{"id":340,"date":"2009-06-19T20:13:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T03:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/shibainublog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2009-06-19T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T03:13:51","slug":"my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dog is Lassie, Your Dog is Cujo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people like comparing their dogs, almost as much as they like comparing their children<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I met this really nice lady at\u00a0a hiking\u00a0park (not to be confused with an an enclosed dog park<\/a>), some time ago. She had two beautiful Samoyeds with her. <\/p>\n

They were both well-groomed<\/a>, white as snow, and clearly very well cared for. <\/p>\n

\"My
My Dog is Lassie, Your Dog is Cujo<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

One of them, the male, was having great fun. He was relaxed, and enjoyed meeting the dogs around him. This park allows off-leash dogs, full access, so there were many of them around.<\/p>\n

The female Samoyed however, seemed very stressed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Every time a dog would go near her<\/a>, she would get really stiff, and start to growl.<\/p>\n

At this point, the very nice lady would get really embarrassed<\/em>, apologize, and give her dog a shock on her electronic collar<\/a><\/strong>. Her beautiful Samoyed would stop growling, but still be extremely stiff. <\/p>\n

As soon as\u00a0another dog moved close again, she would start to growl once more (the dog not the nice lady), which brought about another zap<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I really like the look of Samoyeds, so I was talking to the nice lady about hers. We chatted for a while, and she asked me why my Shiba Inu was on a leash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shiba Sephy has terrible recall, and has a very strong prey drive, so I do not trust him off leash at all. He can also be rude to other dogs, and may invade their space, before being invited in. <\/p>\n

\"My
My Shiba Inu has terrible recall, and has a very strong prey drive, so I do not trust him off leash at all.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

I made sure to keep Shiba away from the female Samoyed, because I did not want her to get additional zaps.<\/em><\/p>\n

At this point, Nice Lady very proudly told me, that her dogs were great off-leash, after she started using shock collars. <\/p>\n

True enough<\/strong>, they stayed close to her, especially the female.<\/p>\n

After finishing our chat, I walked on with my Cujo, and she did the same with her Lassies.<\/p>\n

I think it is good to be proud of our dog when he learns something new, or passes a new challenge. However, there is very little need to feel embarrassed or ashamed of her, especially when she is showing normal canine behavior<\/em>, for example growling to let a rude dog know not to invade her space. <\/p>\n

The shock collar would only cause\u00a0the dog,\u00a0to become even more wary of other dogs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It does not matter what others think of our dog. So what if some stranger thinks we have a Lassie or a Cujo. What matters more is the quality of life we provide for our dog, and the strong and enduring bond<\/a> that we establish with him.<\/p>\n

\"It
It does not matter what others think of our dog. What matters more is the quality of life we provide, and the enduring bond that we establish with him.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It does not matter whether others think our dog is a Lassie or a Cujo. What matters most is making sure that our dog has a good quality of life, and is safe, healthy, and happy. If a collar and leash is sufficient, there is no need to use a shock collar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}