{"id":4341,"date":"2010-06-18T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T14:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2010-06-18T07:58:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T14:58:23","slug":"shiba-diary-dog-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/shiba-diary-dog-trainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiba Diary &#8211; Dog Trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>A really cool 2-legged one.<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 20th 2007<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I got to meet a really cool 2-legged one today. <\/p>\n<p>So far most of the 2-legs I&#8217;ve met have not been very impressive. Most have <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/afraid-of-your-dog\">erratic energy that reflect fear<\/a>, anger, or frustration. <\/p>\n<div id='2477' 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\/02\/IMG_3141-280x210.jpg\" alt=\"My own 2-legs have gotten a lot calmer since then. I am a good 2-legs trainer.\" title=\"Shiba Inu Sephy - Human Trainer for Hire\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2477\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>My own 2-legs have gotten a lot calmer since then. I am a good 2-legs trainer.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/finding-a-dog-trainer\"><strong>dog trainer<\/strong><\/a>, however, is very different. Straight away I could sense that this <em>one<\/em> has an <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/pack-leader-to-an-aggressive-dog\">air of authority<\/a>. When he tried to put a new <em>thing<\/em> around my neck, I put up a big fuss, but this one just held onto me and was very calm and unafraid. Sensing this I calmed down as well,&#8230; the <em>neck thingy<\/em> may not be so bad after all.<\/p>\n<p>My male and female pack followers were also around and they seemed to also get calmer after a howl and yip, noise session with the Yoda-like 2 legs. <\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, we all <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/leash-training-your-dog\">went for a walk<\/a> and it was a lot of fun. I also got to practice my <strong>SITs<\/strong> and since I am so good at it I got a lot of cheese &#8211; yummy!<\/p>\n<div id='2628' 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\/02\/IMG_01751-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Shiba Inu Sephy pretending to be a model citizen.\" title=\"Shiba Inu Sephy pretending to be a model citizen.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2628\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>Shiba Inu Sephy pretending to be a model citizen.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Finally, the <em>Calm-One<\/em> picked me up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In general, I hate being picked up by 2-legs because that seriously curtails my freedom. Also I don&#8217;t really trust the 2-legs not to drop me &#8211; after all they are inferior with only 2 legs. <\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows that &#8211; <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>4 legs goooooddd, 2 legs baaaadddd.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, of course I showed my displeasure by squirming and showing teeth. I also put my teeth near <em>Calm-One&#8217;s<\/em> neck just to see what he would do. But, strangely, he just remained calm throughout. I started to relax as well. <\/p>\n<p>Being held by <em>Calm-One<\/em> was not too bad after all.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>Shiba Wisdom<\/strong><br \/>\nWtih us dogs, it is all about <strong>inner energy<\/strong>. We can sense what you are truly feeling so you cannot pretend. To really make a difference, you must change your inner energy and true self.<\/p>\n<p>Really, we should get paid a lot more for all the self-help lessons we give 2-legs!\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='4305' 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\/06\/shiba-enjoying-life-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Really, we should get paid a lot more for all the self-help lessons we give 2-legs!\" title=\"Shiba enjoying life\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4305\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>Really, we should get paid a lot more for all the self-help lessons we give 2-legs!<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiba Diary &#8211; Today, Sephy meets a professional dog trainer for private lessons. This dog trainer is very calm, unafraid, and knows exactly what to do when Shiba Sephy shows aggression. Dog training requires calm energy, good timing, consistency, and proper execution of the techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2477,"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":[120,771,772,727,728,773,774],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341"}],"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=4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}