Pup pup!

jikjakjikjak
edited February 2009 in Shiba Inu (柴犬)
im going to be picking up a shiba pup from katja on friday.
shes actually for my grandmother in asia. she loved my shiba and wants one for herself now. i will be raising her here for a few months before i take her to her new permanent home. ive got to wait till shes a bit older before getting her spayed. i hope she will cope well in tropical weather. thank god for air con!

anyways im quite excited and i cant wait to see how my shiba and akita react to her. ill be sure to introduce her properly. it will also give me a good idea on how they will react when my future shikoku pup enters the household.

ive done a bunch of reading on the forum but any tips on the into or on training her will be most welcome!

dont worry ill be sure to follow up with some spam!
cheers!
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  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1
    wow - that's so nice of you! I'm sure your grandmother will be very stoked!

    Congrats!

    Are you on Katja's wait list for a Shikoku? [you may have posted about this before and I just forgot]

    Just take the introduction slow!

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  • dlrobertsdlroberts
    edited November -1
    Awesome! I'm looking forward to the spam. :-)

    I think Brad has it right, just take things slow. There will be plenty of time for crazy play time later on, the first few days/weeks should be very low key with limited interaction. The more tired your dogs are before introducing the puppy the better. The day before and the day I picked up Joey, Lucy and I walked for a total of 10 hours. She was too tired to even pay much attention to Joey and that enabled me to have them sleeping next to each other within a few minutes. :-)
  • sunyatasunyata
    edited November -1
    Yay! Congrats (and congrats to your grandmother).

    Make sure to take loads of pictures. :)
  • HeidiHeidi
    edited November -1
    Cool! Congrats to Grandma.

    I'm sure the dogs will get along fine as long as things are calm and controlled. If everything's under control and everyone's calm, there's no need for the pups to stress and they can focus on getting to know each other.
  • tsukitsunetsukitsune
    edited November -1
    congrats for your grandma! and kudos, I"m not sure if I'd want to start a shiba from a pup when I'm that age!
  • jikjakjikjak
    edited November -1
    shes quite excited and is still thinking of a name. its too bad she has to wait a little longer.
    the shiba will be a handful at her age but she has a lot of hired help over there so she should be fine.
    i think shes going to be one spoiled shiba!
    it would have been nice to be able to bring the pup with me when i fly out there this month.

    i have a deposit with katja for a shikoku. im waiting for a black sesame female. something different from my red shiba girl. i love the wolfish/coyote colors that i see on some shikokus.
    btw ive noticed in shikoku pics that some of them have a shorter nose and more of a stop. is there any way to tell how the pup's face will turn out? i prefer the shorter noses with a bit more of a prominent stop.
    maybe its just the camera angle though! hehe

    anyways ill take it slow with the intros. im more worried about my shiba girl than my male akita, hes super friendly and gentle. the shiba is the one with the attitude!
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    The shorter nose and prominent stop is less than ideal against breed standard (as I understand it). But to your question it is very hard to tell. Katja may be able to since she has had so many puppies, but honestly, puppies especially young ones just look like furry potatoes with ears.
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited November -1
    I want a furry potato with ears...
  • KaddyKaddy
    edited November -1
    Me too Kristin... me too...
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    See, furry Potato (Miko at 5 weeks)
    Yana & Mike girl 5 weeks, no white chin A
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited November -1
    JESSICA! DON'T DO THAT TO ME! I AM WEAK NOW WITH LOVE!
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    I never claimed to be nice. I have a mean streak...I admit it.
    Miko 9 weeks the day we got her. Her birthday is next week...
    HPIM2595
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited February 2009
    Awwww, She is so adorable.

    Jess, you can be as mean as you want as long as it always comes with Miko spam! :P
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    Wow...I totally threadjacked. My bad sorry.
  • RomiRomi
    edited November -1
    Congrats for your grandmother! And it's so nice of you to do this for her! I'm sure she will be super stoked with her new Shiba puppy!
  • CrimsonO2CrimsonO2
    edited November -1
    Congratulations on getting a Shiba puppy from Katja. Her dogs are beautiful. Your grandma is one lucky lady. I hope she knows what she's in for with these dogs.
    I'm surprised you're shipping your dog from the U.S./Canada to Asia, or are you delivering the dog to your grandma personally?

    Jessica,
    We forgive you since every post you made had Miko spam inside. Your threadjacking was done with love.

    Jesse
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    I would also like a furry potato with ears.
  • SangmortSangmort
    edited November -1
    Congrats! Can't wait to see SPAM!!! :p ~
  • jikjakjikjak
    edited November -1
    nothing wrong with thread jacking as long as its supported with SPAM!

    well ive already met with katja several times and my current shiba is from her.
    its also convenient since i live in the same province as her (BC).
    the pup will definitely be accompanying me to her new home in the near future.
  • jikjakjikjak
    edited November -1
    well the intro didnt go too smoothly. Emi, my shiba, didnt seem to like the new puppy too much. she almost bit her in the face! good thing i was quick enough to prevent a full on bite. it was strange they seemed ok and were sniffing each other nose to nose and then she went for the bite. other than that emipretty much ignored the puppy for the rest of the night and she does not seem to want to be around her. oh shes mad at me too! total attitude! she went out to go do her duty in the backyard and when she came in she ran towards me excitedly, spotted the puppy then pulled a 180 and stormed off the other way. i think her nose was even held up high!
    this is going to definitely take more time. shes got quite the attitude.

    max, my akita, was great. super friendly and just wants to play. i think hes still too big to play with the pup (shes about the size of his head) and shes a bit scared of him still. will work on that more tomorrow.

    the pup (still nameless) is a bit feisty too and while scared of Emi at first, she now just ignores her. looks like im going to be dealing with a couple of divas! hehe

    anyways as promised, here's some spam!



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  • SangmortSangmort
    edited November -1
    OMG!!!! How absolutely ADORABLE!!!


    Wow, she has a stunning face / head shape!!! Sooo pretty. ~
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    What a gorgeous puppy!
  • jikjakjikjak
    edited November -1
    i took her outside to go pee not too long ago and now she wont stop crying and yelping.
    doing my best to ignore her.
    hopefully she tires herself out and goes back to sleep.
  • tsukitsunetsukitsune
    edited November -1
    so cute! but no name yet, huh?

    now we need more spam of all the dogs!
  • sunyatasunyata
    edited November -1
    Oh! She is so beautiful! She is definitely going to be queen bee when she gets to your grandmother's!

    Good luck with the introductions... They will all sort themselves out eventually, though. :)
  • lindsaytlindsayt
    edited November -1
    What a pretty girl and such thick baby ears.
  • jikjakjikjak
    edited February 2009
    well so far the introduction with emi and the pup is not going so well. they do not get along. sometimes it seems things are fine but then emi seems to get mad all of a sudden and tries to bite her. i dont think shes going for the kill but im not willing to find out. shes still much bigger than the pup and could hurt her badly. ive never had a problem like this when introducing a new dog. makes me worry later on as well when i have to introduce a shikoku pup.
    hopefully its just a matter of time before they get used to each other.
    would an adult shiba actually hurt or kill a pup?

    max gets a long just fine with the pup. hes very gentle and careful around her and i could leave them along with each other with no problems.
  • lindsaytlindsayt
    edited February 2009
    Yes they can kill a pup (as in are capable of it). Adult shibas can maim pups severely, usually it's warnings/corrections, but a warning for a baby can cause a lot of damage so why risk it. You must supervise them or keep the pup ex-penned so that your older dog can't get ticked off by her. When you see your older dog focusing/targeting on the pup, you should already be in the process of removing the older dog to a seperate area. Some Shibas are puppy crazy, love pups and little things and many have zero tolerance for scene stealing or puppy exuberance. It's not uncommon for dams to target their daughters and sires to fight with their sons once they reach a certain age, so that may have something to do with it even though they are not related that way. I suspect she does not want another bitch in her space.
  • toecaritoecari
    edited November -1
    beautiful pup.........very nice shots....... I can't wait till I get mine. We need to wait till we get back from vacation in July. It just gives me more time to read up on training and reading this forum and be tortured by all the pics :)
  • SangmortSangmort
    edited November -1
    Tony, you have no idea how torturous it is. :p ~
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