Do you think this dog is a Shiba?
I recently started taking Panda to a doggy daycare, and the owner of the daycare has a Shiba, but it is around 30lbs, so she thinks it might have some Kishu in it. I know that's pretty unlikely . . . its probably just an oversized Shiba.
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Yes, there are some large Shibas among the forum member dogs. Case in point, Sukoshi, who is not exactly a "little bit" as her name implies. In her case it may be because there is some "old Chow" in her background according to the DNA test.
That dog's face doesn't really look that Shiba like to me though. I mean, kind of, but it's just slightly off. Body language looks very Shiba though!
we have the same problem with too big shibas France.
And most judges turn a blind eye...mine is 40cm // 22,5lb but all males in France are othen about 33lb.
they don't like females shiba 15,5lb, they say "too little, not correct", they prefer males=33lb and females=more than 22 (what a shame! )
A male shiba - 39,5lb, 48cm - is used for breeding, and multichampion is 46 cm here. They looks like hokkaidos...and the price has risen !! 1300 € / 1600€ to get a big big shiba is not correct.
Also, they use shibas red with pink nose for reproduction. It's too bad.
you can see the biggest shiba ( the red, not the white, which is another breed ) in Indonesia here : he cames from a breeder. In HK and Indonesia, they're often really big :
http://shiba.over-blog.com/article-taches-bleues-langue-chiens-japonais-primitifs-69008395.html
I don't like the turn of the breed in France. You can just look pics and you'll see some kind of german shephred, not real shibas
http://www.buzzle.com/images/dogs/types/korean-jindo.jpg
http://caninecoalition.com/dog-breeds/Korea-Jindo-Dog
Actually, Jindos do *not* look like big cream Shibas. And the pics on the caninecoalition.com website, which was taken from wikipedia, are not of typical Jindos.
The following are pictures of the white female Jindo that was at the Pet Expo, just in different settings. She has a very good head for her style.
Here are some pictures of some other whites:
I hope you can see that the proportion of the head to the rest of the body is drastically different from Jindo to Shiba.
Plus, in Jindos, the tightly rolled tail or double-curled tail is very frowned upon and is selected against.
Female Jindo against male Shiba:
Male Jindo against male Shiba:
And just for kicks, Shiba, Jindo, and American Akita:
(hope their owners don't mind me outing them in the photo)
Great pics!