{"id":5274,"date":"2010-12-01T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T06:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2010-12-01T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T06:26:03","slug":"story-of-a-little-shiba-called-runty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/story-of-a-little-shiba-called-runty\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of a Little Shiba Called Runty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dog Park<\/strong>
\nJuly 29th 2007<\/em><\/p>\n

I have been visiting this interesting place that has lots of dogs around<\/a>. Most of the time there are many interesting, fun friends to play with. <\/p>\n

Sometimes though, there are some dogs that really don’t want to interact with me. <\/p>\n

\"Everyone
Everyone should love to play with a Shiba, especially a Shiba like me! <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

I really don’t understand this.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\nEveryone should love to play with a Shiba<\/a>, especially a Shiba like me! <\/em>\n<\/p>\n

I try to tell them this, but sometimes they get annoyed and try to tell me to get lost. But I keep trying. <\/p>\n

I don’t want them to lose out on this golden Shiba opportunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"I
I don\u2019t want them to lose out on this golden Shiba opportunity.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

Today, there was another Shiba at the park. He looked like me but he was very small so I was very curious. At first he was in the small dog area but then he came over to where I was, presumably to pay homage to me. After all, I am bigger and better. <\/p>\n

\"A
A Shiba Inu's awesome aspect is a wonderful and terrible thing.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

I went over to greet him, but the little Shiba got all snarky with me, growled at me, and showed teeth. I suppose since he is so small, he might be a bit fearful of my awesome aspect<\/em>. <\/p>\n

I went over more slowly and tried to greet him again. He got all snarky again and Den Female and Pungent One came over and stopped me. This happened a few more times and I decided to give the little Shiba some alone time before my next approach.<\/p>\n

After about 15 minutes, I figured the little one had probably calmed down, so I put on my best face and went over to introduce myself. The little punk actually had the audacity to come at me with teeth bared<\/a>. To calm him down I simply sat on him. <\/p>\n

\"Here
Here I am sitting on my sister Shania. She likes being close to greatness.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

I thought I handled it pretty well and with minimal violence but then all hell suddenly broke loose. The 2-legs that belonged to little Shiba came charging over, shouting and wildly waving their arms. One of them actually dared to lay hands on my royal body. <\/p>\n

I was shocked at his stupid behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucky for him, Pungent One came over and stopped his stupidity before I could unleash my ninja Shiba moves. <\/p>\n

Runty’s follower walked away but kept on yipping. At that point, we thought it best to leave little Runty and his sidekicks to their yipping and yapping.<\/p>\n

\n

\nShiba Wisdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a little dog is uncomfortable being with larger dogs, it is best to keep him in the small dog area where he can have more fun. <\/p>\n

Never grab an unknown dog, especially a Shiba, unless you want to get bitten – ROAR!\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Never
Never grab an unknown dog, especially a Shiba, unless you want to get bitten - ROAR!<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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