Dartmoor

At the weekend we visited friends in Dartmoor who have a 1 year old Wolfhound/Greyhound mix. Ginny is a great big bouncy dog, she's very vocal, gorgeous and was extremely keen to play with Shinobi!

Here they are having a bit of a stand off.

Shinobi really was having none of it! Which was rather surprising to me because whilst we're out on walks she jumps up at every dog she meets. Ginny was very keen to lick Shinobi's bottom and inside her ears but Shinobi was behaving like a very proper lady and seemed very put out by the whole thing.

When Shinobi had really had enough she hid under this stool and refused to come out, Ginny tried (and failed) to fit under with her, and instead sat howling and biffing Shinobi with her big paws!

We've discovered Shinobi is a very polite house guest. She was very tolerant of everyone picking her up and didn't mouth at all!

She did get quite scared when meeting the ponies though and insisted I pick her up!

Here is Shinobi attempting to biff a pony on the nose, she miraculously became a lot braver once I was holding her!

Sandy Shibs

A Shibs about town...

The fantastic adventures of Shinobi and the Train!

Aka going to Falmouth to pay in a cheque...

On our way...

Saying hello to a bizzillion excited school children...

Train!

Mind the gap! (Even in my enormous puffer jacket I'm a hobbit, Shinobi just looks big in comparison to me, she's tiny really!)

In town we were stopped about 20 times! I didn't realise just how much attention a Shiba gets! She loved it of course! Waiting for the train home, looking like a little fox.

Giving her favourite toy a big happy to be home hug!

3 Day Weekend

Today I booked the day off work to get my hair cut - (which possibly seems a little excessive but I haven't had a cut in over 2 years, now have a lot of hair and it takes a long time to make this long straggly mess look vaguely human and me less like a pencil troll!) so this morning I have been hanging out with Shinobi. She's really biting a lot at the moment. I've started putting her out in the hall by herself instead of going out there...and it seems to upset her a lot. I feel terrible doing it, she cries and scratches at the door, I'm fairly certain she's a little afraid of the dark (aren't Shiba's funny with their fears?) and it's pitch black out there.

Anyways, we played some catch and went for a looong walk. The sun was hot today so I was happy to let Shinobi go wherever she wanted in the park, including standing still staring at birds for 10 minutes at a time. She pooped about 5 times (literally) and then we took a slow easy stroll all around Penryn village. She walks really well on her leash now that she wears a harness to go out.

Now she's sleeping way back under the sofa. I tried to wash some mud off her paws so she's hiding from me and getting it all over the white carpet instead. Naughty Shib!

Whistling....

How to seriously confuse a Shiba! (And produce funny Shiba smile!)

Fetch! Sort of....

It begins...

Whose been sleeping in my bed?!