Puppies!!!
There are too many cute options, I just don't know what to do!
So, since we did not have any luck with the Shikokus, Greg and I are going to back to the original plan of a Shiba. (I always wanted shiba!) We had to compromise on the color, I'm partial to black/tan, but Greg has his heart set on a sesame. Honestly, it didn't take much convincing for me to see it his way! I am really excited about our puppy options. There are 3 breeders in Japan with Sesame Shiba pups right now, at least that I found, and I love our options so I've stopped the painful (due to language difference) search. Sooooo, here they are!
Female, 2 months-
Male, 8 months. We love him, but we're nervous that he may not have had any training in the 8 months of his life. Who knows what his life has been like. He looks incredibly happy and sweet though!
Females, 2 months.
How am I supposed to choose from this?!?!?! It's impossible! We're going to visit the last 3, they are a 7 hour drive and kinda near each other. So we're going to see the 8mo boy in his habitat and see how he behaves and attempt to learn about him. Then we're going to see the precious baby girls. We are in love with all of them. This is tough!
So, since we did not have any luck with the Shikokus, Greg and I are going to back to the original plan of a Shiba. (I always wanted shiba!) We had to compromise on the color, I'm partial to black/tan, but Greg has his heart set on a sesame. Honestly, it didn't take much convincing for me to see it his way! I am really excited about our puppy options. There are 3 breeders in Japan with Sesame Shiba pups right now, at least that I found, and I love our options so I've stopped the painful (due to language difference) search. Sooooo, here they are!
Female, 2 months-
Male, 8 months. We love him, but we're nervous that he may not have had any training in the 8 months of his life. Who knows what his life has been like. He looks incredibly happy and sweet though!
Females, 2 months.
How am I supposed to choose from this?!?!?! It's impossible! We're going to visit the last 3, they are a 7 hour drive and kinda near each other. So we're going to see the 8mo boy in his habitat and see how he behaves and attempt to learn about him. Then we're going to see the precious baby girls. We are in love with all of them. This is tough!
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Snf
I hope the meeting goes well! Raising adult shibas is (IMO) easier than pups!
decide on your feeling you will know when you see them live... or take all 3 :) !!!!
It would be nice to not deal with puppy stuff. But the concern is that he hasn't had any training and will be hard to train because he's older and set in his ways. I don't know where he is housed, what kind of socialization he's had, if he's even potty trained outside of his kennel, how he's been treated by the humans he's been with...there are a hundred questions. And I can't ask any of them because I don't speak Japanese! Also, I know it would be better introducing a 2 mo old furrball to our cats, they won't feel any threat.
Ohhh what an impossible decision! I think Lisa is right, we'll know when we meet them.
Whichever you decide, don't let the obstacle of an 8-month old "being set in his ways" detract you. We've had people in this forum do such things like change the name of their dog, retrain using positive reinforcers, and most of the dogs were well after the age of 8 months.
Good luck on your trip and happy hunting. I don't think I've ever seen so many different sesame shibas in one thread before. I'm just taking it all in.
Jesse
Good luck with choosing one of the three! I'm sure whichever one you go with, he/she will be a great addition to your family!
I rescued a 4 yr old shiba and they can be trained - it just takes patience.
I do see the point about the cats being a factor but the rest of the training probably can be worked out pretty easily.
Good luck....glad you are thinking about what will work for your particular situation.
Snf
PS: An 8 mo old is still technically a puppy.
The only problem is that he's shy but I blame that on his caretaker. He's well socialized with other dogs because he lived with so many but he has people fear. He must have been handled by too many people. But he's coming around from that too. Meeting the older pup you'll see if he's well socialized. Pros and cons to everything......
Steve
I got my dog as an 8-week old puppy. He was also house-trained within a week, but had a few mistakes along the way (Giardia's a bitch). He's not well socialized to dog or man and also has people fear (initially it was women). He's a medium/low-energy dog that is scared of high energy whether it be dogs or human (excited/angry/happy you name it). Part of it I believe is due to lack of human and dog socialization at an early age (he was the last of his litter to go at 7 weeks and he wasn't sent to me until 8 weeks old) and I believe some part of it is the inherent "meek" behavior of his genetic parents.
Jesse
Loki was 7 months when we adopted him (just a few weeks ago) and he's responded amazingly to his name change and all of the training we've done with him. He learned 'bedtime' (go to your crate, basically) in just one day. He came to us knowing 'go potty' which has made my life so much easier. Keiko who we've had since she was 8 weeks still doesn't respond to 'go potty' or 'bedtime'. She knows what bedtime means, but only decides to go there if she thinks something good is coming ie food. I guess I'm saying that we've actually had better luck training the older pup from the humane society!