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debm55

(53,763 posts)
3. It's a Shiba Inu. They do not bark at all, but have a very unique howl. I had one. The body structure --ears and tail
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 01:03 PM
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are also unique to the breed. Roxy was a great dog. I cried terribly when we had to put her to sleep. I held her. I am glad she found a forever home. and I am glad you posted this, catbyte.

debm55

(53,763 posts)
13. This looks like a female. as they run smaller then the male. Akita Inu is a beautiful dog. Roxy did not shed but twice a
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 05:58 PM
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year she would puff. Made her look like a Chow. Did your Akita Inu puff?

BlueKentuckyGirl

(513 posts)
8. Sheba Inu
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:41 PM
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That's what I thought it looked like, also. Curly tail, medium size. Sounds like you are familiar with them so maybe I guessed right.

popsdenver

(1,257 posts)
9. Every time
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:53 PM
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we have to euthanize a dog, I swear that I will never again have a dog, only to have to go thru the pain and grieving of parting again......

Then we decide there is a hollowness, an incompleteness in our family, and find a new one.............we are on our sixth one now, and they have all brought so much happiness to our family.........

Our current female we just acquired is ALL puppy......She vacillates between being a PIA, Pain in the Ass, and a YLIT,
a Young Lady In Training.........

Is Female mannerisms and behavior entirely different from Males????? It seems that way, as we have always had males.....

barbtries

(31,028 posts)
10. I'm going with
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:03 PM
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their dog who had passed sent them this puppy to fill up the whole in their hearts.

so hear me out.
40 years ago or so, I had a mouse in the house. I was at my office telling my coworker about it and I said "What i need is a mouser." Ten minutes later, a cat arrived at the door of my office.
This never happened before and never again, and I worked in that office for over 18 years. It was like Tinkerbelle was my very own Mary Poppins.

Then, after Bekah died, my friend Jacques told me about his friend whose dog had died. She buried him in the back yard, and within a few days (can't recall the exact timeline, it could have been the next day), a cat appeared on her dog's grave in the backyard. She adopted the cat and it had been with her ever since.

Jacques didn't see it the same way I did and do, but these things happened. I choose to see it as a spiritual experience.

jmowreader

(52,822 posts)
11. How we know it isn't a coyote
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:38 PM
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His face isn't nearly pointy enough.

He's the wrong color. Coyotes are gray.

Coyotes are extremely loud and they talk all the time.

Skittles

(168,879 posts)
12. I think a baby coyote would be WAY more fearful, too
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 05:42 PM
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yes indeed........it's just very unusual indeed to casually encounter a baby coyote

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