Background
The live webcam was set up on Ustream in October 2008, by a San Francisco, California couple to monitor their Shiba Inu puppies while they were at work. The live streaming website showed the puppies interacting with each other in a variety of ways: sleeping, playing with toys, tearing up wee pads, and snuggling with their mother, Kika. Links to the site spread virally. By October 13, 2008, three million viewers had spent 1.2 million hours watching the puppies via the Internet.
The six puppies (three females: Autumn, Ayumi & Amaya and three males: Aki, Akoni & Ando) were identified mainly by their different colored collars. This litter became known as "The Shiba Six" as well as "The A-Team"; referring to the fact that they were Kika's first litter. The list of countries from which people watched the live webcast of the puppy cam from all around the globe grew to 74 countries in total with this first litter.
By December 7 of 2008, Autumn, Akoni and Ando had been adopted by new owners. Two other pups, Aki and Amaya, went to their new homes later that month around Christmas time. The couple kept one pup from this litter, Ayumi, and the camera continued functioning so that viewers were able to watch her interact with the other three adult Shibas in the house. The dogs' owners remain anonymous.
As of July 2012 there have been over 60 million views to the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam streaming page on Ustream.
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