Feeling down? Here’s a Shiba who can empathize.
Sometimes life gives us too many lemons, yet spares us no sugar with which to make our lemonade. In times like that, sometimes it’s all you can do to keep from throwing yourself on the floor right then and there and just refusing to move. Much like this little guy.
This Shiba Inu, named Yū (whose kanji name 優 means “gentle”), seems to have a lot of those moments, if the photos his person posts on the sweetly-named Twitter account @always_with_yu are any indication.
絶対にやる気のない写真が撮れました。 pic.twitter.com/c5sagtbFzi
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) November 11, 2016
▼ No, not today.
今日の散歩、ちゃんと邪魔にならない感じの場所で横になってました。 pic.twitter.com/CmeLJ7idUj
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 26, 2016
▼ I said no! Just let me be…
いったん言うこと聞いてからの「でも私はまだ帰りたくないんですー」 pic.twitter.com/8g6twoXsKm
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 19, 2016
▼ I can’t with this mountain today.
見事な秋晴れだったので、富士山見に行きました。 pic.twitter.com/Q22M5SW09y
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 15, 2016
▼ I can’t with this road.
ハッと振り返ったら、シュールな風景になってた。 pic.twitter.com/pXXfWDVDbQ
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 14, 2016
▼ I just can’t today…
無邪気に横たわる愛犬を撮ったつもりが、孤独な行き倒れの姿みたいに撮れてしまった… pic.twitter.com/6qU7PQbT9f
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 7, 2016
▼ No walk today? I guess it’s just as well…
散歩行きたいツチノコを発見しました。#ツチノコ pic.twitter.com/NQ5aoZRqMx
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) November 10, 2016
But as they say, after the rain comes a rainbow, and with a good friend by your side you’re sure to find something to smile about!
黙れ小僧!お前にサンが救えるか!って、やらせてみたけど全然怖くなかった。#もののけ姫 pic.twitter.com/vdrb2Qngjf
— 柴犬のゆう (@always_with_yu) October 10, 2016
If you’d like to see some other adorable Shiba Inu displaying a lack of enthusiasm for daily activities, you might want to check out the dog that’s quick to shut down its owner’s kisses or the pup that got turned into an embroidered brooch after refusing to go for a walk. Even when they’re lacking in enthusiasm, Shiba Inu still manage to make us smile!
Source, featured image: Twitter/@always_with_yu

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