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Puppy Care & Health Information
At a glance
- Type
- Purebred, FCI No. 257, Group 5 (Spitz and primitive types)
- Height
- Males 39.5 cm · females 36.5 cm (±1.5 cm)
- Weight
- Typically about 8–11 kg (the FCI standard sets no weight)
- Life expectancy
- About 12–15 years
- Coat
- Double coat: red, black and tan or sesame, with pale urajiro markings; cream exists but is not a standard colour
- Grooming
- A weekly brush; daily with an undercoat rake during the two heavy moults a year
- Exercise
- About an hour a day, on a lead or inside a fence
- With children
- Good with older children who respect his space; dislikes being grabbed or hugged
- In an apartment
- Yes: quiet and clean indoors, with daily walks
- Cyprus summer
- Moderate: walk at dawn and after dark in summer; seeks out cool floors
- Our price
- from €1,300
About the Shiba Inu
Japan came close to losing the Shiba. A hunting dog from the mountains along the Sea of Japan, worked on birds and small game, the breed had nearly disappeared by the 1920s before a preservation programme pulled together the surviving regional types. The standard was settled in 1934, and Japan declared the Shiba a natural monument three years later.
What you get is a dog that still thinks like a hunter. The Shiba Inu is alert, clean, quiet indoors and deeply attached to his own people — and at the same time independent in a way that surprises owners coming from retrievers or spaniels. He will decide whether your recall is worth answering. Assume he cannot be trusted off-lead near roads, and keep the garden secure; a Shiba who finds a gap will take it.
He is not difficult to keep. Up to an hour a day is enough, and the short double coat needs only a weekly brush for most of the year. Twice a year he drops that undercoat comprehensively, and no amount of brushing will feel like enough — this is the thing owners are least prepared for.
That same coat means Cyprus summers deserve respect: walk early, walk late, and do not clip him in the belief you are helping, because the coat is what insulates him. Expect a fastidious, self-contained companion for ten years or more.
Origin, purpose and temperament follow the official FCI breed standard; exercise, grooming and family suitability follow The Royal Kennel Club (UK). Every puppy is an individual — ask us about the one you are considering.
Living with a Shiba Inu in Cyprus
Tufts on the tiles. Twice a year, usually in spring and autumn, a Shiba lets go of its undercoat in clumps over two or three weeks. On the tiled floors of most Cyprus homes, tufts gather in every corner. Rake him outdoors once a day during the moult and most of it stays outside.
Hares, cats and partridges. The Shiba was bred to hunt, and the fields and hillsides around Cypriot villages are full of things that run. Once he has seen a hare or a cat, your recall stops counting, so keep him on a lead or a long line anywhere unfenced. Shibas climb, dig and slip through a gate left ajar, so check the fence line. Scrub and long grass also hold ticks, and on warm evenings from about May to October sandflies can pass on leishmaniasis; our puppy care sheet explains the protection.
Cool floors in July. The coat keeps heat off the skin, so a short clip makes him hotter, not cooler. In summer walk around sunrise and after dark, and let him spend the afternoon stretched out on the coolest tiles in the house.
Clean, quiet, and loud when it matters. Shibas groom themselves like cats and often learn to be clean indoors within a few weeks. They seldom bark, but held still against their will, many let out a high “Shiba scream” that carries through an apartment block. Handle paws, ears and mouth daily from the first week, trim one nail at a time with a treat, and visit the vet just to be weighed and praised.
