As of today, Dylan has been adopted into a FABULOUS Shiba family and renamed Tetsu.

Cimon and Jack first contacted us in July 2007. They had two Shibas at the time – Yoshi and Yuki – who had been adopted from NESRA when it was still around. Their third Shiba, Saki, had passed away and they were ready to welcome a new Shiba into their family. In October 2007, they adopted Lightening (now known as Aki) from us.

Since then they have been staunch supporters of NYCSR -> donating, volunteering their time, and fostering. Recently, they agreed to foster Dylan for us and shortly thereafter decided he needed to stay forever. Here’s a photo taken today when his adoption was finalized. This is Cimon, Yoshi, Tetsu (fka Dylan), Yuki, and Aki (fka Lightening).

Lightening has been adopted and is enjoying a HUGE backyard upstate.

Lightening is a neutered, male Shiba Inu. He’s about a year old. He is up to date on all vaccinations and was recently treated, successfully, for heartworms.

Lightening was brought into a shelter in Ohio as a stray several months ago. A Shiba rescuer there took him in and after about a month, Lightening was adopted by a couple here in NYC. Although Lightening normally gets along very well with other dogs, there was a misunderstanding between him and the resident dog and she remained afraid of him afterwards. Everyone felt it would be best for her if Lightening found a new home.

Lightening is a high energy, young boy who loves to play and get lots of exercise. He will growl and show teeth when someone approaches a high value treat, especially rawhide. He is otherwise a very affectionate and snuggly boy. He gets along with other dogs in the home and LOVES to play with toys and with other dogs. He’s been making very good progress learning not to resource guard and that training needs to be continued.

Lightening is a very loving (and incredibly smart) dog. With an owner that will continue teaching him NILIF (nothing in life is free), Lightening will be a great pet and companion. He should be in a home with another dog (or dogs) that will NOT let him be a bully, so he learns his place.