please think twice. You are actually raising a sheep. I have seen people raise dogs and then find that they have nasal allergies, and then send the dog away. I want to ask you, what did you do earlier? 

I often travel for business, and my family is not in the same city, so I have to leave the dog at someone else’s house. Once I went to Nepal for a trip during the National Day holiday, and it happened that several friends were not there. I had no choice but to send the dog to a dog hotel in Saigon. The dog hotel was very remote, and I later went to get the dog myself. When King Kong saw me, he trembled all over, and his hair fell off a lot. His condition was very bad. Later, research showed that it was not because the treatment was bad. In fact, because Shiba Inu is small, it is placed in a small kennel, but puppies usually like to bark. Dozens of dogs are in a large dormitory, and there are always one or two dogs barking 24 hours a day. The dogs that are barked probably have neurasthenia, and later they can’t bear to leave, so they never send them away again. When you travel on business, you have to arrange to stay at someone’s home, which is indeed a big challenge. When you raise a dog, you have to be prepared for four or five groups of people to rotate. 

King Kong is not shy. I found that no one would resist when they came to lead the dog. My friend tried to let her mother come to my house to see the dog. After entering the door, she took the dog away directly. The King Kong seemed to be fine and did not resist at all. He would lick and rub against anyone he met on the road. He had no sense of distance at all and was very friendly. I think this style may be related to his good socialization since he was a child. When he was a child, I took him everywhere, spent a long time in the dog park, and got along with all kinds of big and small dogs. Going out to meet people, socializing with people, and meeting strangers, I think this is very important. 

Many people raise dogs thinking that they are raising dolls, not walking the dog, not exercising, and not seeing people. As a result, the dog is easily frightened and does not know how to keep a distance from other people and other dogs. Because they have not had contact or have not had enough contact, they are easily nervous and prone to overreact. I think socialization is the quality that should be cultivated most when you are a child. In this regard, I am very lucky.