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Videos

Clip #1: Kiyoshi and the Pudding Dog
Shibas are intelligent dogs, and the following video clip demonstrates their ability to figure out the right action in order to elicit the desired response.

In this video, Kiyoshi is presented with a stuffed animal, Purin, for the first time. Purin is also known as "Pudding Dog" and is a character of Sanrio, the creator of Hello Kitty (see www.sanrio.com).

This particular Purin has a built-in battery-powered vibrator and speaker. When the stuffed animal's left paw is pressed, the toy vibrates and starts singing a short song. Although Kiyoshi has never seen this toy before, he knows (from experience) that toys of this size and color often sing and vibrate if pressed in the correct spot. He just doesn't know where that spot is for this particular toy. Through trial and error, you'll see him figure it out in about 4 minutes.

Note: Sound support is required; if you watch the clip without sound, you won't know when Kiyoshi successfully activates the toy.

Video clip: PuddingDog.mov (Length: 6:05, Size: 4.6MB)

Clip #2: Ownership and Mounting Display
This clip shows Kiyoshi busily mounting his newly acquired stuffed animal. He only exhibits this behavior when you try to take away the toy - he is making sure that everyone knows that he considers this toy HIS. This was not a case of excessive hormones, or so I don't think :-)

Video clip: mounting.mov (Length: 0:19, Size: 199KB)