Miyuki Sensei Birthday

It was Miyuki Sensei Birthday and we gave a small surprise for her. Miyuki Sensei doesn't like to take pictures or whenever we took photos, she will either block half of her face or all of it lol. Was trying to make her reveal her age which she said 50s or maybe 50......? She is such a mystery haha!

Being funny! She is always in black and she said she had nothing but black outfits

variety of Japanese snacks

Group picture! Amanda made red velvet cupcakes and it was delicious!

Hideji's New Friend

Was having lunch with my friend the other day and she was eager to meet Hideji since she has a dog herself. She brought Spin along after our lunch so we could stroll together. Spin being a dog from pet shop and was raised with humans from puppy, has no interests in other dogs. She loves being around with people and anyone that came to her house, she will be wagging her tail in joy. Hideji is the opposite, he regards the entrance (where he sleeps) as his territory so whoever enters will trigger his hostility. But if we placed him outside the house, he will bark (growl) at strangers then be ok if we scolded him. Spin doesn't like Hideji much lol.. She will shiver whenever Hideji is sniffing her so Hideji lost interest in her as well. 

Looking at me when I was busy taking Hideji's stuff. 

We saw the rainbow!

difficult to control the 2 kids

Back the clinic for review

Happy time @ Misawa Dog Run

We found a dog run in Misawa while driving around and thought it was prefect place to let him run around without the leash. He has only been with us less than a month and shiba breed easily distracted by anything (leaf, pets, moving objects) so releasing him is a big NO NO. The chances of him running off and not coming back is 100 % lol. Many parks, playgrounds forbid pets and so we could only walk around our area. This is sad but I understand, some owners really let their pets shit around and not clean it up and if owner do not watch their pets carefully, they might harm the children.  

Upon arriving the Dog Run, there was another shiba playing with its owners (Mother and daughter). We chatted a while and realised they are from Aomori City and they would drive to Misawa every Monday to bring their dog here. Main reason: there are no "Free" dog land in Aomori City, 1 hour would cost 1000 yen ($13) and hence they rather drive all the way down and shop around here instead. Hideji had a blast playing with other shiba, he was playing and running non stop for close to a hour. Its really interesting to see 2 shiba played with each other and both are grown in a pack of shibas (not like those in the pet store): their playing was so rough and more like sumo match trying to hold the other to the ground. 

so nervous and whimpering in the cage

running in a flash!

never seen him grinned so happily

Jumped!

shrieked in pain when the other shiba bite his neck

Their sumo match

KO!

Salmon Festival 2016 @ Rokkasho

Went to Rokkasho salmon festival not to catch salmon but to eat nice food haha. Their salmon soup and tempura soba are a must to eat if you are there. One of the good catch of the festival was we (or I) discovered a Korean stall selling authentic Korean kimchi and pancake. Tasted so good that I wish I am back in Korea again. I took the picture of the article they were framing against their stall so we can go visit the store in Hachinohe. The weather was cold that we went back soon after eating all we could ordered hehe.

it was cold that day and was queuing to buy takoyaki

tempura soba

Salmon soup 

First time seeing this Korean stall. Wife is Korean and Husband is Japanese. Their kimchi and pancake was so good!

Also have a shop in Hachinohe

getting ready for salmon event

Lunch @ New Miyaki (Misawa)

S took me to New Miyaki (Chinese restaurant located within walking distance from the base). Been here 3 years and yet this was my first time as it was pricer than other Chinese restaurant. You can place order using their tablet (pretty cool). We ordered the 1200 yen which came along with fried rice, vegetables, sweet spicy prawns and fried spring roll. Always have craving for Chinese food especially fried rice lol! Would come back again!

1200 yen set

The view of the shop

He fell asleep in the car easily... Like me!

Stuck in an awkward position and could not get up hehe

Questions

Sorry guys i think ever since we have Hideji, my blog will be revolve topics about him lol! Its like having a kid, just a four legged furry kid 😜. Since we are amateurs in taking care Hideji, we took the chance to ask the clinic all sorts of questions etc:

1) How often should we bath him? Myth said its not good for them to bath often. Vet response: If the dog likes it then we can bath him as often as we want, its not a bad thing to be clean. However some dogs hate water and it will create stress for them so in this case we should just bath when necessary. 

2) How to cut his nails? The assistant show us how to trim his nails and where we should stopped at. Like human, if we cut too deep there will be blood and that hurts. Since he is not indoor pet so its better not to trim too much and he will normally scratch on the road or grass after pooping. 

3) How to clean his anal? The same assistant also show us and wow...... Its pretty gross..... But no choice, he is our kid and we have to clean it (or S has to do it lol). Its best to do once a month during shower time.   

P.s: He is one brave Shiba (Only flinched when he took the injection (Big needle), did not bark at all), i also flinched when I saw the size of the needle.

Felt like holding a furry big baby

So handsome in the rain! 

3 of us taking walk today

Captured him pooping and he stopped when he saw me taking picture lol!

In his full gear

Hideji Neutering Adventure

We decided to neuter Hideji due to various reasons: prevent certain illness, have no intention to breed more dogs, reduce his marking territory and trying to escape from house to search for female dogs etc.

Like normal surgery for human, Hideji was not allowed to be given water & food from night before. Next morning. we put him in the cage and drove to the clinic, I guess Hideji could sense something was wrong. He was whimpering all the way and looked uneasy regardless how we tried to comfort him. Brought along his cage to the clinic as we were not sure how he would behave and he had not been trained by us yet (Basic commands like sit, wait). Surprising he was so well-behaved that we did need to make in the cage, neither bark nor whimper.   

We left him at the clinic in the morning and collected him in the evening, the nurse told us that he was really well behaved but the moment we entered the clinic, he would sensed us and kept whimpering in the room. Had to wear his neck collar for 10 days and he look like an alien hehe!

Very well behaved in the clinic maybe due to unfamiliar surrounding

was quite envy of S holding Hideji and i managed to get my turn. So far it was my first time to carry him

Fell asleep in my arms

Looked so resigned wearing his neck collar, to prevent him licking his wound.