Shannon and Jason are edible garden consultants that work in other peoples gardens, as well as their own. They say the Shiba is an excellent family pet and a good guard dog that is alert to changes without barking too much.
Apollo and Atlas are both pure bred Shiba Inu, one of the six original breeds of dog from Japan.
Apollo is a male that just turned three and Atlas is slightly larger and also three. Both dogs are from the same father with different mothers. They are owned by Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby.
Shannon and Jason are edible garden consultants that work in other peoples gardens, as well as their own, usually keeping the dogs with them. They explained that the original Shiba was bred to hunt bears, so they have to keep an eye on Atlas that has retained the instinct to chase anything that moves especially cats.
The men work with a breeder that loans them dogs to socialize them before being adopted out. They say the Shiba is an excellent family pet and a good guard dog that is alert to changes without barking too much.
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