The Shiba Inu will recognize its owner at one year old, and the Shiba Inu will recognize multiple owners throughout its life. Although it is easier for the Shiba Inu to recognize its owner when it is a puppy, it will be more difficult for the adult Shiba Inu to recognize its owner. But as long as the owner is willing to spend more time with it, personally feed it every day, take time to play with it, and let it know that the owner is good to it, it will slowly accept the new owner.

Performance of a Shiba Inu recognizing its owner

1. A Shiba Inu that recognizes its owner will be extremely clingy. It will wag its tail to show you goodwill and lick you with its tongue. These are all signs that it likes you. When it considers you its owner, it will often like to pick up your socks, slippers and other things that smell like you.

2. Failure to protect food is also one of the signs that Shiba Inu recognizes its owner. Normal dogs will protect food from others, but for their owners, they are completely relaxed. When it is eating, you take away its food bowl, and it will not show anger, including when it is eating. When eating some snacks such as teething sticks, if you snatch them, they will bring them directly to you. Even if they have something they like to eat or something they like to play with, they will pick it up and share it with you.

3. When the Shiba Inu recognizes its owner, it will know the time when the owner returns home, and at that time. It will run to the door in advance and wait for its owner to come home. The moment the owner opens the door, the Shiba Inu will be very friendly, wagging its tail, licking the owner, and asking for a hug. They all look happy. Of course, in addition to welcoming their owners home, they will also escort their owners when they go to work.

4. If a Shiba Inu trusts its owner very much, it will not act too restrained. When sleeping, they will hang their bellies outside. This is also the case when the Shiba Inu trusts its owner very much. And this sleeping position can only be found in a very safe environment. Because the belly is the most vulnerable part of a dog, when it shows this place to you, it has completely regarded you as its parent and owner.