Please help save sweet Ava!

Hi all! I know it's been FOREVER since we've posted. Life has kind of took over, mostly for the better! In the past year we have really gotten into rescue work and fostering. We are proud to say we have fostered 7 fur babies and loved every one of them to pieces! Our current foster Ava is in a lot of trouble and has a lot of health problems. I am asking for your help today. Ava is very very sick with heartworm. Also we found out while she was getting spayed she was pregnant. The vet determined the pregnancy would be too damaging on her heart and had to unfortunately terminate it.

We pulled Ava from a high kill shelter in Georgia minutes before she was to be put to sleep due to over crowding. Thanks to lots of amazing volunteers we got her up to SC to get her vetted & spayed and that's when all the health problems surfaced.

Ava is very confused, but sweet and always has her tail wagging. She is a precious girl and doesn't deserve the cards she's been dealt. She can't even go out in the back yard lately because her coughing is getting so bad =( Can you please help us? Any donations are welcomed and no donation is too big or small! If you can't donate PLEASE PLEASE share! The more people who know about this baby the better! She is dying for a 2nd chance at a happy healthy life in a loving forever home!

Below is the link to the Chip In site where you can make your donations. Any questions feel free to email me or leave a comment. THANK YOU so much for taking the time to read this!

Hi! I'm sweet Ava! Can you help me?

Knox is a #twiba ! Follow him: www.twitter.com/knoxyfoxy11

MISSING SHIBA INU IN BROOKLYN!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!

HELP! My sweet furiend Nami escaped from her collar this past Friday May 4 in Brooklyn near Manhattan Beach. If you or anyone you know lives near this area please cross post! Her humans are worried sick about her and want her home safely!

Here is the website that has been created for her:

Bring Nami Home!

This is Nami! Pls help us find her!

Also, if you would like to make a donation for her reward, it would be greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps!!!!!

Come back soon Nami! You haz lotsa people and doggies worried sick about you ='(


Knox is a #twiba ! Follow him: www.twitter.com/knoxyfoxy11

Pet insurance- Trupanion

I, Sir Knox Greenleaf, am officially on pet health insurance. I am a proud member of Trupanion now! It gives my humans piece of mind and slight sanity. Even though I like to make them INSANE =D

Check this out!

Click the image to see the larger version!

Pet Insurance 101 graphic created by Trupanion.

They were super friendly and I am hoping nothing bad happens to me, but it's nice to know if it does, there will be some help!

Licks,
Knox

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Shiba mini meetup!

Well, this happened a couple weeks ago but of course my lazy typist humother is just posting it now. Le sigh...


But it wuz SUPER pawsome! We met up wif lotsa shibas! And do lotsa zoomies! Weeee!!

Shibas r da BOSS!

Like DAT!

We also had another purpose for this meet up. Another Shiba named Raiden and I did not get off to a good start a few months ago. At our first meet, we were both intact males and very alpha and dominant. Humans made a bad mistake by introducing us for the first time in my home, and I got a little mean. Well, a lot mean. Long story short, we did NOT get along. At all. 

So we let the dust settle, and humans had both of us neutered. And we were hoping for a better round 2. Humom was reaaaaaaallyyyyyy nervous and expecting the worst. But when we approached each other, it was all forgotten and nuffin but play time and zoomies ahead of us! All humans were so relieved =)

RAWRRRR! 

Play Play Play!!

Can't wait for NE Shibapalooza!!!!!

Knox is a #twiba ! Follow him: www.twitter.com/knoxyfoxy11

Knox the "Catdog"

My typist has been seriously LAZY and has refused to update my blog. RUDE.

So I have a new nickname. Catdog. I'm not a fan of it cuz i iz NOT a meowie!! Kaiju's humom started with the name and it's caught on. Here is a vid of my bestest buddy Porter and myself having an intense conversation.

Note: I iz a MANLY shiba. I do NOT sound like a meowie.....HUFF!






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NE Shibapalooza 2012 Date is Set!!

Hi Everyone!

Knox’s humom here again. I’m happy to say we finally have a date set for NE Shibapalooza! We have decided to make it the weekend of May 5-6. The actual meet up will be on Sunday the 6th at Crate Escape in Belmont, MA. But I am thinking maybe we could do a pre meet up Shiba picnic at a park or fenced in play area if there’s enough people interested.

Now the fun part begins! Spread the word to as many Shiba owners & lovers as you can! Share share share! 

If you have any questions about the meet up, lodging, etc please don’t hesitate to email me at briggababy@gmail.com

More updates to come!

Amanda + Knox

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North East Shibapalooza 2012!

North East Shibapalooza 2012


Hello all!


Knox's humom here. We have exciting new updates about North East Shibapaloozameetup. A lot of the people attending are #twibas but we want to extend the invite to allshibas and shiba owners/lovers! So please tell everyone you know!

   Where:

We have selected the place for our meet up. It's called Crate Escape in Belmont, MA. (http://www.crate-escape.com/) It is all fenced in and has lots of room for the sheebs to run around and even a large fence divider INCASE we need to separate a dog/dogs. We will have the place to ourselves for 2-3 hours. There will be food and drinks for the humans and obviously water and noms for the sheebs. There will be a doggy door giving access to an outdoor area that is also fenced in! So hopefully the weather will be wonderful! 
I have attached a few photos just to give you a slight idea of the area (outdoor+indoor)

         When:
Right now we are feeling out all attendees for a specific date. We are deciding between 3 weekends: 4/28-29, 5/5-6, and 5/12-13. If you are not on the email list yet and are interested in attending PLEASE email me and tell me what weekend(s) work/don't work for you and I will try to keep everyone's schedule in mind to choose the best date. The more the merrier so I will accommodate as best as possible!


           Accommodations:
I sent an email out last week giving a link to some pet friendly hotels. But @iamkaiju's humom was nice enough to help out and go even further to help the people traveling by suggesting some hotels/rentals close to the meet up area but still close to Boston and other great places:

Here are some accommodation options that I have found...
There are more Cambridge options included here only because the meetup will most likely be in Cambridge, which is across the Charles River from Boston.

Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals 

http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p300263 (Cambridge)

http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p917866 (Cambridge)

Others in Greater Boston area: http://www.homeaway.com/search/refined/massachusetts/greater-boston/region:20141/Suitability:pets+considered

Pet Friendly Hotels

Hotel Marlowe (Cambridge) - http://www.hotelmarlowe.com/mlw_pet.html

Liberty Hotel (Boston) - http://fidoloves.com/dog-friendly-vs-dog-tolerant/

Marriott Residence Inn (Cambridge) http://www.marriott.com/hotels/fact-sheet/travel/boscm-residence-inn-boston-cambridge/ (Cambridge)

Others : http://www.fidofactor.com/boston-ma

The town of Brookline is quite close and nice, too. Or, if you don't mind driving in, North Shore towns are beautiful. Amanda lives in one of those towns.
If you see any place you want to consider, please don't hesitate to ask us about the town/neighborhood.


Also... please check out this website too for additional accomodations: http://www.bringfido.com/lodging/state/massachusetts/


Sorry for the long post but I am trying to get the message out there as much as possible. Please spread the word! We currently have Shibas coming from NY, NJ, MA, NH but we want to make this big so let's do it!


For those interested please get back to me via email to let me know which dates work best. I will update as much as possible about any news and/or changes. My email is BriggaBaby@gmail.com


Also any recommendations for other activities are welcomed! We could also do a picnic if the weather permits. 


A big thanks again to @iamkaiju's humans for helping out. We are so excited to make this happen!


Thanks,
Amanda (Knox's humom- @KnoxyFoxy11)

Knox is a #twiba ! Follow him: www.twitter.com/knoxyfoxy11