No, Shiba Inus in general are not an “overtly” aggressive dog breed.<\/p>\n

Yet, they are definitely not push-overs or the friendliest of dog breeds either.<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Shiba Inus are more \u201cprimitive\u201d than their other more domesticated counterparts.<\/p>\n

This means that Shiba Inus will have more \u201cwilder\u201d tendencies and instincts lurking in their adorably cute bodies. <\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After all Shiba Inus were originally bred to be small-games hunters which increases the chance of aggression versus non-hunting breeds.<\/p>\n

Overall the breed classes that have the most aggressive dog breeds as members included dogs that were bred to fight and \/ or hunt.<\/p>\n

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Hunting dogs do need to develop keen \u201ckiller-instincts\u201d to be successful at hunting and one can expect that Shibas did a pretty good job on that in the past based on their confident demeanor.<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

So the possibility that some Shiba Inus can display aggressive behavior is higher than docile dog breeds bred to be human companions like Retrievers.<\/p>\n

Well-bred Shiba Inus rarely have aggression issues and instead are balanced dogs that don\u2019t intentionally go looking for trouble.<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

However, any dog can get provoked so Shibas will react if they feel that their boundaries have been crossed.<\/p>\n

And when they \u201cdo\u201d react, their innate wildness and high-pitched screams and growls can give them the appearance of pretty fierce dogs! <\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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