{"id":4312,"date":"2010-06-02T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2010-06-02T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T20:34:18","slug":"shiba-diary-alpha-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/shiba-diary-alpha-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiba Diary &#8211; Alpha Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>No lame technique like that is going to work on a Shiba!<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 31st 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am getting more used to the <em>Pungent-Male<\/em> and the <em>Not-Too-Smelly-Female<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>They are not very good <strong>pack followers<\/strong>, but I am being patient about teaching them how to <em>properly pay homage<\/em> to my Shiba-ness. <\/p>\n<div id='4306' class='wp-caption frame3 alignright' style='width:280px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:280px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/shiba-on-stairs-280x210.jpg\" alt=\"King of the Stairs.\" title=\"I was going up the stairs but got tired\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4306\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>King of the Stairs.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<p>However, a disturbing trend has started where they are <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/3-dog-training-techniques#alpha-roll\">holding me down on my back<\/a> every time I do certain things that get them frustrated. They must have learned it from that <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/shiba-diary-visit-to-the-vet\">white coated amazon thing <<em>vet<\/em>><\/a> and her helpers. <\/p>\n<p>No worries &#8211; I put up a great fuss (Note: screaming and <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/puppy-biting-tips-solutions\">hand biting<\/a> works really well) and I can sense their energy weakening when I do that. <\/p>\n<div id='3744' class='wp-caption frame3 aligncenter' style='width:520px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:520px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_3247-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"One of the ways to pay homage to his Shiba-ness.\" title=\"Paying homage to Shiba\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3744\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>One of the ways to pay homage to his Shiba-ness.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"alignspace\"><\/div>\n<div id='3433' class='wp-caption frame3 alignright' style='width:280px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:280px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2933-280x210.jpg\" alt=\"His Shiba-ness with his entourage.\" title=\"His Shiba-ness with his entourage.\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3433\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>His Shiba-ness with his entourage.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In any case, two legs have very strange behaviors. I suspect they are much <em>lower life forms<\/em> and are simply incapable of communicating in a consistent and non-barbaric fashion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I will be a <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/pack-leader-to-an-aggressive-dog\">good pack leader<\/a> and be patient with them &#8230; for now. <\/strong>  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>Shiba Wisdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>pretend<\/strong> to be <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/alpha-male-or-alpha-female\">the boss<\/a>, but your weak energy ain&#8217;t going to fool anyone. Especially not a Shiba!\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='3740' class='wp-caption frame3 aligncenter' style='width:520px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:520px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_3238-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"The BOSS!\" title=\"The Shiba Boss!\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3740\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>The BOSS!<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiba Inu Diary &#8211; Sephy&#8217;s first experience and opinion of the alpha-roll technique. Alpha rolls are very risky, causes a lot of stress, and may cause a dog to bite. My attempts at alpha rolls only made my Shiba Inu&#8217;s behavior worse, caused him to lose trust in me, and made him resistant to all handling and restraint. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[729],"tags":[755,756,757,758,759,760,761,727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312"}],"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=4312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}