What is a Mameshiba Inu (2024)

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For those who are thinking about purchasing a Mame-Shiba

In recent years, about 60,000 to 70,000 Shiba Inu are born annually.

The Mame-Shiba, on the other hand, is a very rare breed with only around 500 to 1,000.

Recently, perhaps because the name "Mame-Shiba" has become popular, some places are selling smaller puppies of regular Shiba Inus as "Mame-Shiba".

Some unscrupulous companies disguise regular Shiba Inus as Mame-Shiba inus and sell them wholesale to pet stores and other retailers.

As you can see in the photo on the right, the difference in growth between Shiba Inu and Mameshiba is obvious.

However, it is difficult for the general public to identify an individual by size alone, and even people in the industry can be fooled.

and even people in the industry can be fooled.

In recent years, with the MameShiba boom, sales prices have been rising in Japan,

and more and more Shibainubreeders are entering the market.

Pet stores do not want their puppies to grow to the size of a Shiba Inu,

but to prioritize profits, they label small Shiba Inus as ""Mame-Shiba type"" and sell them as if they were real Mame-Shiba inus.

There are also restrictions in the market, such as not taking in a puppy unless it weighs X kilograms in X days,which is very sad.

In order to avoid such problems, our kennel does not sell to pet stores.

Also, many people think that repeated inbreeding will result in smaller size, but this is not smaller size, but deformity.

Such dogs suffer from reduced fertility and a short life span.

Mame-Shiba does not simply refer to a smaller version of the Shiba Inu,

but to a breed that has been pedigreed and fixed over a long period of time.

Attention!!

Recently, I have frequently heard people say that they bought a Mame-Shiba but it turned out to be too big.

To avoid such mistakes, we would like to inform you of some precautions to take when purchasing a Mame-Shiba. It is difficult for the average person to tell the difference between a Mame-Shiba and a Shiba when they are puppies, so please check the following points.

No.1 Confirmation of kennel name

It was the kennel called Taruiso that first started producing Mame-Shibas.

And it was our kennel, Hozanso, that promoted the publicity and breeding of the Mame-Shiba so that the public would recognize the Mame-Shiba.

Please make sure that the Mame-Shiba you are about to purchase is bred by a kennel that is descended from these two kennels.

No.2 Which organization issues the pedigree?

The organization that produces the largest number of Shiba Inus is Nihonken Hozonkai (Japan Dog Preservation Society),

but the society prohibits its members from producing Mame-Shibas. Therefore, there is no Mame-Shiba with this organization's pedigree. (We have confirmed this with the Japan Dog Preservation Society.)

The Japan Kennel Club is the organization that issues the largest number of pedigrees in Japan,

but it also does not recognize Shiba Inu, as it is based on the above-mentioned Nihonken Hozonkai.

In addition, the XX Mame-Shiba Organization and the XX Mame-Shiba Headquarters are not official organizations,

so it is difficult to make pedigrees for the next generation.

In 2008, KC Japan recognized only Hozanso's Mame-Shiba dogs as Mame-Shiba at that time.

Therefore, if you trace the ancestors of Mame-Shiba in the world today,

they are often from Hozanso.

Later, Nihon Mame Shiba-ken Association (the Japan Mame-Shiba Association) was established with even stricter standards, and pedigrees were issued to dogs of the kennel Hosanso and kennel Mukai lines as ancestors.

Many Mame-Shiba breeders are currently affiliated with this association.

If you search for Mame-Shiba breeders, you will find many websites.

Just by checking the above two points, you can increase your chances of finding a genuine Mame-Shiba.

There are not many Mame-Shibas yet.

We recommend that you do not rush into purchasing a Mame-Shiba until you have done your research.

As a person who created and introduced the Mame-Shiba to the world,

I am writing this on behalf of the members who are earnestly engaged in breeding.

We sincerely hope that you will find a cute puppy.

Mame-shiba Sesshu Hozan Founder, Masanobu Nishiyama

What kind of dog is the Mame-Shiba?

Height Comparison Chart for Breeds Related to Japanese Dogs

Dog breed

♂ ♀

Standard height

Vertical Tolerance

Upper and lower limits allowed

intermediate height

Tosa Inu

♂♀

70cm・64cm

3cm

67cm-73cm・61cm-67cm

67cm

Akita Inu

♂♀

67cm・61cm

3cm

64cm-70cm・58cm-64cm

64cm

kishuu・sikoku inu

♂♀

52cm・49cm

3cm

49cm-55cm・46cm-52cm

50.5cm

Mikawa Inu

♂♀

52.25cm・47.75cm

2.25cm

50cm-54.5cm・45.5cm-50cm

50cm

Hokkaidou Inu

♂♀

50cm・47cm

1.5cm

48.5cm-51.5cm・45.5cm-48.5cm

48.5cm

Kai Inu

♂♀

45cm・42cm

3cm

42cm-48cm・39cm-45cm

43.5cm

Japanese spitz

♂♀

39.5cm・36.5cm

1.5cm

38-41cm・35-38cm

38cm

Mameshiba Inu

♂♀

35cm・32cm

2cm

33cm-37cm・30cm-34cm

33.5cm

Mameshiba inu

♂♀

32.5cm・30.5cm

1.5cm

25-34cm・25-32cm

31.5cm

Size of Mame-Shiba

Recently, more and more people think that the smaller the better, but this is not true.

We have observed many Mame-Shiba dogs all over Japan and studied their skeletons and other characteristics

when we started breeding and promoting the Mame-Shiba.

We also have owners who bring Mame-Shibas to our kennel for breeding requests, and sometimes we see Mame-Shibas that are much smaller than the standard Mame-Shiba purchased elsewhere.

If we observe closely, we sometimes see dogs with individual anomalies, such as skeletal distortions or missing teeth.

It is also true that many Mame-Shiba Inus, which are much smaller than the standard, have various disorders and deformities, such as being out of shape as Shiba Inus, mentally restless, males have poor fertility, and females have many problems, especially at delivery.

Mame-Shiba under 25 cm will be issued a Mame-Shiba pedigree if they are healthy and have no particular problems.

However, be careful with Mame-Shiba that are too small.

The Shiba Inu has long been loved and bred by the Japanese people.

However, because they are not suited to today's cramped living conditions, the Mame-Shiba was bred through generations of crossbreeding by selecting Shiba Inus with smaller body sizes.

History of Mame-shiba~Small Shiba Inus have always existed?

More than 80 years ago, before World War II,

small Shiba Inus were kept by hunters in mountainous areas throughout Japan as hunting dogs for small animals such as rabbits, marten, mujina (cave bear), raccoon dogs, and foxes.

Differences between a Shiba Inu and a Mame-Shiba

The Mame-Shiba is the same in appearance as its ancestor, the Shiba Inu, but the most obvious difference is its size.

Comparing the height of the two breeds, the Shiba is 38-41 cm (male) and 35-38 cm (female), while the Mame-Shiba is 30-34 cm (male) and 28-32 cm (female) (all as an adult dog).

If you are used to seeing Shiba Inus, you will realize how small Mame-Shiba is in size.

Mame-Shiba as a breed of dog

More and more people are having Mame-Shibas these days because they are small, cute, and can be kept in the house.

You can see many Mame-Shiba sold in pet stores, but until 2008, there was no pedigree of the breed ""Mame-Shiba"" because the breed was not recognized as a breed. However, until 2008, the breed ""Mame-Shiba"" was not recognized, and there was no pedigree of the breed "Mame-Shiba".

First in the World! KC Japan Officially Approves Mame-Shiba!

The Mame-Shiba is still not recognized as a breed by some organizations

and is still being bred and sold without a breed standard, resulting in various problems.Therefore, KC Japan created a standard that depicts the ideal image of what a Mame-Shiba should be, and became the first organization in the world to officially recognize the Mame-Shiba as a pedigree-issuing organization.

What is the standard of Mame-Shiba?

The Mame-Shiba has inherited many of the characteristics of the Shiba Inu, and is simple, graceful, and loyal to its master.

Compared to the fearless expression of the Shiba Inu, the Mame-Shiba's facial features have a lovely expression that suits its physique, and as a small family dog, it is required to have a cheerful and friendly personality.

Characteristics of the Mame-Shiba

Due to housing conditions, the Mame-Shiba is attracting attention from people who wish to keep a Shiba indoors.

They have adorable faces and small bodies. Because of their small size, they can be easily groomed and walked, even by the elderly and children.

Mame-Shiba's coat color is red (brown), black, sesame, and white, but more than 90% of them are red, and within the red, there is Aka-ichimai (all red) and Ura-jiro (red and chest area white).

The Mame-Shiba is a wonderful dog that has the cuteness of a pet dog rather than the fearlessness of a Shiba Inu, and yet has the dignified nature characteristic of a Shiba Inu.

Mame-Shiba, the obedient and loyal dog, is the root of the Japanese dog.

The Japanese dog is said to have its roots in the Shiba Inu.

Despite their small size, Shiba Inus are said to be spirited, brave, and obedient to their masters. They are also sensitive to the senses, which helps them in hunting, and they display a high homing instinct when they are separated from their masters. They are also known as "loyal dogs" because of their high level of loyalty and preference for cleanliness.

Shiba Inus are dogs with such deep affection for their owners.

The Mame-Shiba is a wonderful dog that has all the advantages of the Shiba Inu condensed into its small body.

As a side note, our first little Shiba Inu disappeared suddenly and we were all depressed.

But we were too close to moving to search as best I could...

And a year and a half later...

The house next door to our former residence called us and said, " It seems that your dog is back. She's wandering around."

All my family members rushed to check on her.

There, covered in mud and a little tougher than ever, was my family's little Shiba Inu...

The beginning of this kennel~Encounter with Mame-Shiba (Shiba Inu)

Founder Masanobu (a father of mine, the current owner) started breeding Mame-Shiba when he met a very small Shiba Inu in the 1960s.

The Shiba Inu suffered badly during the war and its population was drastically reduced, so efforts were made to preserve the breed shortly after the war in order to protect the unique Japanese breed.

The Shiba Inu has flourished thanks to the efforts of many people, including preservation societies and other organizations that have conducted powerful activities and collected excellent Shiba Inu from all over the country.

However, the establishment of a reference averaging in the process of attempting to recover the population would later become problematic.

"The problem was that among the Shiba Inus of the time, there were many large Shiba over 38 cm, which was the average size, and many small Shiba that were 30 cm shorter than the average size.

These dogs were excluded from breeding because they were outside the regulations. As a result, the range of Shiba Inu sizes became narrower."

Nearly 100 years have passed since the preservation of Japanese dogs began, but the fact that large Shiba over 38 cm in height and nearly 20 kg in weight are still being produced is proof that such genes are still present.

Although size diversity was sacrificed for the sake of species recovery, our kennel focused on the preservation of the small Shiba (Koshiba and Shaku-Shiba).

When founder Masanobu first started breeding, he and I visited people who had struggled to make Shiba Inus flourish, learned about their history, and ran around the country looking for small Shiba Inus to protect them.

Not only small, but also the Shiba Inu's skeletal structure, appearance, coat, loyalty to people, or the lineage of their parents and grandparents were examined to see what he could confirm with his own eyes, and he began to collect and breed lines that would produce truly small Shiba Inus from many generations ago.

He had to be very careful about collecting small Shiba Inus, because even if the child is small, if the parents are large, the parents' genetics can suddenly appear.

Although the name Mame-Shiba is now well known to the public, many elderly people have told me that before World War II, small Shiba Inus were familiarly known as "Koshiba" or "Shaku-Shiba.

Mr. Yoshihiro Saito, who made great efforts to preserve the Japanese dog, regretted in his later years, "It was a mistake to set the size of the Shiba Inu to the current range".

This testimony was heard by many people involved in the preservation of Japanese dogs at the time.

Today, our kennel is the oldest Mame-Shiba breeder that has preserved the Mame-Shiba.

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