Shiba Inu Anecdotes (2)
After Xiaoka had been at home for a week and had gotten familiar with the environment, I took it for the first time. After the walk, I just wiped its body with hot water, and it couldn’t take a bath. It safely passed the period when it was prone to catching colds.
It played in the snow for the first time.
After two weeks and three months, I went to the veterinary hospital to check its antibodies. If there was no problem, it could take a bath.
The fur color was so beautiful in the sun.
So far, Shiba Inus love to chew. If you don’t prepare special chewing tools and chew sticks, basically all wooden furniture, books, and straw paper at home will be a tragedy… So at the beginning, plush and chewing toys are never too much for dogs.
My favorite IKEA Lumsey doll at that time also became a target of chewing…
It was about four months old.
When it was about five months old, I found that it would chew its own fur all the time, and then spit out a pool of yellow liquid mixed with fur every day. After going to the hospital for a check-up, I shaved the little Shiba Inu’s hair in a fit of anger… I regretted it very much after shaving it. I read many posts saying that dogs don’t need to shave their hair at all, and I was worried that the hair would not grow out well later. Fortunately, the vomiting problem has disappeared, and the hair has grown back.
Just after shaving, its eyes are still bright and energetic, with an unconscious confidence.
It is inevitable that it needs to be sent to the pet store for foster care when no one is at home. After returning from the foster care at the end of May, it was unfortunately infected with kennel cough. It was heartbreaking to see it coughing in the middle of the night. I went to the hospital and got two shots, and it took more than a week to get better.
It looks like it has just recovered from a serious illness.
It likes to get stuck in various cracks.
Recently, the skin on its toes was broken, and in order to prevent it from licking too much, I had to dress it up as Elizabeth Duckbill Shiba Inu.
About Shiba Inu’s diet: Shiba Inu’s stomach is more prone to discomfort. At the beginning, I followed the kennel’s feeding method (dog food with nutritional powder), but I found that the dog didn’t like it after eating too much, and it was too monotonous. After six months, it started to be paired with canned food, low-salt and sugar-free meals and other complementary foods, and snacks such as biscuits and cheese, and it tasted quite good.
About Shiba Inu’s temper: I chose Shiba Inu because I heard that Shiba Inu has a cat-like personality, but in fact, Xiaoka’s personality is still that of a dog. He likes to be with people. He is very friendly to strangers, cats and dogs. He loves to wag his tail. The older he gets, the more energetic he becomes. Especially at around 10:30 p.m., he will suddenly run around the house… So he can’t be lazy. He walks twice a day for 30 minutes each time. He likes to play catch games with acquaintances, and will bring things he wants you to throw to you (even on his legs)… He will bite you with his teeth when he gets impatient. At this time, you need to teach him a lesson so that he will know the limits next time (I was too soft-hearted before, so I was often attacked).
About Shiba Inu training: There are all kinds of training videos and methods on the Internet. Basically, repeated training with a purpose will be effective. My Xiaoka now listens to “sit down”, “lie down”, “go out to play”, “go home” and “shake hands”, but the premise is that you need to give commands when he is very calm, haha. They will also consciously urinate and defecate on the designated urine pad, but sometimes they will do it randomly when they are too excited or lose their temper (spreading hands).
In short, raising a Shiba Inu can bring a lot of joy and inspiration to life~ At the same time, you can also learn to take responsibility. More Shiba Inu anecdotes will be updated later. Thank you for reading.
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