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Shio @ 7 months

Shio turned 7 months old yesterday! The single major change that we’ve seen in Shio is his change in willingness to cuddle with us. He used to struggle and jump out of our arms but lately, he’s stays in our arms… that is until he finds an opportunity to escape! Lately, he’s been fascinated with…

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Kumo

I have a 5 month old shiba named Kumo that looks a lot like your Shio! And he did the same thing. I’m used to dogs that loved to cuddle and keep my feet warm so naturally I was disappointed when Kumo preferred his independence over me. In the last few weeks he has started to jump up next to me on his own and snuggle up beside me or lay across my lap for little cat naps. :D yay!

I love the site, by the way, great shots of your adorable shiba and the stories are so shiba :) love it!

Shio Home Alone

While out in Long Island, we left Shio tied to a piano bench in the house alone so that we could go run some errands (and Ting needed to go to Tanger Outlets…). We thought the piano bench was heavy enough, and that given Shio had been running around in the yard for a while,…

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Shio vs. Floor

As part of the aftermath of “Freedom for Shio,” we have noticed he has picked up the habit of chewing on the floor — there are now markings of his teeth on the bamboo floor of our apartment all over… In order to prevent this from happening further during the day when he is in…

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Freedom for Shio

The first thing you see when you walk into our apartment is Shio’s wire crate sitting the living room. You could only imagine my surprise when I opened the door on Friday evening after a long day of work and saw the door wide open with no Shio inside! Where was Shio?!  I took a…

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[...] searched the house for damage (refer back to Freedom for Shio post), and much to our surprise, there was no trace of [...]

[...] part of the aftermath of “Freedom for Shio,” we have noticed he has picked up the habit of chewing on the floor — there are now [...]

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