So - first...yes I know Shiba Inu's are a Japanese breed of dog. In fact, when I first read up on the breed one book claimed that the Shiba is like a cat and a dog, so the perfect animal, right? :)
Well I don't know about all that, but what I can tell you is that sometimes when I watch my puppies at play I can see in the little boy a lion who hits with force, ready to take down his sister as she jumps and runs by him like a little gazelle. Trust me, she can fly and leap, and you should watch him do the slow approach, one foot in front of the other, low to the ground...and I dare you not to think about a stalking lion. And...if you are curious, yes little lions can leap too. But watching a gazelle bound through life is one that causes you to smile and cheer her on in the bounding run that makes gravity grasp with desperate claws to one so easily defying it.
However, these Shiba's have mastered the power of shifting/morphing...in one second they are playing predator/prey...or reversing who chases the other...and the next they stop, grin at you like life is the most grand adventure, and they run over to you and include you in a game of chasing after little fuzzy yellow tennis balls. Or they are willing to perform the usual: sit, shake, down, roll-over, and beg for a little doggie biscuit/bone.
Well...on to other adventures...may your days be as full of fun play.
