Hachiko is the Akita Breed.

I have a Shiba puppy..now is only 3months old and very mouthy and very cheeky.

You can say that again..Shiba are not for first time owners.. My Shiba is a handful.

Are you Toshi's owner? If so, glad to meet you. I am Creamy's owner (or am I the pet??)

This post has been edited by Blu-By-U: Sep 11 2012, 03:41 PM

That's sad to loose a pet that way.

When I first had Creamy, she was like that. She would pick on her food. I changed the food that the breeder was feeding her to Acana, She ate it all within 3 min for about 3 days then slow..and finally just pick a bit. She would take a few bites then stop eating. I had to resort to putting bits of chicken, beef or pork (all cooked) into her dry feed. BTW, I soak her dry feed with water before feeding it to her.

Then she got diarrhoea. I took her to the vet, he asked to stop feeding her for 24 hours. Something like letting the bacteria run itself out. Then proceed to give her 1 small piece of chicken fillet ( about the size of a man's finger) boiled in water. The chicken is to be shredded with a fork. This is to be done at 2 times a day. The next day, it is increased to 3. Then the following day, add a bit of the dry feed with that small piece of chicken. 3 times a day. Increase the amount of dry feed to 1/2 the regular feed, by the 5th day, you can totally remove that boiled chicken.

My Creamy now is so happy to see her food. All is gone within the 5 minutes. So I say it is a blessing in disguise she got that diarrhoea.

This is also a way to see if your Shiba Inu is allergic to chicken. If you see your Shiba Inu scratching itself after the feed, please stop the chicken and replace with beef or pork or fish. Then check your dry feed.

Another thing, in that 24 hours, my Creamy looked so pitiful. She would whine and whimper. The vet says unlike human, dogs would digest almost 90% of the chicken. So Creamy won't die from the lack of food. And i would also know if she is allergic to chicken.

Made a mistake on my calculations..creamy was to get neutered after Christmas..but she started her heat!!!.