A quiet morning at a photo shoot. Pics of Rudi.

[Greensage45]

Hi,

Today was an odd quiet morning and after our morning walk Rudi decided to become my latest victim with the camera.

Now to the right,

Now to the left,

Close-up

Wow, work is tough, gotta go!

Ron

 

[Southern Gardener]

What a beautiful boy!

 

[deenamr]

What a handsome boy. Is he a shiba inu?

 

[HiDelight]

AWWWWW Rudi!!!!!! look at that magnificant fur!!!

 

[rockytopsis]

Beautiful dog, what is the breed? Great pictures.

 

[Greensage45]

Yes, he is a Shiba Inu. He is a bit big for any show qualities, as he is at 30 pounds; but he certainly has that look.

I adore all of the Japanese Nippon breeds.

Rudi turns 2-years-old in October.

Ron

 

[digitS']

Now that's not a Japanese name, Ron . . . but here's a phonic translation from a Japanese Name Server, maintained by a language professor (I'm not sure how this will show up on your browser):

ルディ

Rudi may want that on a water bowl for his birthday .

Steve

 

[Greensage45]

Naw, Rudi is his nickname.

His name is Masaruko. We began using Masaruko and found ourselves after a day or so calling him Masaru (a common boy's name in Japanese). It means 'Intelligent Boy'; well it does with the 'ko' at the end, otherwise it only means 'Intelligent'.

So, shortly after vocalizing Masaru (with an emphasis on the 'ru', like 'Roo'), suddenly the name came to be Rudi. This is the sound he responded to from the get-go. I loved the way his name evolved and it was a process in pulling out of him his 'true name'.

And, with all that said, LOL, you get to suffer by seeing my favorite picture of him as a baby:

Ron

 

[rebbetzin]

They are a good looking breed. We had one in our Puppy class. They are such cute puppies.

 

[kathyschix]

Awww, I wuv him! So cute. Thanks for sharing!