Comments on: Shiba Inu – A Dog that is More Like a Cat

By: shibashake

shibashake — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:59:51 +0000

LOL!

Your comment inspired me to search for “cats that are more like dogs”. I found this -

Savannahs are much more social than typical domestic cats, and they are often compared to dogs in their loyalty. They can be trained to walk on a leash and even taught to play fetch.
~~[Wikipedia]

Very beautiful looking too.

By: nnua

nnua — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:37 +0000

This article is hilarious. I got to know about the Shiba Inu on Animal Planet’s Dogs 101. While watching the segment, I thought to myself…”hmmm this dog behaves like a cat!”. I am a big cat fan.

On a completely different note I was goggling “are cats more stubborn than dogs” when I came across your article. Lo and behold, Shiba Inu – a dog that is more like a cat ^-^

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By: shibashake

shibashake — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:57:01 +0000

It does drive him crazy that the cat can go places he can’t, so this week he decided he could go where the cat goes. I walked into the living room to find him sitting on the top edge of the couch, quite pleased with himself.

LOL – that is too funny. My Shiba used to so that as well, sometimes he would even sleep on the top edge of the couch.

He also likes playing king of the chair where he will jump onto the garden bench and my other dog tries to pull him off – rinse and repeat. It is fun to watch.

As you say, Shibas like elevated surfaces just like cats.

Lucky you – to have a non-aloof Shiba. Sephy is better now that he is older but he is still quite aloof by dog standards.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:55:38 +0000

Having a cat in the house, I can easily compare my shiba to a cat. He is smart and clean like a cat, but I don’t experience much of the aloofness others describe, but that may be coming. It may be because of our other dog, but he likes to follow me around and be right there in whatever I’m doing, or have me in sight if we’re outside. If we’re playing they will compete for my attention, so I usually have to have 2 toys to play with.

It does drive him crazy that the cat can go places he can’t, so this week he decided he could go where the cat goes. I walked into the living room to find him sitting on the top edge of the couch, quite pleased with himself. He’s started climbing around on the furniture like the cat, and that will have to end.