Sensory Deprivation

S M Chen
5 min readAug 29, 2020

A friend has a 13-year-old shiba inu. This Japanese breed is unusual in that the dog physically resembles a fox (not only size-wise, but that, too) but has the temperament of a cat. It is distinctive and unlike most dogs I’ve known.

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My son’s girlfriend had a shiba inu. A breed similar to the akita inu (‘inu’ means ‘dog’ in Japanese) featured in the 2009 film “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale,” a loyal dog of actor Richard Gere, which…

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