I had a Shiba Inu for around 13 years - our daughter gave it to us when she couldn't handle her any more (she was in college). My wife and I loved the dog - it was perfect for us. She was our first and only dog. I miss her a lot. Her personality was amazing.

I've had my Shiba for a year and - extremely sweet and adorable for the most part. He basically acts like a cat when it comes to being a loner when he wants to be 😂 however I had this condition as a kid where my blood sugar would drop for no reason why I'd be sleeping and a few months ago it started up again and the only reason why I knew this is because in the middle of the night for three nights in a row my Shiba kept waking me up by getting right in my face and making weird noises at me well sometimes pawing at me. I'm thinking he wants to go outside so I try to take him out but he doesn't want to go so then I try to go back and lay down and lo and behold here he comes and he tries to do it again. So then I go to give him water and he still has water in his bowl. Then I noticed that no matter where I go in the house he kept following me and for some reason he kept being very close to my feet. Then I tried sitting down instead of laying down and he wouldn't scream but he just kept pawing at me then I thought wait a minute they say dogs can sense of something's up their owner so I don't know if this is very common with sheba's but I went to go check my sugar and it was dropping so I had to get something in me otherwise it was going to keep getting lower. After I got something in my system and after I did that he was just chilling out next to me on the couch. Want to lay back down and he was happy and content and I think he knocked out before I did. Again don't know if this is common with these dogs but with mine ever since that incident that's his way of letting me know I need to check my sugar.