Here are several resources for dog owners. These may or may not be helpful for you but I figured they are worth sharing. This list will keep updating. The items on this list are in no particular order.
Books:
Training:
How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: A Training Manual for Dog Owners by New Skete Monks
When Pigs Fly: Training Success With Impossible Dogs
The Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson
Don’t Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training
ABC Practical Guide to Dog Training by Steven Appelbaum
Behavior:
The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior by Clarence Pfaffenberger
Inside of a Dog : What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz
The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Shiba Specific:
The Total Shiba by Gretchen Haskett and Susan Houser
The Complete Shiba Inu by Maureen Atkinson
Nihon Ken:
Japanese Dogs: Akita, Shiba, and Other Breeds by Michiko Chiba
The Essences of Japanese Dogs by Uranami Tomiaki
Japan’s Best Friend: Dog Culture in the Land of the Rising Sun by Manami Okazaki
Waiting for Wolves in Japan: An Anthropological Study of People-Wildlife Relations by John Knight
The Lost Wolves of Japan by Brett Walker
Conformation:
Born to Win, Breed to Succeed by Patricia Craige Trotter
Tricks of the Trade : From Best Intentions to Best in Show by Pat Hastings
K-9 Structure & Terminology by Curtis M. Brown, Thelma R. Brown, Edward M. Gilbert Jr.
An Eye for a Dog : Illustrated Guide to Evaluating Purebred Dogs by Robert W. Cole
Reproduction:
Canine Reproduction and Whelping : A Dog Breeder’s Guide by Myra Savant-Harris
Advanced Canine Reproduction and Puppy Care by Myra Savant Harris
Puppy Intensive Care : A Breeder’s Guide to Care of Newborn Puppies by Myra Savant-Harris
Nutrition:
Canine Nutrigenomics – The New Science Of Feeding Your Dog for Optimum Health
Miscellaneous
Training Facilities (Florida):
Courteous Canine, Inc. DogSmith of Tampa
Dog Training Club of St Petersburg
Pawsitive Action Foundation – Orlando
Keegan’s Magic – Agility
Pet Stores:
The Hound’s Meow – Lutz
Modern Paws – Tampa
Health Mutts – Tampa
Perfect Pets – Tampa
Earthwise Pet – Valrico
Dog Lover’s – Tarpon Springs
Holistic For Pets – Bradenton
Pawsitively Healthy Pet Supply – Bradenton
Gone To The Dogs Boutique – St. Pete Beach
Barklife – St. Pete & Seminole
Earthwise Pet – Palm Harbor
Collars:
These are limited slip and soft – Shibas can’t escape them and the collars won’t break their coats
Show leads:
Food:
Raw Feeding Miami raw treats and diets
Trailbale Farm raw, free range chicken feet, necks, and liver in addition to other meats (Human grade)
The Dancing Goat raw goat’s milk & other dairy products
Farm Hounds Regenerative agriculture based dog treats. Family owned farms (link gives $20 with a purchase of $50)
Boomlay Shiba Inu 