Kiʻekiʻe poʻohiwi: 36 - 41 knm
ke kaupaona: 6 - 12 kg
Age: 12 - 15 mau makahiki
Waihoʻoluʻu: ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele, a ʻeleʻele, sesame me nā kaha māmā
E hoʻohana i: ʻīlio hahai holoholona, ʻīlio hoahele
ka Shiba inu he ʻīlio liʻiliʻi like me ka ʻalopeke me ke ʻano o ka naʻau. He mana nui a kūʻokoʻa, hoʻoikaika akā ʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻohaʻahaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke manaʻo i ka hoʻolohe makapō mai kahi Shiba. No laila, ʻaʻole ia he ʻīlio no ka poʻe hoʻomaka a maʻalahi paha.
Kumu a me ka mōʻaukala
ʻO Shiba Inu kona kumu ma Iapana a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kahiko nā ʻīlio puaʻa. ʻO kona wahi kūlohelohe ʻo ia ka mauna ma ke Kai o Iapana, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia ai i ʻīlio hahai holoholona no ka hahai holoholona liʻiliʻi a me nā manu. I ka lilo ʻana o nā ʻīlio Pelekane i mea kaulana loa ma Iapana i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19 a ua hele pinepine ʻia me ka Shiba-Inu, ua emi mau ke kumu o ka ʻohana maʻemaʻe o Shiba. Mai ka makahiki 1930, ua hoʻoikaika nui nā mea aloha a me nā mea hoʻohua i ka hana maʻemaʻe. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka standard breed mua ma 1934.
Keʻano
Me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻohiwi ma kahi o 40 cm, ʻo Shiba Inu kekahi o nā liʻiliʻi loa o nā ʻīlio Iapana mua ʻeono. He kino kino kino, he ākea ke poʻo, a ʻaʻa iki nā maka a ʻeleʻele. He ʻano liʻiliʻi nā pepeiao kū, he huikolu, a hili iki i mua. Hoʻonoho ʻia ka huelo kiʻekiʻe a lawe ʻia i ka wili ma ke kua. Hoʻomanaʻo ke ʻano o ka Shiba i kahi alopeke.
ʻO ka ʻaʻahu o ka Shiba Inu he ʻaʻahu luna paʻakikī a pololei a he nui nā ʻaʻahu lalo palupalu. Hanai ia ma ka ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele a me ka sesame, kahi e wehewehe ai ka sesame i ka hui ʻana o ka lauoho keʻokeʻo a ʻeleʻele. Loaʻa i nā ʻano kala like ʻole nā māka māmā ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka waha, ka ʻāʻī, ka umauma, ka ʻōpū, i loko o nā wāwae, a ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo o ka huelo.
Nature
ʻO ka Shiba kahi mea kaulana loa ʻīlio kūʻokoʻa me ka ikaika hahai holoholona. He mana nui, wiwo ʻole, a me ka teritori, kahi e koi nui ai i nā ʻano alakaʻi o ka mea nona. ʻO kahi Shiba he kūpaʻa a he haʻahaʻa iki wale nō. No laila, pono ʻoluʻolu, aʻo mau a maopopo ke alakai. Pono e launa pū ʻia nā ʻīlio i ka wā mua a me ke akahele.
He hana koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i kahi Shiba Inu ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hoa. Pono ia nui ka hooikaika kino ma waho nui a me nā mea he nui nā hana like ʻole. ʻO nā kaʻina hana i hana pinepine ʻia e hoʻoulu koke iā ia. Ma muli o kona makemake i ka hahai holoholona a me kona ʻano kūʻokoʻa, hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i kahi Shiba e holo manuahi. A i ʻole, ʻo ke keiki liʻiliʻi e like me ka ʻalopeke he mea hoʻoikaika nui, makaʻala, a i ka wā hana, he hoa hale ʻoluʻolu. Kakaʻikahi ʻo ia i ka ʻau a maʻalahi kona ʻaʻahu pōkole e mālama. He nui wale ka Shiba i ka molt.