Snick and I had a great time organizing and attending the Canine Cocktail Pawty to benefit Hike for Heroes in NYC on June 14. I’m happy to report that we made a $1,745 donation to Wish Upon A Hero to benefit military families in financial crisis. Additionally, instead of spending a large portion of ticket sales and donations on an event space (some of the animal friendly event spaces in NYC are several thousand dollars for an evening), we made a $500 donation to another worthy charity – Animal Haven [click to continue reading...]
We’re getting ready to celebrate some awesome stuff! Troy Yocum has undertaken a huge personal project to raise funds and awareness for military families in financial crisis. Emmie the Super Dog is a wonderful example of the companionship and support that dogs provide to humans every day. [click to continue reading...]
hai peeples, snickers here today we unveiled the "classified, top sekrit project" we haz been working on for the past five weeks. it is called The Anipal Times and it is an online newspaper for the anipal community. all the money for ads that run on the paper go to charity and for the first three months, they go to MY favorite charity: NYC Shiba Rescue! did i mention i am the publisher of The Anipal Times? well, yep, i am! and my friend Cokie the Cat in hollywood is [click to continue reading...]
Snick and I planned the National Shiba Club of America’s booth at NYC Meet the Breeds 2009. Along with volunteers from the NYC Shiba Meetup and NYC Shiba Rescue, we had a great booth and lots of fun. [click to continue reading...]
What will Snickers and I be up to this weekend? We’ll be at Meet the Breeds! The National Shiba Club of America – along with volunteers from the Shiba Club of Greater NY, NYC Shiba Rescue, and the NYC Shiba meetup group – will have a booth FULL of Shiba Inus for the public to meet. Aimed at helping the public understand the differences between breeds directly from breed experts, the Meet the Breeds event is the world’s largest showcase of dogs and cats with 160 dog breeds and 41 [click to continue reading...]
Snickers and I spent last weekend at Fido’s Festival in Woodstown, NJ. We were there with NYC Shiba Rescue to talk to people about Shiba Inus, Shiba rescue in particular, purebred rescue in general and responsible dog ownership. I really enjoy working at these events. Not only do I get to talk to people about the breed that I absolutely adore and about purebred rescue groups and how important adoption is, we also get to try new things and meet new people. We’ve made friends with rescue groups, vendors and [click to continue reading...]
Snickers and I will be at an event in South Jersey in a couple weeks and we’d love to see you there if you’re in the area. Please check out Fido’s Festival taking place August 29th & 30th in Woodstown, NJ. Advanced tickets are only $9 per adult and there will lots of demonstrations, events, experts and shopping! (Dogs and children under 12 attend free.) And, of course, Snickers will be there doing his thing for NYC Shiba Rescue along with some other great NYCSR volunteers and dogs. What more [click to continue reading...]
hi gang, snickers here mom haz not had time to let me join the #pawpawty before, but i gets to go this month! a lot of the anipals do stuff at the pawty that animals cant really do – like drink beer and play music and stuff – but thats not how i roll yo (even though just talking to anipals in twitter has already crossed that "cant do" line)! well, moms got that all figured out now. she says i can be security cz i am good at protecting [click to continue reading...]
Sunday, May 3, from noon to 5pm, Snickers and I will be participating in the 30th Annual Pet Fair hosted by Trailside Nature and Science Center. This will be our second year participating with NYC Shiba Rescue, helping to educate the public about purebred rescue and responsible dog ownership. About the Fair Visitors can enjoy free face painting and a petting zoo, numerous educational table displays focusing on proper pet care and shopping for pet-related products. Many pet rescue organizations will also be on hand with animals available for adoption. [click to continue reading...]
I have joked for a long time that Snickers is the Shiba Ambassador to NYC because so many people stop me on the street to find out what kind of dog he is. I have talked to people from all over the world about Shiba Inus. Snick took his ambassadorial duties to the next level a couple weeks ago by deigning to be fawned over by hundreds of people at the AKC’s Responsible Dog Ownership Day in Madison Square Park. He was an incredibly good and patient boy and I [click to continue reading...]
I’m telling you, Shibas know how to party and it involves a lot of running and a lot of eating. Canine Cocktail Pawty #2 had both and was therefore a big hit. The running is a given when you put a bunch of doggies together in the huge event space at Animal Haven and the doggie eats were DIVINE (according to the masses of dogs surrounding the table anyway) and were provided – as was this photo – by Culinary Crossing. Stay tuned. Pawty #3 is already in the works [click to continue reading...]
The NYC Shiba Inus present “The Canine Cocktail Pawty” to benefit Animal Haven SoHo. The first Canine Cocktail Pawty was such a hit, that these mischevious dogs have decided to do it again. We’ll be getting together for drinks, hors d’ouvres, off-leash play time, and a raffle. What: Cocktails and Hors d’ouvres Who: All the coolest dogs in town When: 6pm, Sunday, July 22, 2007 Where: Animal Haven SoHo Adoption Center Everyone is invited, regardless of breed or species! Well-behaved dogs attend free. Well-behaved humans pay $40 each. For details [click to continue reading...]
Yes, I am certifiably insane. People ask me sometimes how I deal with the whole single mom with two dogs and two jobs thing all whilst living in midtown Manhattan. I usually shrug and go “eh, it’s not so bad,” meanwhile knowing it probably isn’t normal that I (1) almost never sleep more than 6 hours a night, (2) haven’t had time to sit down and read a book in several years, and (3) only take vacation time from my real job when I need to do something for Miss [click to continue reading...]
The NYC Shiba Inus are throwing a party! A fund raiser to be exact. Shibas may be a stubborn bunch, but they’re generous to their friends and our Shibas have decided to raise money for one of their favorite places… Animal Haven. Let’s help Animal Haven raise the money they need to finish their Soho facility! There will be catered food, drinks (ever had A Screaming Shiba?) and gourmet dog treats. Well-behaved dogs attend for free. Well-behaved people are $40/person. (Bad dogs and bad people should stay home.) Tickets must [click to continue reading...]
