The only times I have ever heard Snickers howl have been when I’ve left and gone out without him. He’s OK when I leave for work M-F mornings. He’s sort of OK when I leave at other times and T is here. BUT if I leave unexpectedly at any time that I would (should) be with him and T isn’t here to soothe him… he howls. He doesn’t bark, cry, whimper or scream. He howls. It’s pretty spooky because it sounds like a coyote is in the building, not my sweet little pup dog. It’s a long, low, forlorn wolf-like sound. So, why am I telling you this? Because I just ran across this:
We do know, however, that howling keeps packmates together, physically. Because wolves range over vast areas to find food, they are often separated from one another. Of all their calls, howling is the only one that works over great distances. Its low pitch and long duration are well suited for transmission in forest and across tundra, and unique features of each individual’s howl allow wolves to identify each other. Howling is a long distance contact and reunion call; separate a wolf from its pack, and very soon it will begin howling, and howling, and howling…
That makes me want to never, ever leave him again!
ohhhhhhhhhhhh Snickers!
More for Shiba-Wolf connection!
http://www.shiba-dog.de/ShibaDog-en.htm
The pics of the Jomon-Shiba is really WOW!!
And you know, that all dogs MUST be left alone at some point or another, for a certain length of time, Jenna. (though what we ALL wouldn’t give to stay home with them ALL day!)
Storm plants her big bully butt right in front of the apartment door, when its time for me to leave! Go figure! LOL!
Since pitbulls don’t howl, I guess that just her way for communicating, “please don’t leave”.
I love Shiba’s and am really enjoying this blog. I am one of the lucky ones who gets to stay home all day with my 3 Shibas! Although sometimes they try to monopolize my time and make it hard to get anything done!
I’ve only heard my oldest male Koji (Japanese for “strong-willed”) howl when I took his first Shiba female to the vet. She was very sick and had many vet visits and hospital stays, and in the end we lost her. He only howled the last few times I left with her. I’ve heard our “baby” Taka (“good son”) howl almost everytime we are outside doing yardwork. The middle Shiba is Akiko (“autumn child”) and I’ve never heard her howl, though she is much more vocal than the males.
Is a Jamon-Shiba larger than a regular Shiba? That is a very interesting site.
Jomon-Shiba is the creation of Shibaho(Shina inu Hozonkai / Association of Shiba inu presevation).
http://www.shibaho.net/index.html
These are the pics of the Jomon-Shiba pup named Sakura(Cherry Blossom), the grown up one is the regular Shiba named KumaGoro(Mr. Bear).
http://www.shibaho.net/aiken/07sakura_kumagorou/030810d_1.html
Jusk click the numbers at the bottom.
You can see how she grew up.
Apparently they have a similar size but Jomon-Shiba has a much longer(and a little strange, well, you may call that wild) head and a slimer body.
The owner of this pup stated that People thought She was a fox when they walked in the park.
In Japan nobody think regular Shibas look like Fox. That is the way dogs are supposed to look like in Japan. Even many mixed breed stray dogs somewhat look like Shiba there. But even for Japanese, this Jomon kind looks like a fox because of its longer head.
And there is the owner of Jomon-shiba in U.S. already. His name is Issei (The first generation, Japanese call the first generation of their immigrants to U.S., Issei). Judging from the pic of her son, I guess the owner of this dog is the Japanese woman who is married with an American.
http://www.shibaho.net/aiken/06issei_mrsg/030303photo.html
Which one do you prefer, the regular Shibas or Jomons?
I think I still like cutieeee ones.
But Stone-age ones sure look wild and interesting.
I guess some breeders are already considering to import these feral looking beasts to U.S..
That is so sad. I hate hearing the Snick Dog howl, it’s so SAD! 🙁
Wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!