Is he chewing on that chair arm? LOL That face is priceless.
Jesse
Yes. He moved on to the chair arm after we stopped him from chewing on the table. I think he moved on to bothering chihuahua's after we put a stop to chair chewing
LOL that's hilarious! What a loveable guy. What's the cone for? Was he recently neutered?
yes. The vet said he probably wouldn't need one and would leave the stitches alone, but I guess he didn't read that memo. We should hopefully be getting rid of the cone in a few days, although it has provided some amusement. At least for us
How is his car sickness doing? We're struggling with that with our Shikoku pup right now too. Has Yuki made any progress? I'd love to hear encouraging results, or tips and tricks, if you have any.
How is his car sickness doing? We're struggling with that with our Shikoku pup right now too. Has Yuki made any progress? I'd love to hear encouraging results, or tips and tricks, if you have any.
I wouldn't call him cured, but he seems to be doing much better. We haven't taken him in the car for very long yet (maybe 30 min tops) but he hasn't puked in a while.
Things that may have helped: No crate. I think the sliding around inside the crate made things worse. We have a seatbelt harness for him, but haven't been using it. Not ideal, but it allows him to sit up better and I think this helps; he can see what is going on. We keep all the windows cracked to give him some air.
Since he hasn't puked in a bit he is also less nervous about the car. He used to eyeball it and run past even when we went for walks. We try to take him to fun places so I think that helps; now he ignores the car. Starting out less nervous probably extends the amount of time before he gets sick.
He looks so much like his brother! He is one handsome guy!
Whoa whoa wait a minute... I am just now putting together that Rollo and Yuki are brothers. Wow! They really do look alike. They're both SUCH handsome boys. Yuki is growing up so nicely! I hope he has a good time boarding.
We recently took Yuki down to Crystal Mountain near Mt. Rainier. You can ride the gondola up to the top, hike around and stop by at the mountain top restaurant for some food. They allow dogs on the patio.
This was probably Yuki’s first big adventure. We haven’t taken him too far in the car due to his car sickness. He made it almost an hour into the car ride before he got sick, but was a trooper overall. He seems to be getting better with the car, so hopefully that continues.
He was a little uncertain about the gondola; I had to carry him on, but once in he settled right down.
Hiking around up top was a huge hit. There are ground squirrels and chipmunks everywhere.
He was great at the restaurant. Two other dogs were there and he totally ignored them. That was an unprecedented occurrence. The presence of Timmy and Bill, two very fat and semi tame ground squirrels probably helped. Yuki wanted them in the worst way, but we instituted a strict “no eating anything with a name” policy so he just eyed them longingly.
He was also a big hit with all the people. Everyone wanted to know what kind of dog he was and wanted to pet him. He put up with it all with good grace. He even accepted a stealth pet from a little girl who’s mom had the quote of the day: “I’m not sure that is the kind of dog you pet”. I’m guessing she didn’t like the way he was eyeing the squirrels.
All in all a good day. I’m hoping he continues to improve with the car as there are a lot of places around here I’m sure he would enjoy.
Just got back from a long weekend in the San Juans. Yuki’s first big road trip. He did great. No puking and for the most part was well behaved when we were in town with people and other dogs.
We got the full complement of fox, wolf, dingo, shiba/akita comments, but everyone loved him. Best was the woman who said “He’s Chinese dinner”. I said “excuse me?” as I thought she might be referring to some breed I hadn’t heard of. Nope…”you know in China, they cook and eat dogs? He’s Chinese dinner.” Not sure how to answer that, but I took it as a compliment.
A quick update and a question. Yuki is doing well but has developed a slight limp that appears occasionally. For a week or so he would hold his right rear leg up in the air for a few seconds then back to normal. Now it's occasionally in the morning when he gets up, but it happened more often when it first appeared.
We had him to the vet, and she could not find anything wrong. She put him on and anti-inflamatory and restricted movement. We did what we could but it was fairly fruitless trying to keep him restricted.
I've read through the threads I could find on Shikoku leg pain. Might be pano I suppose, but was wondering if anyone else had experienced anything similar? He doesn't seem to be in any pain when it happens and he moves normally the majority of the time. I'm still mildly concerned as we haven't figured out what it is, and it still happens sporadically.
Hey @yo_eddy, I know @ShikokuSpirit has experienced pano with her Sakura and I also know @Dragonfly has experienced some periods of pano with her male, Kiyoshi.
I have similar issues with my boy and he has seen 3 capable vets in the Seattle area so far to get different opinions and 2 canine massage therapists. His right flank seems to be a bit tender when being checked, but he otherwise acts normal. I have a consult scheduled with an ortho/rehab specialist in a few weeks to be sure that little problems don't turn into big ones.
Got some night vision cameras to try and figure out how rats were getting into my crawlspace. They are driving Yuki insane, but not a bad thing, as that's how I figured out they got in. I did finally figure out where they got in, but Yuki sets the cameras off more than the rats. Here he is out on rat patrol
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Jesse
How is his car sickness doing? We're struggling with that with our Shikoku pup right now too. Has Yuki made any progress? I'd love to hear encouraging results, or tips and tricks, if you have any.
Things that may have helped: No crate. I think the sliding around inside the crate made things worse. We have a seatbelt harness for him, but haven't been using it. Not ideal, but it allows him to sit up better and I think this helps; he can see what is going on. We keep all the windows cracked to give him some air.
Since he hasn't puked in a bit he is also less nervous about the car. He used to eyeball it and run past even when we went for walks. We try to take him to fun places so I think that helps; now he ignores the car. Starting out less nervous probably extends the amount of time before he gets sick.
This was probably Yuki’s first big adventure. We haven’t taken him too far in the car due to his car sickness. He made it almost an hour into the car ride before he got sick, but was a trooper overall. He seems to be getting better with the car, so hopefully that continues.
He was a little uncertain about the gondola; I had to carry him on, but once in he settled right down.
Hiking around up top was a huge hit. There are ground squirrels and chipmunks everywhere.
He was great at the restaurant. Two other dogs were there and he totally ignored them. That was an unprecedented occurrence. The presence of Timmy and Bill, two very fat and semi tame ground squirrels probably helped. Yuki wanted them in the worst way, but we instituted a strict “no eating anything with a name” policy so he just eyed them longingly.
He was also a big hit with all the people. Everyone wanted to know what kind of dog he was and wanted to pet him. He put up with it all with good grace. He even accepted a stealth pet from a little girl who’s mom had the quote of the day: “I’m not sure that is the kind of dog you pet”. I’m guessing she didn’t like the way he was eyeing the squirrels.
All in all a good day. I’m hoping he continues to improve with the car as there are a lot of places around here I’m sure he would enjoy.
We got the full complement of fox, wolf, dingo, shiba/akita comments, but everyone loved him. Best was the woman who said “He’s Chinese dinner”. I said “excuse me?” as I thought she might be referring to some breed I hadn’t heard of. Nope…”you know in China, they cook and eat dogs? He’s Chinese dinner.” Not sure how to answer that, but I took it as a compliment.
We had him to the vet, and she could not find anything wrong. She put him on and anti-inflamatory and restricted movement. We did what we could but it was fairly fruitless trying to keep him restricted.
I've read through the threads I could find on Shikoku leg pain. Might be pano I suppose, but was wondering if anyone else had experienced anything similar? He doesn't seem to be in any pain when it happens and he moves normally the majority of the time. I'm still mildly concerned as we haven't figured out what it is, and it still happens sporadically.
And finally a pic, just because.
I know @ShikokuSpirit has experienced pano with her Sakura and I also know @Dragonfly has experienced some periods of pano with her male, Kiyoshi.
Jesse