Just letting everyone know about the organization my wife and I foster dogs for. It is Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue (MSIR). MSIR saves Shiba Inu's from puppy mills and families that can no longer care for them and we adopt them out to loving families. My wife and I have been fostering dogs for them for a few months and we are always looking for more families to adopt these wonderful dogs. If you know anyone who may be interested please send them to www.shibarescue.org. We are flooded with slightly older dogs from the recent puppy mills that they have been shut down. Here are a couple pictures of our current foster Shiba Inu "Spitfire". She is around 6-7 years old and has had a rough life up until now. She is a very loving dog and needs a good home.
good work man!!! I got my hands full with my Akita.. but my brother my want a dog soon, his scotty is going to pass soon.
Same here or my girlfriend would have taken one of those home already... Soon enough though we should be able to get a dog, and one of these may be an option...
Well just spread the word guys/girls. They just got 40 more dogs and we need to find homes for all of them. They transport them to all over the Midwest so if you have relatives or anything that are interested but live out of state let them know too. And putz, Akitas are awesome. Shiba Inus are just the smallest breed in that line(in case you or someone else wanted to know). And here is a picture of our Shiba. His name is Yoshi and he is two. This is after a heavy session on the drums in Rockband!! And a couple of other fosters we had Emmet(now Mauer) and Jasper playing in our backyard the day we picked them up.
I would say that is a good idea... Though the spunk of the Shiba Inu might complement the Basset Hound well.
haha my buddy has a basset hound and it bit my dog right by his eye when he was a puppy. He's a grumpy old dog and Yoshi was an energetic puppy.
My lyle is a big *****, courtney the corgi is the mean girl, at least to the other dogs. (2 poms) But if i was a dog they would annoy the sht out of me too.
"Yippie" dogs can be annoying. And my wife LOVES Corgi's. She calls them the little Low Rider dogs. What sold me on the Shiba Inu's is that they RARELY bark and are more like cats. Very independent natured but also cuddly when they want to be.
x2... I got 3 craigslist ads emailed to me from my girl throughout the day today asking if we can get a dog. I'm just not ready to make a dog commitment. I thinks its cruel when people think theyre ready and theyre not.
My boss fosters Pugs, they are pretty cool for a small breed. My wife and have considered getting a dog, but we are both gone the same 8-9 hours a day and would hate to have the dog alone that whole time
Yeah it is a big sacrifice to own a dog and there are a lot of people that don't realize that until they get one. It's very sad.
It's fun It's almost like renting dogs but it is really hard to let them go when they get adopted. The first one was the most difficult. We had a 5 month old puppy for around 6 weeks. But when we found the family that we eventually adopted him to it made it much easier. You see the joy that the dog is going to give to that family or person and it makes it much easier. Plus, you know that you are giving these dogs a much better life. We just got a new foster dog on Saturday and we are already loving him. He is about 2 years old and a black and tan shiba. From what I hear, he escaped from his owner two weeks after he got him and was brought to the pound by someone who found him. They contacted the owner who said he didn't want the dog back. This is the kind of thing I am talking about. People need to realize what they are getting themselves into. So my bit of advice to a new potential dog owner is try to dogsit for a family member or friend for a couple of days. See if that works for you and then take it from there.
Here are a couple pictures of our newest foster dog Fitzgerald. Sorry they are bad but he kept looking away right before it took the pictures.
Beautiful dogs. I know nothing of the breed nor their disposition. My girls are 2.5 and 4.5 and starting to beg for a dog....
Once they get used to seeing a cat they are fine with it. We have two cats and they get along after about a week or so of socializing. As far as their disposition, I guess they would be most comparable to a cat. They are very independent but very lovable. They all sleep on the bed with us at night. They also rarely bark which is nice. The main reason we went with this kind of a dog is because they are small so they are fine for apartment dogs(as long as you take them for regular walks or to a dog park to run), they rarely bark, they get along well with other dogs for the most part, and lets face it, they are damn cute!! The downfalls to these dogs are that they are very independent, you aren't going to be able to walk around outside without them on a leash and some you will need to watch so they don't bolt out the door. When we go to the dog park they will run around and do their own thing but they always come back but in a urban setting I would be afraid of them getting hit by a car or chasing off after a squirrel or rabbit and never coming back. If you want to know anything more about them they have a really good write up on them at www.shibarescue.org. Oh, and they do get along well with kids. I have a 9 month old niece and they are all gentle with her even when she was hanging on them and pulling their hair.
these dogs are so cute. My girl and i are thinking about getting a dog. How much does these dogs weigh full grown? Its hard finding a dog that both of us can agree on thats within the Apartment regulations
Our male, yoshi, who is 2 and full grown weighs 34lbs but he is kind of a chunk and the female, spitfire is 6 years old and she weighs 16lbs. They say 32 is about as big as they get but expect 15-40 full weight and about knee height.
Nice! I know my girl likes these dogs and we need something under 35lbs. I might be looking your way in the hopefully near future. We know we are going to adopt some type of dog for sure though.
Bump from the dead, I know, but: Why do people seem to be "dumping" these dogs a lot? I mean if there is a breed-specific adoption site, does that mean that these are given up often? What are this breed's down-sides, if there are any? Do they need a large yard? Lots of food? Special care? Are they difficult to train?
The current economy leaving people jobless, homeless, stressed, hungry...could be one of the reasons dogs are suffering...who knows?
I have a 7 month old Shiba Inu. I absolutely love the dog. They are a stubborn breed, but also very very intelligent. They're a beautiful dog. Just have to have patience
Man, I SOO wish I could have a dog. These kind seem awesome! Hopefully not as headstrong as an American Eskimo we had though. I'll spread the word to my extended families about this.
