Caught big air today, when I jumped off a 5 ft wall at the park. Perfect landing! I wuz stoked. The look on my humans faces? Priceless.

* no photos of my jump unfortunately. Here are, however, two of me feelin’ good before and after the jump

Our attempt to make Kaiju a water dog continues…. We took Kaiju to the nearby park where there is a swimming area for dogs. It was really warm and we hoped there would be many dogs jumping into water, and maybe Kaiju would follow.

He was definitely tempted.

This is the furthest he went into the water. After this, he pulled himself up and continued to watch other dogs in the water.

Hmm. He’s still no water dog…

I’m out for a nature walk with my human & his brother. It’s a good Wednesday!

There is this brand-new dog park in the town next to ours. It has some fun features like tunnels, big stone steps, and a raised plank. Of course, Kaiju would not go into the tunnels nor go up on the plank, although he doesn’t mind the stone steps. He also gets nervous about noises coming from the factories nearby during the day, and stays alert which makes it tough for him to really let go and have fun.

So we have been going there late at night when it’s quieter. And since there are no other dogs usually at that time of the day, we have to run around ourselves to get Kaiju excited enough to play. It’s a pain, but serves the purpose when we really don’t want to go too far but want to let him off-leash outside.

We made a trip to this park tonight. Very unfortunately, even though it was late night, there were some big trailer trucks moving about in the adjacent lot. Kaiju was too distracted to even chase us no matter how much we tried. Soon, we were exhausted. He was boring us to tears. So, instead, we decided to try to get him up on the wooden plank…

First, all three of us (Kaiju’s humunkle is visiting) walked up on the plank, stood in the middle of it, and called him cheerfully and repeatedly. Then we tried sitting on it and did the same. Kaiju looked up at us and ran around the plank as if to say “i don’t understand!! what do you want me to do??”. We then tried to meet him half way down on the ramp and lure him with treats. No such luck. So… well, the rest of the story can be viewed in the «video» below.

“Rocking Chair” by Mr. Scruff

We don’t remember how or when it started, but Kaiju brings his beef tendon chew with him to bed (our bed), every night.

He rarely chews on it. We give him one and it stays intact for a long time, until one day, he decides to consume it. When that happens, it’s usually gone in two or so chewing sessions.

He doesn’t play with it. He doesn’t even look at it throughout the day. Only when we go to bed, he looks for it, and carries it with him onto the bed. Sometimes, he forgets to do it. But, after he settles in on the bed, he remembers. He gets up, goes to the living room, finds it, and brings it back with him.

Then, for rest of the night, the beef tendon is ignored. In the morning, he jumps off the bed without even glancing at it. So we move it back to the living room.

«video»

This is how my human #1 plays with me while watching TV. «video»

Then this happens soon after.

WANT.

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I forgot to broadcast. This photo got the 2nd place at “I Love Shiba Inu Photo Contest” on Ilovedogs.com.  @Snick_the_Dog told me on Twitter “dude! did u see the winners of the shiba photo contest?” Snick’s mom was the judge for the contest.

they look funny and smell funky. lemme try. gimme!

So, we did make it up to Kaiju for the fail yesterday. Well, kind of. We didn’t see any Shibas. We didn’t even see many other dogs for that matter. We did have a lot of beach to ourselves, though. It’s only 40 min from our home. Not too bad! «videos»