Dakota’s devastation

That’s when it all started...

I would chew shoes and anything left in my reach. The fam got better at keeping things out of my reach in hopes I would out grow it. Well, I got addicted to electrical cords, soooooooooo they sprayed them with nasty tasting stuff. Mom would always wonder what happened to that cute puppy she brought home, because I was holding true to my breed. I was ALWAYS into something. When I was about nine months old the fam decided to head to the ocean for the weekend. When they pulled out the RV the BRAKE light was on. Mom called the dealer and they said it was ok to drive as long as it was on steady and to bring it in first thing Monday am. In the back of mom's head she was wondering if I could have anything to do with it. Well, after a great weekend at the beach, dad decided to crawl under the RV to see if he could see anything. There was NOTHING too see, I had been using the brake harness to floss my teeth(that is what mom tells dad anyway) dad was furious!!!!!! Of course that was not covered under the warranty, and it set mom and dad back about two grand! There was only one wire controlling the brakes, dad thinks I was just after the life insurance ;)

Hi There! My name is Dakota and I am a purebred Shiba Inu. My family realized early on that I am a FANATIC about my personal hygiene. I floss on a regular basis!!

In 2002 my family purchased a brand new class A motor home(it was more than their first house). Excited about their new toy,they decided to head south to Vegas, that is where I came into the fam. I was a sick, shy puppy in a dirty pet store. They would not come down on my price because they could "put me down and get a refund from the puppy mill". I was just perfect until we got home to Tacoma.