About Snickers
Born Thanksgiving Day, 2003, in upstate New York, Kawakirei BNT Sweet ‘N Nutty (a.k.a. Snickers) was a sweet puppy from the very beginning.
His breeder, Sandra Krupski, chose him for us because he was "the kissiest" boy in the litter. Sandy later wrote "Snickers was a big puppy when born and he loved to eat and looked like it. Because he was so bottom heavy <G> he was the last to walk. We used to do leg exercises while he laid on his back and stared at me. Then he got his belly scratched and tickled and loved it. It got so he would just flop over every time I walked near him. Best head of the bunch. He was always the most social of the boys… every time I reached down to pick up a puppy, it was always Snickers. He’s always been that special dark sweet treat."
Snickers’s pedigree provides a solid foundation for his wonderful temperament. Ongoing training and socialization have built on that foundation. Although he is a Shiba Inu - often known for being snarky with other dogs and antisocial towards humans outside their inner circle - he has continued to be a very social dog.
Here are some of Snick’s accomplishments:
| December 2008: | Snickers started his new therapy dog job - visiting with participants of the Easter Seals Adult Day Services program once a week. |
| November 2008: | Snick started training for obedience competition at the Muncie Obedience Training Club. |
| October 2008: | Snickers appeared as the featured Shiba in WoofPatrol.com’s Shiba Inu breed profile. |
| May 2008: | Snickers started visiting classrooms at The Gillen Brewer School as part of their humane education program. |
| April 2008: | Jenna & Snickers became registered Delta Society Pet Partners. (This means he is a "therapy dog.") |
| October 2007: | Snickers became a foster brother for NYCSR, hosting his first temporary Shiba sister. |
| September 2007 | Snick and his buddies Benno & Lily represented Shibas at the AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day event in Madison Square Park, NYC. |
| March 2007: | Snickers and his friends from the meetup group convinced some humans to found NYC Shiba Rescue. |
| March 2007: | Snickers appeared in Time Out New York, promoting the first Canine Cocktail Pawty fund raiser for Animal Haven in NYC |
| October 2006: | Snickers passed his Canine Good Citizen test. |
| September 2006: | Snickers appeared in Urban Hund’s fall catalog. |
| June 2006: | Snickers had so much fun with his two neighborhood Shiba friends, that he started a Shiba Inu meetup group in NYC to make NEW Shiba friends! |
Other Spots You Can Find Snickers
- You can follow Snickers on Twitter.
- Snick likes using Meetup.com to stay busy. Here’s his Meetup profile.
- If you’re on Facebook, you can be friends with Snick on Dogbook.
- He doesn’t visit often, but Snick has a page on Dogster.
- You can also read past posts about Snickers in Jenna’s old blog.
- If you just can’t get enough, check out the photos of Snickers, from puppyhood to the present.
PS As an adult, Snick is no longer "bottom heavy." He’s a perfect 23 1/2 pounds!
