He ʻīlio hahai holoholona ka Shiba Inu ma Iapana. ʻElua a me ka hapa tausani makahiki kona moʻolelo. ʻO nā ʻelele o kēia wā o ka pua e hana pinepine i mau hoa. ʻO kahi ʻano noiʻi a me ke aloha e hiki ai iā lākou ke launa maikaʻi me ka mea nona, akā he capricious nā holoholona a koi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaukau. Mai ka makahiki 1936, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Shiba Inu ka waiwai o Iapana. Ua kaulana kēia mau holoholona ma waena o nā mea hānai ʻīlio, ʻo ke ʻano hoʻohui, ka pae naʻauao kiʻekiʻe, a me ka ikaika kūikawā. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka lilo ʻana i ka mea nona ia holoholona, akā inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kona mahalo a hilinaʻi, e hauʻoli nui ʻoe i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi hoaaloha naʻauao a nīnau. He kūpono ka ʻīlio no nā mea mālama ʻīlio ʻike, akā ʻo ka ʻīlio mua, ʻo Shiba Inu me kona ʻano paʻakikī ʻaʻole ia ke koho maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā holoholona o kēia ʻano e ka naʻauao kiʻekiʻe a me ke ʻano ikaika.
He mea weliweli ʻo Shiba Inu, ʻaʻole makemake lākou e kaʻana like.