Shio vs. Kaiju (+ Goo Goo)

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Today we went to meet up with Kaiju at his grandpawrents' place. They were all very accommodating, allowing the three shibas (that's right -- Goo Goo was there too) to run around the backyard. Kaiju and Shio were fast friends -- they immediately starting playing with each other with no issues whatsoever. They were destined to be brofurs.

After about 90 minutes of playing in the sun, Shio and Kaiju were exhausted.

Thank you Kaiju for letting us hang out with you!

Shio, of course, found something to roll in...

Kaiju is so cute. He loves having his belly rubbed.

Goo Goo hanging out with the boys:

Photos taken with Nikon D700 + 24-70mm f/2.8G, Leica M8 + Summicron-M 35mm f/2.

Shio vs. Lamby

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Shio's favorite toy has recently been Lamby. Every time we sit down to watch TV, he will bring Lamby over and ask that we play fetch with him. In fact, Shio loves this toy so much that he "rescued" it from the top of our dresser, where we purposely kept Lamby away from Shio because he was ripping out all the insides.

(Shio never tries to take stuff off tables.)

Unfortunately, Lamby is approaching its end-of-life...

We will soon say "Goodbye" to this toy, but man did Shio love it.

Photos taken with D700, Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 ZF. I haven't taken pictures with this combo, and have forgotten how creamy the bokeh is...!!

Shio vs. Jonathan Fleming

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We had the pleasure of having a mini Shiba meetup here in Brooklyn Heights, with Betsy and Kit visiting from the city. All of us were on hand to meet Suki's pawrents -- Jonathan and Bridget.

The shibas did not seem to want to hang out with each other. Lots of growling and snarling whenever they got too close. Maybe because they were all on-leash? We kept the kids apart for most of the afternoon...

Here are Kit and Betsy. They are adorable together. When Kit would fall behind, Betsy would look back to make sure her packmate was still following.

Lunch for the Flemings at Brooklyn Bridge Park...

Gina gave us these awesome Shibal Inu tote bags (behind Shio on the left photo). Thanks a lot Gina!

Shio eventually got sick of walking and wanted to chill out in a bakery. He ran up and stairs and refused to come down. Not the confusion on the faces of Betsy and Kit...

Once we got to the part of the park that dogs were allowed to run on, Kit and Betsy went crazy... Betsy in particular decided she needed more fiber in her diet and started grazing...

Of course, there were lots of photos taken by all throughout the afternoon.

Thanks for coming to Brooklyn to hang out with Shio guys!

Photos taken with Nikon D700, 50mm f/1.4G.

Labor Day Weekend, Part I

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With the slightly cooler weather we have been getting in NY, Shio seems to be happier when playing outside. In fact, he even played with other dogs!

After spending an hour at the park, we took Shio to the farmer's market and got him cheese and fresh marrow bone.

He had a good day indeed.

Photos taken with Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8G.