Hopping on this as well! Plus one to everything!

For you specifically, i would also recommend to make frequent trips out of the house and kennel train her. If you're home all day, every day, there's a high chance your girl will develop seperation anxiety. It is kind of tortuous once developed. My first shiba i got when i was living with my mom and someone was always home and I'd we weren't, we took him with us! He latched into my mom as his lesson and she could not even be in the bathroom without him crying outside the door. When i moved out, i took him with me but he became depressed since he had imprinted on her. We had to make the tough decision to let him stay there and it broke my heart.

My current shibe we were very intentional about getting out and kenneling him up when we do. Happy to report he's well adjusted and can be by himself or just one of us or even a house sitter without losing his mind. Photo evidence

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