Trivia About Shiba Inus

What Do You Know About Shiba Inus?

June 24, 2010

Highly intelligent and cute to boot, let's go on with the World Cup of Dogs and tackle the Shiba Inu from Japan to honor that country's game day. See just how wise you are when taking this quiz now!

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6 Comments

2 years 3 weeks

My only complaint about this quiz is that there isn't one like it, but about Puggles. Puggles are awesome. I want one so bad.

2 years 3 weeks

This quiz is bogus and obviously not written by a Shiba expert. The ONLY acceptable coat color in the list is the black & tan. Solid colors are never "acceptable" on a Shiba because they don't show urajiro. Also, they're double-coated and NOT waterproof. The guard hairs are course, but the undercoat is incredibly soft, giving them a soft texture to the touch.

2 years 3 weeks

I found some of the questions here to be unspecific. For instance, some kennel clubs, including the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs discriminate against cream Shibas - "Serious fault--Cream, white pinto, or any other color or marking not specified is a very serious fault and must be penalized." Another issue is that, yes, in the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs, the Shiba is a non-sporting breed. However, in the United Kennel Club, it is listed in the Northern Breed group and in the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, it is a member of Group 5 Spitz and primitive type. All in all, this quiz was enjoyable, but I think that it presents a regrettable American bias, as well as some shaky breed knowledge.

tarabara1229 2 years 47 weeks

Love Shiba Inus, and was so happy when the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam was up and running. I swear work productivity was at a standstill!

rossy 2 years 47 weeks

Shiba Inus & Akitas are beautiful & look very similar to Siberian huskies, Alaskan malamutes & Samoyed dogs! Even though researchers say that ALL domesticated dogs are descended from wolves, only certain ones still have "wolf-like" features.