My neighbor has a shiba inu named foxy because... well... it looks exactly like a fox.
No idea how a shiba inu can be mistaken for a coyote. I mean they're the same color, but that's pretty much where the similarities end if you ask me. This must have been one huge shiba inu for the shelter to think it was a coyote.
Pretty careless on the shelters behalf. I know i'd be p.o.'d if that was my lost dog.
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Paul
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