Tag: Shiba Inu

Japan dog retirement homes care for elderly canines

TOKYO, JAPAN (Reuters)— Akiko Hoshino’s 17-year-old female Shiba Inu, named “Nene”, is so old in dog years that she can no longer walk by herself. On the rare days she is out on the streets of Tokyo, Hoshino has to carry Nene everywhere, occasionally a friend helps her wipe the drool from Nene’s open mouth. Depending on how you calculate dog years, Nene is around 84 years old in human terms. “You can’t say this […]