in my home, there’s a shiba monster named kiyomi. many people know she’s snoozy and snuggly. however, many don’t know that she’s playful at bed time, she steals my bed so that i’ll play with her, she demands to eat at 3am, and she tries to chew random household objects when she’s bored (no, kiyomi, the table is not delicious).
kiyomi loves to play with me, but her favorite way to play is to bite my hips and/or pin me under the couch. you can see her monstrous ways in this video.
it’s a taro shiba hipstamatic wednesday. today, a health warning!
Health Warning, from Shiba Surgeon General to all humans; for immediate release:
Overexposure to shiba mind control may damage human willpower, vision, concentration, long-term mental health, and other mental faculties. To prevent overexposure, it is best to always comply with shiba mind control as quickly as possible.
Note, in the rare case that you are exposed to an episode of shiba mind control lasting more than four hours, feed the shiba, then seek immediate medical attention.
sounds like a serious warning. humans, in the interest of their health, had better heed the shiba suregon general’s advice.
bonus pic:
taro shiba using mind control to get a stick
Only Dog No More 113/366
I’m not sure if Taro has fully understood that he’s no longer the only dog. He and Kiyomi still ignore each other most of the time and he remains to be protective over his high-value treats and crate. Adjustment to an additional sibling is difficult, I can only assume.
Being a only child of my family (my peers all being only child), I still don’t fully understand the adjustment to a new member in a family but can’t help feel guilty to Taro now that he doesn’t have as much of our attention.
Bubbles of Happiness 112/366
Boba tea is more like a snak than a beverage to me. The best boba tea I’ve ever had was from a small shop on my college campus in China. It used to be such a treat to sip on an iced buba tea during a summer evening class in college.
I thought life was so unfair at that time. Now I laugh at my presumptive sophistication.
Waiting for hudad & sisfur to come home 111/366
Taro knows that something is happening, but has no clue that his life would be different soon, all of ours will be soon. Major EXCITEMENT.
An old friend of Taro’s 110/366
He makes sure that other dogs & cats in the neighborhood know it is HIS friend.
Waiting is hard 109/366
We are as prepared as we can for the new member of our pack.
Cookies cure them all 108/366
No? You just haven’t eaten enough.
Bread & Oil 107/366
Too hard to resist.
Dinner Earned 106/366
We have to make the freeloaders work for their food.









