Shiba Inu Rescue of Texas has been going through their adoption applications looking for Sasha’s perfect home and it looks like they may have found one.
Miss Sasha Bean Leaves in a Week
Foster Dogs (mostly Shibas) Who Have Lived With Jenna & Snickers
When Snickers came to NYC to live with us in 2004, we assumed he would be our only dog. Ha! We sure were wrong about that.
About two years later, we adopted Secret from her rescuer. A couple years after that, Secret and "her girl" (Jenna's daughter) moved to Florida for a year. Snickers was lonely, so we fostered our first Shiba girl for NYC Shiba Rescue. Her name was Shayna. She was a fabulous playmate for Snickers; they had such a good time together.
Our next foster dog was NYCSR's Penny. Most posts about Penny are on NYCSR's website. While we were in Indiana, we fostered Murphy for Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue. After Murphy, we took a break from fostering for awhile, because we moved back east and adopted sweet Brandy.
Our first foster dog after Brandy (and in Mississippi) was crazy little Sophie. She came from Memphis and was adopted by a great family in Florida. Then Zuki came along and we decided we needed to be a "three Inu" family again, so we adopted her. Shortly thereafter we fostered Smokey for NYCSR and had four Shibas in the house for a couple months! (Posts about Smokey are on NYCSR's website.) After Smokey, we fostered our first non-Shiba, a Leonberger mix puppy named King, whom I fell HARD in love with. I posted a photo album of King on facebook. Our next foster was another Shiba... our senior girl, Sasha Bean who is now living the good life with her adopted mom in Texas. Our most recent foster was Bella, a mix that we rescued off the street in Tupelo. Her photo album is on facebook. Coincidentally, she found her forever home in Texas as well. Shortly after Bella was adopted, my daughter moved out. Between my crazy work schedule and having one less set of hands at home to wrangle dogs, I probably won't be fostering again for awhile.
I don't write about all our foster dogs here, but what I do write is posted below.
The Two Faces of Sasha
A photo of happy Sasha and one of lonely Sasha. She is incredibly good natured (w/people) and one of the smartest Shibas that’s ever lived with us.
More Sasha Video!!
Photos don’t really show how cute and sweet Sasha is. This is a video of Sasha playing with her favorite toy (and me) this morning.
Sweet Sasha Bean Needs a Home!
Sasha is such a sweet, loving adoptable Shiba Inu with so much to give. She’s a petite red girl who loves walks, fetch, and snuggles.
Sasha, Practically Perfect in Every Way
Our foster Shiba, Sasha, is doing wonderfully and we’re ready to start taking adoption applications to find her perfect, forever home. Read all about how great she’s doing and what kind of home she’s looking for.
Sasha – Our Newest Foster Girl
Sasha was a stray in Florida and is now in foster care. After having her spayed and getting her healthy, we’ll be looking for her perfect forever home.
Sophie is Adopted
Snickers and I are halfway home from having delivered Sophie to her new home in southern Florida. Yes, I drove ALL THAT WAY to take her personally instead of putting her on a rescue transport. She has a tendency to be anxious and need reassurance about new situations; a transport would have been too stressful […]
Family Harmony 101: Doggy Style
When integrating a new dog into a multi-dog family, traveling the path to peace in the pack requires patience and baby steps.
Sophie is Available for Adoption
I took all three dogs to the vet today. Sophie’s checkup went well. She gave the vet tech kisses and she wasn’t anxious about anything, even when they microchipped her with that huge needle! The vet says she’s very healthy and in great shape. He’s not too concerned with the “fly biting” behavior. Since she […]
A Good Day for Dogs
Today has been a good day for dogs and a lazy day for me. Friday, I spent time figuring out what I do, why I do it, and what I really should focus on. Yesterday, I ran errands and did chores – a typical Saturday. Normally, on Sunday, I would work… work on rescue stuff, […]
Say Hello to Sophie
Sophie’s owner had to leave the country for work, so she is living with us until we find her the perfect forever home. She’s a crazy, but smart, 11 month old Shiba Inu. She has crazy puppy energy and wants to play non-stop all day. She would love a home with another playful dog for company!
Mr. Murphy Has Left The Building
Murphy went home tonight! Murphy is technically my MSIR foster dog, but my sister has really been the one fostering him since I left Indiana almost five months ago. On one hand he’s been an easy keeper for her; he gets along with her dogs, they eat the same food, he’s easy going. But on […]
Visiting Shayna: A Foster Mom’s Reward
I’ve been personally involved with the lives of many rescued Shiba Inus since founding NYC Shiba Rescue two years ago and I’ve felt varying amounts of affection for each and every one of them. Every dog is an individual (just like people) and there’s almost always something lovable about each of them (maybe not so […]
Playdate With Penny
Snickers and I fostered little Penny in the summer of 2008. She was a great little Shiba girl who got off to a bad start (her original owner didn’t train her, give her any boundaries or instill any self-confidence in her). Our relationship with Penny was a little rocky for the first week or two […]
Update on Murphy
A number of people have emailed me recently asking about Murphy. (I haven’t been doing a very good job of keeping the blog up to date since I moved. Sorry.) We still have Murphy in foster care. He turned a year old a few days ago. He’s WONDERFUL. I have three or four applications for […]
Pending Adoption Pending :)
Murphy doesn’t officially have an adoption pending yet, but I think he will quite shortly. A local couple has applied to adopt him after they – and their Shiba – met him at a Shiba meetup. They’re on vaca this week and when they return the application approval process (home visit and such) will move […]
Playing in the Snow
Snickers, his sister Secret and our foster boy, Murphy, had a blast playing in the the first real snow of the season.
murphy: in teh howss, stealin teh luvs
Murphy is a little lover. Whenever he can, he will get on the couch and curl up nearby. I usually scoop him up and “make” him snuggle with me when I’m watching TV. I say “make” because he only does the “I am Shiba. No want snuggles,” for about 3 seconds (and very half-heartedly at […]
Introducing Murphy
Snickers and I have our first Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue (MSIR) foster dog! This is Murphy (in the green collar in the photos). He is eight months old and he’s been with us for four days now. All I know about him is that he was part of a big group of Shibas let go […]
Happy Birthday Shayna
cross-posted from NYCSR’s blog OK, first off, I have to say that the sound of two Shibas merrily destroying roasted lamb bones is almost as soothing as a stable full of horses chomping on their feed. 🙂 Today is Shay’s birthday. She’s THREE today. My special birthday present to her is… a brand new, wonderful, […]
Update on the Shayna Dilemma
Well… I’ve decided not to keep her. As much as Snick and I love her, I can’t handle – or afford – another full time dog. Shayna isn’t getting the leash training or the attention that she needs. I realized my primary reason for wanting to keep her was to keep Snickers company and that […]
Shay Shay!!
OK, so I have a dilemma now. I’ve been through the pre-adoption process with two different adopters for Shayna so far and they’ve both fallen apart at the last minute. The first had a family emergency and the second found out they are about to be uprooted by the military. [poll=2] Of course, Snick and […]
Because They Are So Cute Together
I have to show you these photos of Snick and Shay. They love each other! Besides, you can’t go wrong with cute doggy pictures when you have nothing to blog about. 😉
No More Crate for Shayna
I was crating Shayna at night and whenever I wasn’t home until she and Snick got to know each other better (and stopped fighting). Friday night, I let her sleep outside the crate for the first time. After I went to bed, Snick joined me as usual and a few minutes later Shayna hopped up […]
Meet Shayna
Snickers and I have our first NYCSR foster dog! Shayna was surrendered by her owner because she didn’t like sharing her home with puppies. (Her owner had other dogs that had puppies recently.) Shayna was apparently very unhappy and needed a place to live where she felt more comfortable. She’s definitely comfortable living with me! […]