Anyone own a Shiba Inu?

[phlydude]

Any dog is best brought into a house where children are already present. No matter how good a dog may be around adults, they tend to see kids as other dogs and want to play with them like puppies and some may not appreciate the order re-establishment when a new person is brought in and it knocks them down a wrung in the ladder. Acting out and marking may be the least of your problems.

My dogs chase my nieces/nephews/young cousins when they move quick -

[Teabaggins]

just get a cute mutt from the pound, it will be smarter and love you more than any other dog plus you will be saving a poor animal's life.

purebreds are retarded animals for shallow people. be a dog lover, not a dog owner

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

just get a cute mutt from the pound, it will be smarter and love you more than any other dog plus you will be saving a poor animal's life.

purebreds are retarded animals for shallow people. be a dog lover, not a dog owner

Mutts tend to live longer and be well tempered too.

We got our Jindo from the Los Angeles Animal Shelter during one of their public adoptions. Best $100 we ever spent. Free neuter and chipping with registration of the dog.

[HiI'mBrian]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

just get a cute mutt from the pound, it will be smarter and love you more than any other dog plus you will be saving a poor animal's life.

purebreds are retarded animals for shallow people. be a dog lover, not a dog owner

I have a purebred Australian Shepherd ... she is smart and probably the best pet I have ever had. Got her when she was 11 weeks old. I love her to death. I am not shallow. I am an animal lover. Your comment was somewhat good until the ignorance in the second part of it.

[DonRSD]

Originally Posted by phlydude

Any dog is best brought into a house where children are already present. No matter how good a dog may be around adults, they tend to see kids as other dogs and want to play with them like puppies and some may not appreciate the order re-establishment when a new person is brought in and it knocks them down a wrung in the ladder. Acting out and marking may be the least of your problems.

My dogs chase my nieces/nephews/young cousins when they move quick -

i just had a baby girl 5 weeks ago and both of my dogs love her.
we have a 13 1/2 year old BLACK labridor/chow-chow mix daisy. she loves the new addition. at her old age she 'chills' alot but she loves kissing my baby girl whenever we tell her to.
i dont think she minds as long as she gets the leftover food on our dinner plate......lol

our 2nd dog, scooby 2 1/2 years old, a white 100% jack russel loves the new addition. every time the baby cries he RUNS to her and then runs back to us and lets us know she is crying (like we cant hear her)

i feel as long as you have well trained dogs who are LOVING then a new baby wont be a problem.

the jack russel is one hyper dog and he poses no threat to the baby nor ever has.....he just likes 'watching over her' when she is sleeping by sleeping next to her

now if you get a pitbull or whatever, then youre asking for trouble.

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

just get a cute mutt from the pound, it will be smarter and love you more than any other dog plus you will be saving a poor animal's life.

purebreds are retarded animals for shallow people. be a dog lover, not a dog owner

im a fan of the pound as-well. it feels good to save a dog from living in the cage that i feel like they will always remember how i saved them.
god forbid the day my 13 1/2 year old diog dies.....im going to the pound a month later to get a new 6 week old AND going to get a greyhound as-well.
dogs dont forget ala elephants. they KNOW you saved them

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

i just had a baby girl 5 weeks ago and both of my dogs love her.
we have a 13 1/2 year old BLACK labridor/chow-chow mix daisy. she loves the new addition. at her old age she 'chills' alot but she loves kissing my baby girl whenever we tell her to.
i dont think she minds as long as she gets the leftover food on our dinner plate......lol

our 2nd dog, scooby 2 1/2 years old, a white 100% jack russel loves the new addition. every time the baby cries he RUNS to her and then runs back to us and lets us know she is crying (like we cant hear her)

i feel as long as you have well trained dogs who are LOVING then a new baby wont be a problem.

the jack russel is one hyper dog and he poses no threat to the baby nor ever has.....he just likes 'watching over her' when she is sleeping by sleeping next to her

now if you get a pitbull or whatever, then youre asking for trouble.



im a fan of the pound as-well. it feels good to save a dog from living in the cage that i feel like they will always remember how i saved them.
god forbid the day my 13 1/2 year old diog dies.....im going to the pound a month later to get a new 6 week old AND going to get a greyhound as-well.
dogs dont forget ala elephants. they KNOW you saved them

This is why I'm getting a Boxer...they are consider one of the best 2 or 3 dogs with kids. It has been documented that they actually have some kind of personality trait within them that tends to have them gravitate towards children. I think they look awesome and yet they are not too small nor too big. They may have some energy, but that works with me too. I can't wait to get one, but with a 5 month old and my 4 yr old daughter, we'll wait until they get a bit more independent before bringing in a dog. At least we fenced in our yard this year, so that's one step closer to getting one. I think we will get our Boxer from a Boxer rescue that is around me. I wish you lots of luck Don with 2 dogs, geez!

[Teabaggins]

Boxers are pretty retarded and annoying. just be ready for that, expect it to knock your young kids over all the time.

get a rescued greyhound instead

[DonRSD]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

This is why I'm getting a Boxer...they are consider one of the best 2 or 3 dogs with kids. It has been documented that they actually have some kind of personality trait within them that tends to have them gravitate towards children. I think they look awesome and yet they are not too small nor too big. They may have some energy, but that works with me too. I can't wait to get one, but with a 5 month old and my 4 yr old daughter, we'll wait until they get a bit more independent before bringing in a dog. At least we fenced in our yard this year, so that's one step closer to getting one. I think we will get our Boxer from a Boxer rescue that is around me. I wish you lots of luck Don with 2 dogs, geez!

i think your youngest child, rowan, is old enough to have a dog.
you want the dog to 'grow up' with the kids too.

i just got off the phone with my wife TRYING to convince her to get another dog (a greyhound from the track) but we live in a townhouse so its not fair for a dog that size to be kept inside all day.

so she promised me when he move that i can save TWO greyhounds from death

plus when my lab/chow-chow mix dies, she is 13 1/2, im 100% for sure getting another lab. those dogs are the smartest dogs ive ever seen in my life. im waiting for the day my black dog daisy will talk to me.....'give me some more milk fool'.....lol

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

i think your youngest child, rowan, is old enough to have a dog.
you want the dog to 'grow up' with the kids too.

i just got off the phone with my wife TRYING to convince her to get another dog (a greyhound from the track) but we live in a townhouse so its not fair for a dog that size to be kept inside all day.

so she promised me when he move that i can save TWO greyhounds from death

plus when my lab/chow-chow mix dies, she is 13 1/2, im 100% for sure getting another lab. those dogs are the smartest dogs ive ever seen in my life. im waiting for the day my black dog daisy will talk to me.....'give me some more milk fool'.....lol

That's awesome that you want to do that Don. I love dogs, and around here there are fewer and fewer puppy mills now, so thankfully they should be gone soon.

I would love to get a dog now Don, but you have to pick your battles, as you know. I chose my HT as my "battle" for the all important WAF. She said in a couple of years she would be OK with it, so I have to give her that one. There is still soo much I want to add to the HT, that I have to foucs my strength there.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

i think your youngest child, rowan, is old enough to have a dog.
you want the dog to 'grow up' with the kids too.

i just got off the phone with my wife TRYING to convince her to get another dog (a greyhound from the track) but we live in a townhouse so its not fair for a dog that size to be kept inside all day.

so she promised me when he move that i can save TWO greyhounds from death

plus when my lab/chow-chow mix dies, she is 13 1/2, im 100% for sure getting another lab. those dogs are the smartest dogs ive ever seen in my life. im waiting for the day my black dog daisy will talk to me.....'give me some more milk fool'.....lol

That's awesome! I had a half Chow half Boxer before. She looked more like a Chow though. Made it to 15 years before health problems. Loved that dog to death.

[Teabaggins]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

i just got off the phone with my wife TRYING to convince her to get another dog (a greyhound from the track) but we live in a townhouse so its not fair for a dog that size to be kept inside all day.

actually rescued greyhounds are very used to being crated and make excellent pets in moderately sized homes. My friend has a rescued grey in his condo and it's perfect. you just have to exercise them well

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

purebreds are retarded animals for shallow people. be a dog lover, not a dog owner

apologies to the OP but don't take advice from this person with regard to purebreads. As an owner of a pure breed Rhodesian Ridgeback his statement could not be further from the truth.

[Bullseye]

http://www.akc.org/breeds/shiba_inu/index.cfm

[bandit29]

I have a Siberian Husky. He wasn't raised with kids so he's not great around small children. He tries to knock them over or thinks they are play toys. I imagine a Shiba Inu can be the same.