📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Small📌 |
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📊Utilization | Hunting dog for birds and small animals. Companion dog |
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✨Appearance | Small-sized dog, well balanced, well boned with well developed muscles. Constitution strong. Action quick, free and beautiful. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Shiba Inu Japanese Small Size Dog |
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🌐Country of origin | Japan |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 15 |
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📏Height | 35 cm - 43 cm |
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⚖Weight | 8 kg - 11 kg |
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🌡Temperament | The temperament is faithful, with keenness in sense and high alertness. |
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📜History | The Shiba has been a native breed to Japan since the primitive ages. The word « Shiba » originally refers to something « small », a « small dog ». The Shiba’s habitat was in the mountainous area facing the Sea of Japan and was used as a hunting dog for small animals and birds. There were slight differences in the breeds according to the areas where they were raised. |
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