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Mika, it's Snowing!

July 25, 2009 by Jessica Tan

Lucky (or to her it may be unlucky) lil’ Mika had her bath today! As her breed doesn’t need to take a bath as often as others (once every 3-4 weeks) because her coat will form a natural waterproof coat and thus will not smell. I read that if we shower her too often, this waterproof coat will never form and chances of her smelling stronger is higher!

I’ve been taking care of her for about a year now, and she really does not smell like other dogs even after a month without a shower!

BUT…

It’s her shedding season again! (twice a year) And that’s when I get tumbleweeds at home! So, this time round when I showered her, I was prepared to see a lot of fur fall off. But to my horror it was a lot more than I’ve expected!

I was happy to get a big tuff of fur off her during the shower, hoping that when I blow dry her my kitchen won’t be covered with her fur flying around.

Nope!

Mika surprises me once again! When I was blow drying her, I felt like it was snowing in my kitchen as fur was floating from the sky. After about an hour of blow drying her, she’s finally dry! (She loves to run around the kitchen while I’m drying her which makes it more tedious) And the 1st time in my life I see a HUGE ball of fur automatically gathered at a corner of my kitchen.

It’s amazing how much fur she sheds and yet still look like she hasn’t lost any fur!

More fur at the other corner of my kitchen.

Even my hairdryer is not spared!

Mika doesn’t care how much fur she sheds, she’s just really happy, fluffy and excited to be all squeaky clean again!

Till next month…

XOXO

Jessica

Posted in Mika | Tagged Mika, shiba inu | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on July 25, 2009 at 10:18 am | Reply ~*~RinA~*~

hiyee
Mika seems to love to take phtos eh, always looking into ur cam..haha.vivo is the opp..he sees u holding teh cam he turn away..
- on July 26, 2009 at 11:45 pm | Reply jessica
  
  HI Rina!
  
  Mika gets “bribed” into taking photos! I hold a treat in my hand and make her sit and stay! Heee…
  
  But she’s not camera shy, my previous dog – a shih tzu was like Vivo, always turning away. 😛
on July 26, 2009 at 11:17 pm | Reply Janyssa

Oh gosh. That’s a lot of fur that Mika’s shed! And I thought that the amount of fur that my cat sheds after a shower was alot. :S
on July 27, 2009 at 4:21 pm | Reply ~*~RinA~*~

haha..ok but vivo doesnt fall for that, holding a treat to get him to smile at the cam..but my 2 goldens will let u take pic depending on their moods..haha
- on July 27, 2009 at 11:07 pm | Reply jessica
  
  hahah, Vivo is not very greedy then! Unlike Mika! She’ll work very hard for a treat! Taught her to roll over which is apparently not easy to do so for a Shiba! 😛 I love Goldies! But I find them too big to be stuck in a small apartment like mine, and also a bit cruel if they don’t have a lot of space to run around! Mika LOVES playing with Goldies tho’, she has quite a few good friends around this estate which are Golden Retrievers – always teasing them to chase her. 🙂
on July 27, 2009 at 4:57 pm | Reply QY

Hi Jessica, you have a cute dog here! There is a project about puppy mills going on and seeing that you are a dog lover, hope you will help to do a part, but no oblige though. 🙂

http://dead-cockroach.xanga.com/691798365/the-puppy-mill-link-exchange-project/

Just simply place one of the link on your blog and post an entry about it.

Thank you in advance.
on July 27, 2009 at 9:26 pm | Reply DC

Is Mika a Shiba Inu? She’s beautiful!
- on July 27, 2009 at 11:03 pm | Reply jessica
  
  Hi DC,
  Yes she is!!! She always gets mistaken as a FOX!
  XOXO
  Jessica
on July 29, 2009 at 10:51 am | Reply shirley chong

Mika is lovely, jess

and you too, take care
- on August 3, 2009 at 6:16 pm | Reply jessica
  
  Thanks Shirley! I love Mika to bits!!! 🙂
on September 25, 2009 at 9:45 pm | Reply hanafi

MIKA i miss u ! ehhehe

*hugs* jessicat :p