Editing Shiba Inu (section)

==Sanin Shiba Inu==
The Sanin Shiba Inu is a variety of Shiba Inu.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Maki | first1=Takuya | last2=Inoue-Murayama | first2=Miho | last3=Hong | first3= Kyung-Won | last4=Inoue | first4=Eiji | last5=Maejima | first5=Masami | last6=Kansaku | first6=Norio | last7=Tanabe | first7=Yuichi | last8=Ito | first8= Shin'ichi |display-authors= 3 | title=Genetic Diversity and Relationship among Three Varieties of the Shiba Inu Revealed by Microsatellite Markers | journal=The Journal of Animal Genetics | volume=36 | issue=2 | date=2008 | issn=1884-3883 | doi=10.5924/abgri2000.36.95 | pages=95–104}}</ref> It comes from the [[Inaba Inu]] of [[Tottori Prefecture]] and the [[Sekishu Inu]] of [[Shimane Prefecture]], and both are endangered due to the increase of western dogs. In the early [[Shōwa era|Showa period]], Masumi Ozaki, a former landowner in Tottori prefecture, started preservation breeding to prevent the loss of local breeds.<ref name="yomiuri">{{Cite web|date=2019-09-19|title=Pinned ears, shining eyes ... "Sanin Shiba Inu" running with cheeks, mellow with cuteness |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20210919-OYT1T50071/ |website=yomiuri.co.jp| publisher= |language=ja| access-date=2023-07-27}}</ref>

However, as [[World War II]] grew more intense, the breeding projects became difficult to maintain. Due to the use of dogs for fur by the military, the number of dogs decreased from 50 to 20. In 1947, the two breeds were bred together to create the foundation stock of the Sanin Shiba Inu. The numbers were still low but the dogs were protected by the Ozaki family, who carried on the preservation activities.<ref name="Convey"/>

Despite the end of the war, more threats to the breeds emerged in the 1950s and 60s, two outbreaks of [[Canine distemper|distemper]] occurred in Tottori prefecture, killing many dogs. In addition, the [[Great Tottori Fire]] discouraged preservation efforts even more.<ref name="asahi"/>