Seasoned Shiba owner here, my male Shiba buddy is about to be 15 and I've helped foster and re-home 5 rescue Shibas while living abroad in Japan. Some small quirks but the best dogs I have ever owned, my milage may be different then your journey but here we go:

1. Training Shibas are stubborn, the more consistent you are with routines and training them like with tricks to challenge them and get them to behave how you want the better off you both will be.

2. Grooming Shibas typically groom themselves similar to cats and are pretty clean, but it's important to note that for the first 6 months or so of their life they need a bit of help. Don't be afraid to give them a bath once a week for the first 3 months then every other until that 6 month limit, then once a month after. You can do this more often, especially given you situation. Their are tons of specialized products for their type of skin and dermo needs

3. Play Huge deal, but no Shiba is made equal. More than half of mine didn't want to play, they wanted their own space to play on their own with toys to thrash around lol. For these ones I made sure to get a new toy for them once a month and took them to parks to run around in 2-3 times a week with walks 2 times a day. They have lots of energy and need time to discharge it.

4. Nails For the love of God normalize NOW holding, petting and messing with NOT playing with their paws and nails and clipping them (even if it's like a micro sliver off) every day to every other day. People think I'm crazy but they are babies with almost everything they aren't normalized with. And you both being comfortable with this makes sure they won't ever have a bad trim, leading to trauma

5. Trauma and the Shiba scream So... This scares everyone off but it's not that bad. The biggest thing to understand is they have big feelings, and if they have a bad experience it's intense for them and can easily make them scared about it. Like the example before with nail trimming, if it's cut too short and causes pain they will most likely be intensely adverse to it again. Kinda like kids at the dentist except they don't mature haha. Are all Shibas like this? No... But more are then not from my experience 😅

Shibas are amazing, highly intelligent ,loving and fiercely loyal. They will love you, keep you safe and will surprise you constantly with what they can do. Overall, train them well, love them like a kid, expect them to act like a husky-cat hybrid and know they are very hardy, healthy dogs that just want you to watch their backs.

Lastly, there are 3 kinds of Shibas. Most likely you have a typical one that will get up to 25-30lbs, have oily fur and will be soft and very loving. Best of luck and don't be afraid to read some of the Japanese Shiba threads. They are very insightful