Ghost spam! *updated 07/01/15*
Hey guys, sorry for the delay with puppy spam. its been pretty hectic lately and i havent had the time to get all the pics into my computer, ive barely been able to look at them. ive named my shikoku pup ghost and here are some pics of him when he was around 8 weeks old. i have a bunch more pics (recent ones too) and ill try to get them up as soon as possible.
ghost is doing well, and im glad that my shiba is learning to at least tolerate him. ive yet to see her play with him but maybe one day?
ive been working with a private trainer once a week and he is learning fast. he seems to have a good prey drive, the first time he saw a bird he was totally focused on it and wanted to grab it. he also goes after small moving objects. if i throw a rock or stick near him he will actually run to it and pounce on it before picking it up.
anyways we just got back from a hunting trip and we are beat. ghost had a blast out there sniffing around in the woods and went bananas over a hare that was shot. he pounced on it immediately and went for the neck then shook it around. he didnt want to give it back!
ill add more to this later and i hope u guys enjoy this first set of pics!
ghost is doing well, and im glad that my shiba is learning to at least tolerate him. ive yet to see her play with him but maybe one day?
ive been working with a private trainer once a week and he is learning fast. he seems to have a good prey drive, the first time he saw a bird he was totally focused on it and wanted to grab it. he also goes after small moving objects. if i throw a rock or stick near him he will actually run to it and pounce on it before picking it up.
anyways we just got back from a hunting trip and we are beat. ghost had a blast out there sniffing around in the woods and went bananas over a hare that was shot. he pounced on it immediately and went for the neck then shook it around. he didnt want to give it back!
ill add more to this later and i hope u guys enjoy this first set of pics!
Comments
Best of luck and thanks again for the puppy spam!
Jesse
Great pics! I really like the one of him standing on his back legs with the toy. He looks like a little bear cub with the way he's standing. Too cute.
I know he is but Ghost is the third dog behind jikjak's Shiba and Akita right?. I was just commenting on the introducing an ornery Shikoku to a Shiba aspect of the thread.
Jesse
ghost is dog #3, i also have emi (shiba, 7 years) and max (akita, 10 years) hes an outside dog and i believe the arthritis is kicking in since he is slower to get up and needs more time to warm up the joints before he can run around. anyways, that being said, he now lives with a friend of mine inside his house which is a much better situation for him. the good thing is that i can see him often and visit pretty much whenever i want. he will be meeting ghost sometime soon and im quite excited for that as he is a very gentle and good natured akita.
question for crimson02, calia and other shikoku and shiba owners, how long did it take for the 2 dogs to actually play with each other and sleep together? also what is the age gap between the 2? i cant wait for the day that emi and ghost actually interact nicely with each other!
I'm hoping that by the time she turns 2, she "gets it" and they both settle in. Granted, my Shiba is a shy dog to begin with...
Jesse
Miyu also had Tikaani to play with, so Tetsu did get some breaks from her rudeness. A lot of the times if Miyu starts to frustrate Tetsu, Tikaani will jump in and literally drag her away (usually by the scruff, leg or tail) so she would have to play with him instead of annoying Tetsu. It really does help giving her options, so she can alternate between who she annoys and not give one dog an aneurysm.
So Beth, are you insinuating I should get a 3rd dog?...oy....(O_O)
Jesse
Also, FWIW, my 2 shikoku do love to lay next to each other, and when she was small, my male would let her climb right into the dog bed or lay her body on top of his. It seems most shiba find that really too intrusive.
I think though that if it were just Miyu and Tetsu, there would be a lot of blood and use of baby gates. If it were just Miyu and Tikaani, there would be no issue as they love playing together and Tikaani is very tolerant of rude behavior. When he doesn't want to play with Miyu, he just goes in his crate which winds up being too tight for both of them.
Jesse
my hands are full right now with ghost but maybe in the future, but should it be another shikoku or perhaps a different breed of nihon-ken?
Have Ghost's ears fully perked already. In some photos it looks like they have. Argos' right ear is nearly fully perked while his left is still half floppy.
Hope your shiba warms up to Ghost without too much more trouble.
he certainly looks darker indoors but u can really see the red on his sides when he is in the sun.
both of his ears pricked up a few days after bringing him home.
on a side note, there was an altercation with the shiba today and she bit ghost on the ear and it actually cut him and drew blood.
he seems fine though, and i put some polysporin on it just in case.
I can't wait to see how Ghost and Argos look a year down the road, how much they change, and how they compare as youths...considering they looked nearly identical at birth.
Been viewing the forum on a mobile lately, had to log in the old fashioned way and check the pics out properly!
Now...that is two of the five pups...what happened to number three that was also a NK forum member...
i also see that he has gotten much darker. a lot of black hairs have sprouted up all of a sudden. i guess his outer coat is starting to grow because it is much coarser hair and nowhere near as soft.
im glad to see that because id like to have as little red as possible! i just weighed him in today at 20lbs.
are the guard hairs the same as his second (outer) coat hairs?
Jesse
Congrats on this beautiful boy
my shiba is a red so their colors are already very different right now.
i cant wait to see how his coat will develop but im liking the direction that its going right now.
the hair right around Ghost's butt is white but the skin there is dark. ill make sure to post a butt shot as well.
hope it doesnt bother you guys.