Shio Loves Hot Dogs

We've taken advantage of the long holiday weekend by spending more time with Shio and working on training him during his walks and on his recall. Shibas are notorious for being stubborn fools and chasing after whatever merry whim strikes them, making them inaccessible to obeying simple commands. Shio is one of those fools.

Our solution: Lots of weiners.

Shio is a complete sucker for bite size pieces and we couldn't be happier with the training progress. Now, he will stop in the middle of what he is doing to turn around and run back towards you when you tell him to "come."  Before, he would turn around to look at you, cock his head to one side, ignore you, then resume what he was doing before when you told him to come to you.

Awesome!

Problem at the Park

Recently, when I have gone to the dog-run with Shio, he has not been very willing to play. In fact, he goes straight to the gate, pawing at it asking to be let out...

Ting says that Shio only does this when I go with him... I beg to differ. Look at this expression:

Does that look like a puppy that wants to play?

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, he would just fall sleep anyway. Boy, were we wrong...

Upon our return, we found him loose in the house! He was very excited to see us -- and gave us the "OHMYGODYOUDIDN'TABANDONME!" dance.

Ting searched the house for damage (refer back to Freedom for Shio post), and much to our surprise, there was no trace of wreckage!

Today, we left him alone in the apartment (purposely) for the first time, and he did just fine.

Shio sure is growing up...!

Shio in Long Island

Yesterday we took Shio to his "grandparents'" place in Long Island, where he got to run around in the yard. Whenever we see him run around like this, we realize how much easier raising Shio would be with a house and a lawn...

P.S. I recently purchased the Nikon D5000, and I have been playing with it. So far, I am very happy with it, and the ability to capture video has given me a new medium to explore...

Nintendogs - Shiba & Friends

I'm constantly amazed when young girls comes up to me and asks me if Shio is a Shiba Inu. I always wonder how they know about the Shiba breed. Now, I know.

This was the original version from Japan.  They changed the Shiba & Friends to Labs & Friends in America.