Three Months and Counting , Let's Be Positive.
I brought Tosca home exactly three months ago today. Yes, I have spent 1/4 of a year in the company of an absolutely wonderful shiba inu. My parents love her, but this is about Tosca and me. I think I've been rather negative about her in my last several post and I feel sort of bad about possibly misrepresenting her. Slander is a crime after all. I'm the one that's been having the issues these past few weeks, so I'm setting the record straight.
I've never had a dog that fit so well with my personality. Even though she can be a pest, she and I are definitely a good match. I never thought I wanted to deal with a lot of shiba snuggles, but now I don't know how else to start my day. The heck with Folgers, shiba snuggles are officially the best part of waking up! I've never been a big fan of walking, but now I love my big daily walk with my fluffy angel. I've found my main solo activity, reading, is infinitely more enjoyable with Tosca curled up at my side. I never thought the equation dog + rope would equal half the amusement it does.
I think she's happy too. I can't be 100% sure what with all the shiba-tude, but my house and I are both in one piece, so that's a start. She's quite obedient, even by non-shiba standards. She will sacrifice the comfort of the bed to lay on a tiled floor because that's room where I am. She'll fall asleep in my arms or with her head on my shoulder as I read. I'm always welcomed home with a bouncing, wagging, curly tail and copious licks. I mentioned the shiba snuggles - nobody forces her to do that. Nobody could. I've never had a more attentive nurse when I'm ill with the exception of my mother and my late grandmother. If you've never watched a shiba try to rid its owner of a nauseating, blinding migraine, it's a sweetly tragic scene. There's nothing they can do to make you better, but they won't give up and will not leave you.
If I had know how the "stable situation" I had before her adoption would change, I not certain I would've gone through with it because I'm not sure how fair it is to Tosca. She has good food and all that she needs, but not everything I'd like to provide her with. I will say that if adopting her was a mistake, it was a great mistake and I do not regret it.
Sorry for putting in an old picture, but this is one of my favorites.
All and all, I think that Tosca and I are doing well.
I've never had a dog that fit so well with my personality. Even though she can be a pest, she and I are definitely a good match. I never thought I wanted to deal with a lot of shiba snuggles, but now I don't know how else to start my day. The heck with Folgers, shiba snuggles are officially the best part of waking up! I've never been a big fan of walking, but now I love my big daily walk with my fluffy angel. I've found my main solo activity, reading, is infinitely more enjoyable with Tosca curled up at my side. I never thought the equation dog + rope would equal half the amusement it does.
I think she's happy too. I can't be 100% sure what with all the shiba-tude, but my house and I are both in one piece, so that's a start. She's quite obedient, even by non-shiba standards. She will sacrifice the comfort of the bed to lay on a tiled floor because that's room where I am. She'll fall asleep in my arms or with her head on my shoulder as I read. I'm always welcomed home with a bouncing, wagging, curly tail and copious licks. I mentioned the shiba snuggles - nobody forces her to do that. Nobody could. I've never had a more attentive nurse when I'm ill with the exception of my mother and my late grandmother. If you've never watched a shiba try to rid its owner of a nauseating, blinding migraine, it's a sweetly tragic scene. There's nothing they can do to make you better, but they won't give up and will not leave you.
If I had know how the "stable situation" I had before her adoption would change, I not certain I would've gone through with it because I'm not sure how fair it is to Tosca. She has good food and all that she needs, but not everything I'd like to provide her with. I will say that if adopting her was a mistake, it was a great mistake and I do not regret it.
Sorry for putting in an old picture, but this is one of my favorites.
All and all, I think that Tosca and I are doing well.
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Comments
I mean... who else could find the Shiba that would endure all the dressing up you do??? (BTW I'm SO jealous of it!!!!)
I know that every day can be a challenge, and you don't always look at your pup and think 'Wow you're the greatest thing that's happened to me... thanks SO much for taking a crap on my carpet and ripping up my prom photo!!!!!!!' Dogs in general are a challenge... but we always look past the challenge and find the greatness in them.
You and Tosca are SO lucky to have found each other :oD
Shibas can be quite a transition. With each new one there is some regrouping since no two are alike.
Enjoy her for who she is. I know I can't imagine life without mine.
Snf