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Everyone who has met him loves him, and he does seem to have a great temperament. He resists the leash initially, but seems to know the drill and doesn’t really fight it. Once on he is fine on the leash, though he does pull a little. He seems a bit tentative near busy streets but is for the most part fine. He’s also got a ton of energy in the morning, so it’s tough to keep up with him at that early hour.

He doesn’t like it when anyone leaves, he’ll cry for 5 or 10 minutes, even if someone else is home. He is definitely not crate trained, though he’s been perfectly behaved his whole time here. Housetraining hasn’t been an issue yet either.

Nicco is very intelligent and understands all commands (though he doesn’t always listen). He is VERY treat driven and will usually do anything for one. He also seems to understand a firm recall, but it hasn’t been tested with anything he values. His prey drive seems to be minimal, and he quickly loses interest in almost everything.

   

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Tasha is doing well with the other pets in my home, and seems to do well when encountering other dogs on walks. She is also friendly with people and children, but is a little shy at first. She gets nervous when she hears strange noises.

Tasha has not shown any aggression toward toys or food. Tasha is not very vocal, only when she wants to let us know she wants to come in.

Tasha is not crate trained, but she behaves nicely in our home, she spends at least 5+ hours alone and it is not a problem. She does not have any accidents, it seems as though she sleeps most of the day.

Tasha doesn’t seem to be too high-energy. A couple of times she was very hyper and jumping on me, but other than that she is overall quiet and nervous.

Tasha is a very shy little girl, and initially spent most of her time hiding under the bed. After a few short weeks, she is integrating herself into the family very nicely. She goes for daily walks with the
children and has lots of play time with the other dogs and cat. Even tough Tasha is a timid girl, she is very affectionate and does seek attention form her humans.

Tahsa does not have an aggressive bone in her body. She is doing wonderfully with the 2 children (ages 2 and 4) then she is living with. Tasha does not really know any commands, but that is being worked on in her foster home.

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Lola is doing very well. In my personal opinion, she is definitely adoptable to the right owners. She is a very active dog, and therefore would need active owners. She has yet to have any accidents at home, and i leave her home out of the crate while im at work (8:30-5:30)

I think whoever adopts her will have to understand that she’s a very smart dog, and will need activities to keep her occupied. Playing the same old games and tricks will get boring to her, but she gets thrilled at anything new. She eats well in her crate, but doesn’t like to stay in it for long periods of time. In the beginning, she would whine when left alone in a room, but she’s stopped doing that (i think because she knows i’m going to come back). I think she has become attached in the short amount of time we’ve been together.

We typically go out for a walk in the morning, after work, and then a jog in the evening. She still has some things to work on (jumping on people to say hi, not social with other dogs, and heel) but I think a permanent owner who knows what they’re doing will be fine.

When we got to my apt, she met my cats and immediately turned and stared at the front door. My gf took her for a short walk and we entered again, this time walking her through the whole apartment and right past the cats, who are almost the same size. Penny is a petite little dog and was very unsure, shy, and frightened of her new surroundings. She spent a lot of the first night in her crate or peeking into the living room, where the cats were. The cats spent a good part of the night walking into the office, staring at Penny, and walking out with big puffed tails. To my surprise, there was no fighting or fur flying through the air.

The next morning, Penny and I went for a good mile walk around the neighborhood. She got to explore new territory and pass dogs. Penny is amazing with passing dogs, she sat and watched them walk by her - no jumping, lounging, or aggression. We sat on the stoop for a while afterwards as cars drove down the street, bikes went by, joggers, lots of challenges and movement to react to. The whole time she was great. It seems if she feels that she can trust the person she is with - she is ok, still nervous but overall ok. I had to keep reminding myself to not react to her bouts of nervousness and keep her walking or just sit there and let her see that it didn’t bother me.

Penny relaxed in a night and played with us, ate, and seemed pretty content. She was thrilled to see her foster mom on Sunday night and ran around the apt with delight. We miss Penny and think she needs a home where the owner has some dog experience and could work with her insecurity. She showed me her teeth once out of fear and a quick “Hey!” that wasn’t loud just firm, stopped that for the rest of the time she was with us. She struck me as a shy and quiet dog - who needs time to feel out an environment, its noises, smells, etc and once it seems ok she’s fine.

She’s extremely friendly with people, but she’s pretty afraid of other dogs regardless of size if they make any sort of noise or advance. She really likes to jump on people, which we are working on. She’s gotten better at it though. So far we’re doing pretty good. It’s been a lot of effort but I think she’s getting calmer.

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The resident dog in his first foster home didn’t take well to Kobe, and Kobe got a nip on his leg. After the vet changed his antibiotic and prodded his injury, Kobe was 100% better.

Here’s an update from his new foster mom:

Yesterday he chased my Seeing Eye GSD around the backyard and last night he was chased all over by Haiku (another Shiba). No limp either. So a couple of weeks on this new med and he should be all clear. He plays with my cats very gently and they haven’t even swatted or hissed which is unusually good. Also good with other Shibas. So far, the leg injury has prevented his dog socializing except for my GSDs and Molly’s Shibas and he’s fine with all. Also, rather than have a confrontation, Kobe will back away.

Kobe hasn’t shown any toy aggression. No problems with people and, when the other dogs want his toy, he defends it just by wrinkling his nose and showing teeth and they back off. If he gets distracted and walks away, they then get the toy and he doesn’t care.

Vocal? This boy is an opera singer – though sometimes he sounds like a donkey. He howls when I leave the room or go next door for something. Or he chimes in when the GSDs bark at the mailman.

Kobe is a very sweet boy. He knows commands for sit, stay, down, etc and comes when I call him (are you sure he’s a Shiba?). Kobe is very affectionate. Kobe loves people more than he loves other dogs. He will curl up with me and pushes his face against mine, cheek to cheek. He is also curious and wants to know everything I’m doing. He’s very curious about the cats – what they’re fed, where they hang out, etc. He insists on joining me when I do my rounds with them. When he first met my GSDs and Molly’s Shibas, he approached with great curiosity but not in a threatening way so he seems to be a wonderful ambassador in the dog world.

Kobe is crate trained and enjoys having it out so he can use it if he likes. So far I haven’t been out of the house long enough to bother crating him. He has shown no propensity to be destructive in the house. The throw pillow he disemboweled was started previously by one of the GSDs and was made of the same stuffing as a dog toy. I just exchanged the people stuffie with a dog stuffie.

Kobe is leash trained and barely pulls when on walks. Kobe likes to look out the window at the wildlife from my bed on the second floor but he doesn’t leap toward the window or act as if he wants to get to anything. He naps anywhere he wants to and I have to be careful not to step on him as he often lies down right behind my feet when I’m working in the kitchen. At night I let him sleep on my bed and he stays there all night.

I’ve only seen a little nervousness when he was first here and another dog barked. I think it had to do with being bitten at the last foster. Now that he knows the dogs, he’s fine. In fact, I can vacuum right next to him and he doesn’t move.

Kobe is good being left alone and I’ve been gone maybe two hours at a time. I left him with the GSDs uncrated and he was fine. It looked like they all watched out the window for me and slept.

Kobe is amazingly quiet. I haven’t been able to take him out back to run or to the dog park yet until his foot has healed so I don’t know how he is under those circumstances but he’s mom’s little helper in the house, usually by my side. Right now he’s in my “Shiba chair,” a leather chair right next to my computer. He loves to sit there while I work, though he did fall off the other day when he stretched. Even then, he just got right back up again.

Gosh, he’s so adaptable, he could live with other dogs, cats, probably even little pets like ferrets though I haven’t had a chance to test that out yet. He’s quiet and gentle and very devoted such that I could see him with an older person. I don’t know about a loud family but I can say he is incredibly lovable and, when I come through the door, he actually runs up to give me a hug so I think he prefers a quiet one-person family.