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ShoMaiSou News

We Are Retiring This Site Content Location

by Rex Gaylord on 05/07/20

If you are seeing this blog, you are looking at a legacy site that will soon be replaced by the content of http://shibasdog.homestead.com. The new site content will resolve under the http://shibas.dog when all relevant site content has been migrated. Both sites will remain active, only the domain will change.


I Get My Dogs Tested

by Rex Gaylord on 05/05/20

May 1st is National Purebred Dog Day (NPDD)

by Rex Gaylord on 05/01/20

Republished with permission of GoodDog.

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Guccifer X Michiko Litter Due May 2nd

by Rex Gaylord on 04/30/20

The Guccifer X Michiko Litter is due May 2nd. An x-ray was taken 4/27 and it was determined that Michi is carrying 3 puppies. Michi is a co-owned girl and the litter will be whelped in WV. Additional info can be found in the April Newsletter.


Sho Mai Sou April 2020 Newsletter

by Rex Gaylord on 04/04/20

AKC and NIPPO Champion Shiba Inu
Sho Mai Sou is an Accountable Breeder, a Heritage Breeder and a Preservation Breeder of Purposefully Bred Purebred Dogs. 
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The April Newsletter was published 4/30/2020.

For 2020 we acquired training for the Puppy Culture program. We are now following the program. Because of that, the time that our puppies go to their new homes was changed from 10 weeks to 12 weeks. The change will produce well-adjusted temperaments and less dog on dog aggression in our puppies. We also expect it to reduce the number of neophobic puppies. 

Sho Mai Sou is a proud AKC Breeder of Merit Participant
  

Sho Mai Sou is a proud Bred with H.E.A.R.T. Participant


Sho Mai Sou is a proud Good Dog Breeder


Sho Mai Sou Participates with AKC Marketplace



Sho Mai Sou is NIPPO registered kennel and a current NIPPO Member




Thank you for your interest in our dogs.  Please fill out our application to be a home for one of our dogs, review our FAQ, add us to your Facebook and check out our business presence on Facebook, Sho Mai Sou.

 

Book an Appointment to visit our dogs in our home.  You may also Schedule a call with any questions.



For Prospective New Puppy Owners
Good Dog Website:  http://www.shomaisou.com
Apply for one of our puppies/dogs on Good Dog

For Breeders - want to use Good Dog for your website? Use our Good Dog Referral Link:  http://GoodDogReferral.shomaisou.com

Below is from our friends at http://gooddog.com

Hi Rex and Tanya,

Congratulations! You have been awarded our Excellent recognition badge for health testing practices! Your badge will now appear on your Good Dog profile. The Excellent badge distinguishes those breeders who demonstrate an exceptionally high commitment to prioritizing the health of their dogs by performing the highest level of health testing on their breeding dogs as outlined in our Shiba Inu health testing guidelines.



Victory in Ohio: Pet Store Definition Amended to Protect Home-Based Breeders

by Rex Gaylord on 07/23/19

The overbroad interpretation of an existing Ohio law by the new Director of Ohio Department of Agriculture Dorothy Pelanda has been fixed by the legislature (Senator Bob Peterson, Senator William P. Coley III, Representative Sara Carruthers and Representative Laura Lanese) and signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine July 18th. See Victory in Ohio: Pet Store Definition Amended to Protect Home-Based Breeders.  Please join in thanking them if so inclined for resolving this flawed law.  It seemed like a huge issue to small Ohio breeders like me, but was such a small issue in the greater scheme of things that needed their attention.  Their contact info is listed below:

  



Thank you for your interest in our dogs.  Please fill out our application to be a home for one of our dogs, review our FAQ, add us to your Facebook and check out our business presence on Facebook.  Sho Mai Sou and Rex's Doggie Walkie.

 

Book an Appointment to visit our dogs in our home.  You may also Schedule a call with any questions.



Sho Mai Sou on AKC Marketplace

For prospective new puppy owners
Puppy Application:  http://app.shomaisou.com

For Breeders

Ohio Department of Agriculture - Pet Store Definition

by Rex Gaylord on 03/02/19


The Ohio Department of Agriculture under the leadership of new Director Dorothy Pelanda has interpreted the definition of a pet store in Ohio to include anybody who sells a dog in the state of Ohio.  A "Pet Store" must obtain a Pet Store License.  Due to this, Sho Mai Sou has stopped the transfer of ownership of any of our dogs or puppies.  We will resume the transfer of our dogs and puppies when we either get a Pet Store License, the Ohio Law is changed or the Ohio Department of Agriculture reverses their decision.  Below is the definition in question:

A "Pet store" is defined as an individual retail store to which both of the following apply: the store sells dogs to the public; and with regard to the sale of a dog from the store, the sales person, the buyer of a dog, and the dog for sale are physically present during the sales transaction so that the buyer may personally observe the dog and help ensure its health prior to taking custody. "Pet store" does not include an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a humane society, a medical kennel for dogs, or a research kennel for dogs.

While I totally disagree with the ODA interpretation that we are an "Individual Retail Store" that is referred to in the Ohio State Statue definition of a "Pet Store," we will comply with the Ohio Department of Agriculture decision until the issue is resolved.

Channel 4 Columbus News Story Example of issue
  



Thank you for your interest in our dogs.  Please fill out our application to be a home for one of our dogs, review our FAQ, add us to your Facebook and check out our business presence on Facebook.  Sho Mai Sou and Rex's Doggie Walkie.

 

Book an Appointment to visit our dogs in our home.  You may also Schedule a call with any questions.



Sho Mai Sou on AKC Marketplace

For prospective new puppy owners
Puppy Application:  http://app.shomaisou.com

For Breeders

We are now on Yelp!

by Rex Gaylord on 09/28/17

Shiho X Katsumi Due September 30th

by Rex Gaylord on 09/21/16


Litter due September 30th for MORNINGSTAR "SHIHO" CHOUSEI SOU X MORNINGSTAR "KATSUMI" CHOUSEI SOU.  Katsumi will have one more litter after this one and will then be spayed and will go to her forever home.


Welcome to ShoMaiSou.com

by Rex Gaylord on 07/21/16