Shiba Inu Sephy
Land of the Happy Cows.
Education
- SIRIUS puppy class I and II.
- Basic Obedience II at the EastBay SPCA.
- C’mon Let’s Go at the EastBay SPCA.
Shiba Inu Sephy’s Resume.
Experience
- Terrorized first vet at 10 weeks old. Vet technician had to put on a muzzle. Later perfected the art of preventing forced muzzling.
- Defeated and embarrassed experienced dog walker/trainer with high-quality Shiba screaming and leash biting. About ten sessions were needed before total surrender.
- Defeated trainer with > 10 years of experience at daycare center 1. Only one session was needed.
- Terrorized trainer at daycare center 2. Results within the first 10 minutes.
- Achieved constant attention at daycare center 3 with sustained whining and cute looks. Only one session was needed.
Great at biting. Look at my teeth!
Skills
- Humping human legs, humping dogs (from any position, including a face hump).
- Leash biting.
- Expert thief. Can scale counters like Spiderman.
- Biting on hands, arms, and clothing.
- Very high-quality Shiba screams.
- Alligator rolls.
- Sustained whining.
- Effective begging positions.
Other
Extremely strong-willed and willing to face any challenge. Smaller challenges may be handled by understudy Siberian Shania. Special rates available.
Extremely strong-willed and willing to face any challenge. Smaller challenges may be handled by understudy Siberian Shania.
I am looking for a breeding pair. I have CI approval to have four puppies who each have owners lined up. Can you point me in a good direction for a male and female? I am thinking the opposite sexes from your pair. Do you have any advice?
Sorry I am not a breeder so I do not have experience in this area.
love your web site! I too have a Shiba, she is 5 and a rescue. She was in a breed rescue for almost 3 months so I knew she had a very friendly personality, is very people oriented and is very chill for a Shiba and has a real nice level of confidence. I am a relatively new dog owner as well – not really realizing that I needed to be a pack leader but also very well aware that Shibas do not respond to negative training well at all. So, she is lovely – except when she cant see me she wines and sometimes SCREAMS. I took a video of her in her house (crate) and she settles down pretty quickly. BUT on the weekends she wont let up the complaining as I think we are off schedule. Its not her house, she whines when she cant see me even if I am in the garage. Its like a tantrum of sorts. Any suggestions on how this yelling can be minimized?
This is a tough one. I think it depends a lot on the reason for the behavior and also on the temperament of the dog.
Sephy had some separation anxiety when he was young, so it helped to slowly desensitize him to alone time. He is also anxious about changes in routine. For example, if members of the family are late coming home, he will be sitting by the window waiting for them, and may get a bit stressed. I try to keep his routine as consistent as possible.
On the other hand, sometimes his whining is just his way of complaining. For example, when he is in the backyard and wants to come in, he will knock once on the door. Usually I open the door for him a short while after. However, if that does not happen, he may start to whine. He is more apt to do this with others, because I can just tune out his whining, which makes it not very effective.
I make sure never to let Sephy in while he is whining. He has to quiet down for a little while first before I let him in. Sometimes, this can take a long while because he is very stubborn and he can go on and on and on.
Therefore, what seems to work well for Sephy is to *not* make it into a challenge. Instead, I try to manage things so that he never gets into his “stubborn whining state”. When we are out working in the front yard, we would take him out with us and either hold his lead or tether him to somewhere safe. I am there to make sure he behaves – so no whining and no crazy behavior. If he does any of that, he loses outside privileges. Usually he is calm and will just fall asleep. After doing this a few times, he kindda lost interest in coming out. He learned that it wasn’t all that exciting after all, and he was not missing out on some super secret fun game. 😀
Another thing that I thought of doing, but never tried, is to use one of those baby monitor things so that I can talk to him from outside, and use it together with a pre-trained Quiet command. In this way, I can give him direction and he can hear my voice. I imagine something like that would probably only work in a mild anxiety type situation.
Big hugs to your Shiba girl! She sounds super adorable.
lol too funny your shibas resume is the same as eddies lol
except i would add illusionist, for the simple fact that he made me think that my cereal box was floating by my bedroom door i soon found out that it was just the box attached to his head lol
LOL!
That is too funny. Sibe Shania does exactly the same thing! I always rush to the camera and make sure to take some cereal head pictures. 😀
Happy Holidays and big hugs to Eddie!
thank you Happy holidays to your pack as well =)