The Shiba Inu, a millennial dog.

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If you don’t have a Shiba Inu, surely you had already seen this dog before. Maybe in the streets of your city, in the tv, or maybe in Internet! Because this dog, by the work and grace of internauts, it once became a famous meme icon in social networks called as Doge.

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And although many of us have enjoyed entertaining ourselves with this great meme, not everyone knows with certainty about the history of this dog breed.

The Shiba Inu is a japanese dog. There are indications of it arrival in Japan in the years 2000 before Christ, being descendant of wild dogs of the South of China.

It has an antiquity of more than 4,000 years!

Like all Japanese dogs, in its origins it was used as a dog for hunting birds and small mammals in the wooded and mountainous areas of the center of the country. Also, for this reason that was evolving along with the Shiba for so many years, this dog is characterized for having a loyal, active, tough and independent character.

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On two occasions the breed was in serious danger of disappearing. The first was in the 19th century, when converting hunting into sport; this led to the introduction of many dogs of European breeds in Japan. And the second occasion was while the 2nd World War was.

The name Shiba of the Breed means "little bush". So you could say that the meaning of Shiba Inu is "small bush dog", Because Inu only means "dog" in Japanese. Besides that formerly this dog hunted small animals that hid in the bushes.

This breed of dog is often confused with the Akita, and vice versa, but the reality is that they have several aspects that differentiate them. Although the most remarkable could be the one of the stature of each one, because the Shiba is smaller than the Akita.

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