# Rudi is back Hi everyone. I was just laughing out loud at some of the fun pictures; Ryu turning one-year was exceptionally close to home. Rudi was born 10-22-07, and although I could chronicle his development through pictures, I felt it best to just show some current for now. He is a really gregarious creature.… ## Thread In Photo / Video Gallery (Shiba Inu) · started by Greensage · 14 replies - **Category:** [Photo / Video Gallery (Shiba Inu)](https://nihonken.org/community/c/photo-video-gallery-shiba-inu) - **Forum:** [Nihon Ken Forum](https://nihonken.org/community/) ## Greensage · 2008-12-05T23:29:28.000Z Hi everyone. I was just laughing out loud at some of the fun pictures; Ryu turning one-year was exceptionally close to home. Rudi was born 10-22-07, and although I could chronicle his development through pictures, I felt it best to just show some current for now. He is a really gregarious creature. I remember how much everything scared him and he would run under the bed for any tiny approach. Now he takes a two-mile walk twice a day. He visits the Farmer's Market downtown every Saturday where he is celebrated by every passerby; some even yell out "Hey Rudi" as he strolls through countless vendor tables and scores of meandering people with their dogs in tow. Our Market is the socializing place for people and their dogs here in Las Cruces. Rudi poses at any chance and lets everyone greet him. He has come such a long way and even shows manners when meeting other dogs. Rudi thrives off of affection. I am also grateful to say that he is a Shiba that works well with other animals. My chickens, rabbits, lovebirds and parakeets all seem to enjoy having him around. Later I will post his odd behaviors, I am sure it will be like normal to everyone else. take care, Ron and Rudi ## Greensage · 2008-12-05T23:33:47.000Z Here is a profile. ## Ryu · 2008-12-05T23:36:36.000Z Ron!!! We missed you!!! Glad to have you two back!!! ## sunyata · 2008-12-05T23:38:05.000Z Rudi is super handsome! Welcome back! :) ## MommyofNiko · 2008-12-05T23:40:36.000Z HEY RON AND RUDI!! What have you been up to? ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2008-12-06T00:13:21.000Z So good to have you back! How did your plants do this summer? Rudi is gorgeous - it's great to see him again. ## CrimsonO2 · 2008-12-06T00:21:45.000Z Hi Ron! Lovely pictures of your Rudi. I'm so glad you described him as a timid creature at the beginning as it gives me hope for mine. I look forward to hearing you share more about Rudi! Jesse ## _dlroberts · 2008-12-06T01:03:39.000Z Its great to have you back Ron. Now don't be such a stranger, we've missed you! ## Harlow · 2008-12-06T01:06:34.000Z What a fine looking guy and I love his collar! ## okiron · 2008-12-06T04:01:20.000Z Ron!!! Welcome back! You've been missed! ## Leonberger (admin) · 2008-12-06T08:03:14.000Z Hey Ron!! Welcome back! ## baanton · 2008-12-06T11:54:29.000Z Welcome back, Ron ---- Rudi is beautiful! Happy birthday to Rudi! ## brada1878 (admin) · 2008-12-06T12:57:22.000Z We missed you Ron! I'm so glad you are back and all is well! Rudi looks great! Don't disappear again! :o) ---- ## Greensage · 2008-12-06T18:57:14.000Z Thanks! Yeah, I could have gone through dial-up when my satelite went out but I just could not bring myself to it. Shortly after I cancelled the internet satelite the cable satelite went out also. I eventually went through another additional 3 months trying to get Dishnetwork to recognize the problem and fix it, but they just kept going through their checkpoints and kept saying everything was "A-OK".... I cancelled them as well. I finally switched to Direct TV. It works wonderful and comes with a DVR so I never miss any shows, and they offered the Wild Blue Internet for $35 less a month than previously. All is well finally. Crimson, I can only say that with Rudi he was so timid that I swore he was afraid of his own shadow. I even was worried that someone might think that I have abused him or something. Slowly I just allowed him to make the small steps as they occured and he has come out of his shell very nicely. He still is leary of some situations but more and more he has overcome them all. It was the same with his crate to corral to free-roaming the house; his transition was based on his behaviour and I just went with it. One day he had his day-corral (a kid fence) and the next he was sleeping on my bed and accepted the house as his den. Not a single problem at all. Ok, glad to be back .....I missed you guys more ! Ron and Rudi ## Romi (admin) · 2008-12-06T21:10:20.000Z YAY RON!!!! I'm so happy you're back!!! You were greatly missed! Can't wait to hear more updates about you and Rudi! Im sorry that you had such a hard time getting a good isp - that must have sucked! --- **Navigate:** [Forum home](https://nihonken.org/community/?format=md) · [Sitemap](https://nihonken.org/community/sitemap.xml)