Well first of welcome to pet talk! I hope you enjoy it here. I think mostly everybody here will say please adopt. There are hundreads of homeless healthy animals being put to sleep everyday. www.petfinder.org is a great place to start your serch for the right dog. I personally don't see much point of getting a purebred unless you are going to be showing or doing some kind of sport with a dog, and even if you are going to do a sport you can do it with mixed breeds. With going to petfider you can even find shiba inus or mixes on there. Good luck with your search.