Shiba Shake

Dog Tips, Care & Training

  • Home
  • Recent
  • Dog Pictures
  • Dog Articles
    • Shiba Inu
    • Behavior
    • Training
    • Activities
    • Supplies
    • Dog Care
    • New Dog
    • Three Legged Dogs

Bark and Mark

by shibashake 1 Comment

Psych (USA network) is a very entertaining and funny television show about a psychic detective (Shawn) and his partner (Gus) who works together with the Santa Barbara police department to catch bad guys.

In a recent episode, a pair of retired detectives teach Shawn and Gus the Bark and Mark technique. With Bark and Mark, someone in the team creates a diversion. During this diversion, the rest of the team can sneak in and rescue the hostage.

A few days after watching this episode, I gave both Sephy and Shania a cheese toy after their morning walk. The cheese toy is simply one of their regular chew toys with added small pieces of cheese. It is a big favorite with the dogs.

Dog cheese toy preparation.
Dog cheese toy preparation.

As usual, the dogs lie down and wait while I prepare their toys, then each of them gets one.

Being a Shiba, Sephy will always try to steal Shania’s toy after he has finished working on his own.

There is no stealing allowed, so I usually sit with Shania until she is totally done with her toy and has moved away or fallen asleep.

Dogs working on chew toys. I supervise and make sure there is no stealing.
Dogs working on chew toys. I supervise and make sure there is no stealing.

While Shania was still working on her toy, Sephy’s ears perk up and he runs into the living room and starts barking.

As usual, I go over to Sephy and make sure there are no intruders. He stops barking once I am there. Shania also comes along to give her support.

There was nobody that I could see. When I turn around, Sephy was gone.

Where was Shiba Sephy?

He had stolen Shania’s toy and was working on it contentedly! What a sneaky little rogue.

Shiba Sephy had stolen Shania’s toy and was working on it contentedly! What a sneaky little rogue.
Shiba Sephy had stolen Shania’s toy and was working on it contentedly! What a sneaky little rogue.

I guess he was paying special attention to that Psych episode. 😀

Beware the Bark and Mark.

Beware the Bark and Mark.
Beware the Bark and Mark.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comments

  1. Colleen says

    August 30, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    OMG I love this story! Typical Shiba! I give Shania kudos for putting up with Sephy and his sneaky ways!

    Reply

Recent Posts

  • Portrait of handsome, adorable, red Shiba Inu Sephy. We miss you greatly.Emotional Awareness and Mindful Dog Training
  • Shiba Inu Kuma cooling down on the water in the park during a fun dog hiking expedition.BARF - Sourcing, Balancing, Preparing a Raw Food Diet for My Shiba Inu
  • Adorable Shiba Inu Kuma is lying and waiting patiently for his chicken feet in Kong. Raw dog diet (BARF)BARF - Why I Feed My Shiba Inu a Raw Diet
  • Big Siberian Husky playing with Husky puppy in a Yin-Yang symbol.Pet Loss - Dealing with the Death of My Two Dogs
  • Classic Shiba Inu dog sleeping pose.Lazy Sleeping Dog Pictures

Recent Comments

  • Smiling Shiba Inu close-up - sitting, with partial tongue out.Shiba Inu Training Secrets (566)
    • Chew Toy
      - Yanxi doesn't do the Shiba scream but he barks aggressively and howls like a wolf (summoning the pack ...
    • Chew Toy
      - When a Shiba Inu rolls on it's back looking cute, supposedly for a tummy rub, beware. They are being ...
    • Shawnn
      - This is so ACCURATE! I just rescued my first Shiba-Inu after 20 years of rescuing Chow-Chows & Shar-Pei. ...
  • The Shiba Inu Breed (269)
    • C A
      - My Inu is wonderful and a funny fellow. Yokii was left on the side of the road. Bad people great dogs. ...
  • Sleeping Shiba Inu and laughing Siberian Husky.Nothing in Life Is Free (NILIF) Dog Training (67)
    • Ruth
      - This does make sense. I rescued a male pitbul mix pretty sure weinerreiner. He gets aggressive in play ...

Copyright © 2026 · Genesis Skins by ShibaShake · Terms of Service · Privacy Policy ·