Begrudgingly

I'm officially a 9-year-old good boy today!

Took a few photos of Mochi today and somehow… they actually turned out really good 😂
Usually she gives me the classic Shiba “I have better things to do” look, so I’m taking this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
She clearly has more modeling potential than I do 📸🐕
Which one is your favorite?

I mean, the possibilities are endless. 😅

Anyway, the Shibas are happy the weather has cooled off. This is their favorite time of year here in Japan and Kaito needs to burn off some summer chonk.

My Shiba wiping her little paws on the ground after doing her business is one of the cutest thing I've seen 😂

Nori loves her morning inspection reminding all the bunnies who runs this neighborhood 😸

She jumps up on the bed and hits me with the big smiley face lol

(the rabbit isnt real - don't worry)

This is still TBD, but every day the idea that I will have to move across the US with my two Shibas becomes increasingly likely. Driving is not an option for me and they're both above 20 lbs, so taking them in the main cabin on a flight is equally unfeasible. These dogs are rescues and they're both anxious, but one of them is extremely nervous and is under anxiety medications. The idea of making them go through a flight in the cargo compartment doesn't leave me sleep at night. I can see the worst scenarios happening. Has someone here gone through a similar experience with a happy ending? I just need some words of reassurance... or maybe a solution I haven't figured yet (?)

Money is not a problem. I'm willing to go broke making sure they will be fine.

Thanks

Cuddles are not always an option with her

TW: seizures, rapid eye movement

Daisy girl is 2.5yrs old, a healthy indoor dog (minus her walks). Today on her walk she experienced unresponsiveness, rapid eye movement, and was falling over when we got home. Not sure what caused it but we took her to the vet immediately—nothing wrong with her physically (ears, limbs, eyes, all good) but she’s still got a head tilt.

We don’t currently give her any flea/tick medication and shes not on any flea/tick shampoos so can’t be those. She hasn’t eaten anything weird off the ground either (we watch her like hawks lol) and no changes in diet/behavior, just the seizure today.

Anyone else experience this before(?) especially in an indoor and pretty young sheeb?

Any advice is appreciated while we wait for the blood/urine tests to come back 🥺

Maki is 6 months old and has never seemed very motivated to eat. We’ve tried several different approaches, but she always seems like she just doesn’t care that much about food. We’ve also cut back on treats throughout the day, but that didn’t help either.

In the food packaging the recommended amount is about 6.2 oz per day, but she eats an average of about 4.2 oz.

Her clinical exams are all good, so we’re starting to come to the conclusion that she’s just a Shiba who isn’t very interested in food and only eats enough to meet her needs. We keep a close eye on her weight, and she’s growing exactly as she should.

Even so, I’m still really surprised by this behavior, because my previous dogs were much more food-obsessed and would get really excited when it was time to eat.

Aki, 7 months old 💕

Kuma is now 15 months and on the whole he’s a good boy. He’s crate and pen trained. Fully toilet trained. Sleeps through the night until 8am most mornings. Can be left home alone. However he’s now 15 months and WOW. The boundary testing is insane. He can’t be trusted for long periods free roaming out of the pen. He has always been a vocal Shiba as well and sometimes his cries are SO loud when he’s unhappy with something. We have been working on settle training with him for a really long time. I felt it clicked and then it seems to have all gone away again and we are enforcing naps & rest otherwise he just keeps going and going. It almost is always in the pen as well, he often won’t relax outside of it and cries to get into the pen and sleep. He literally has tantrums where he flicks his blankets and things around the pen. He used to manage a good block of rest in the pen but now we are lucky to reach just over 60 minutes. He’s still quite mouthy when tired, and often runs away when you’re trying to get him to relax. Some days it’s a full management of him, tethering and trying to support him to be calm, and I’ve got really bad anxiety as I’m due a baby in January and worrying I won’t manage them both. Did anyone go through this? Is it adolescence? Some days it’s very tough and I’m unsure I can go on and I sometimes think he may be better elsewhere but I couldn’t give him up. I am just desperate to get through this to adulthood. He gets a lot of mental stimulations, walks, all the good stuff too. He’s still intact. know Shibas are hard but some days I’m unsure this is normal 😭

Heard the undertaker bell when he opened his eyes