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Shikoku

GENERAL APPEARANCE : A medium-sized dog with well balanced and well developed clean cut muscles. It has pricked ears and a curled or sickle tail. Conformation : strong, well-boned and compact.

IMPORTANT PROPORTION : The ratio of height at withers to length of body is 10 : 11.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : A dog of marked endurance, keen in sense with a naive feeling, energetic and highly alert; an enthusiastic hunter; docile towards his master.

HEAD

CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Forehead broad.
Stop : Shallow, but defined.

FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Black.
Muzzle : Rather long, wedge-shaped. Nasal bridge straight.
Lips : Tight.
Jaws/Teeth : Teeth strong, with a scissor bite.
Cheeks : Well developed.
Eyes : Relatively small, triangular, set well apart, dark brown in colour.
Ears : Small, triangular, slightly inclining forward and firmly pricked.

NECK : Thick and powerful.

BODY :
Withers : High, well developed.
Back : Straight and strong.
Loins : Broad and muscular.
Chest : Deep, ribs well sprung.
Belly : Well tucked up.

TAIL : Set on high, thick and carried over the back vigorously curled or curved like a sickle. The tip nearly reaches the hocks when let down.

LIMBS

FOREQUARTERS :
Shoulders : Moderately sloping with developed muscles.
Elbows: Set close to the body.
Forearms : Straight and clean cut.
Pasterns : Slightly inclining.



HINDQUARTERS : Powerful, with muscles well developed.
Hocks : Moderately angulated and very tough.

FEET : Tightly closed with well arched toes. Pads hard and elastic. Nails hard and black or dark in colour.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Resilient, with rather narrow strides, but light. Action is quick and turning is possible.

COAT

HAIR : Outer coat rather harsh and straight, undercoat soft and dense. The hair on the tail is rather long.

COLOUR : Sesame, black sesame and red sesame.
Definition of the colour sesame :
Sesame : Equal mixture of white and black hairs.
Black sesame : More black than white hairs.
Red sesame : Ground colour of hair red, mixture with black hairs.

SIZE :
Height at withers : Dogs 52 cm.
Bitches 46 cm.
There is a tolerance of + 3 cm.

FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.
• Bitchy dogs/doggy bitches.
• Slightly overshot or undershot mouth.
• Long hair.
• Shyness.



ELIMINATING FAULTS :

• Aggresive or overly shy.
• Extremely overshot or undershot bite.
• Ears not pricked.
• Hanging tail, short tail.

Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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1olena1 10 Aug : 13:15
Thanks for the compliment Webmaster! Yes, I'm an artist and have created 17 children's books, of which this is the most recent, for ages 3 - 6. It is the ONLY book about a Shiba that I have been able to find! Hope other members will have a look.

Webmaster 07 Aug : 06:02
Olena i seen a pic of ur book, Looks very nice. I see u illustrate in childerens books. Is this new book also made for the kids or isnt it?

For those who want to order the book i just opend a new part in the forum so ill add this book to it.


Webmaster 07 Aug : 05:56
Hi Members, I just made a special part on the Forum where u can put all messeges and share the info that u want to share.
Keep it clean, Spammers of Ads will be removed.

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1olena1 19 Jul : 12:08
The book is titled Nicholas, you are ridiculous!, and can be googled, since the website doesn't seem to appear here!

1olena1 19 Jul : 12:07
I've just published a new picture book about a Shiba puppy - see it on my site,

Would love to get your input!

Lazulum73 12 Jul : 21:55
Hello,, would like to know how much costs to whatsh atournement in japan and when. Thank you

jawg 08 Nov : 14:45
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAEN THE NEXT TOSA-INU TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD IN JAPAN OR HOW CAN I FIND THIS INFORMATION

jawg 08 Nov : 14:43
ANY THOUGHTS OR HELP WILL BE WELCOMED

jawg 08 Nov : 14:42
SORRY ALL SHE IS A TOSA

jawg 08 Nov : 14:41
I JUST HAD THE LUCK OF GETTING A 20MOS FEMALE; SHE WAS VER DEPRESSED LEAVING HER DAD,MOM,2SISTERS AND BROTHER. SHE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO HER NAME AND ONLY AFTER NOW 8WKS AND HEAT CYCLE IS SHE COMING AROUND, SHE IS ALWAYS AFFRAID


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