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. ʻO ke ʻano koʻikoʻi, ka pae naʻauao kiʻekiʻe, a me ka ikaika kūikawā i kaulana kēia mau holoholona i waena o nā mea hānai ʻīlio. 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.
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