Mary Allen
Shiba Inu ndi mtundu wakale wa galu waku Japan. Amadziwikanso kuti Shiba kapena Shiba Ken. Shiba amatanthauza "wamng'ono" ndipo "Inu" kapena "Ken" amatanthauza "galu" mu Japanese. Oimira mbiri ya mtunduwo anali ang'onoang'ono komanso amfupi-miyendo kuposa masiku ano. Alimi a m'mapiri ankazisunga ngati agalu a m'minda ndi kuti azisaka nyama zing'onozing'ono ndi mbalame. Anatha kusinthika mosadalira mitundu ina ndipo adasintha pang'ono. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 19, a British adabweretsa ma setter awo ndi zolozera. Chotsatira chake, mkati mwa zaka makumi angapo, Shiba yoyera inakhala yosowa. Mtunduwu unatsala pang'ono kutha pafupifupi zaka zana zapitazo. Cha m'ma 1928 obereketsa oyambirira adayamba kutsitsimutsa mtunduwo ndikukhazikitsa muyeso wovomerezeka mu 1934. Padziko lonse lapansi, FCI imamuwerengera mu Gulu 5 "Spitzer and Primitive Type" mu Gawo 5 "Asian Spitz and Related Breeds".
Pansipa mupeza ma tattoo 10 abwino kwambiri agalu a Shiba Inu:
