The change in Hero in foster care has been amazing. Check out these "before and after" photos. [continue reading...]
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Cream Boy came from a kill shelter in NJ yesterday. He came into the shelter as a stray, so we don’t know his history. They’d adopted him out once but he was returned immediately, supposedly because he wasn’t housebroken. No one else had shown any interest in him and time was running short. We were [continue reading...]
Cody is about 18 months old and comes from upstate New York. From what we were told, his previous owners surrendered him to a shelter where he was adopted out to a family with a handicapped child. This family allowed their child to walk Cody on a leash alone. One day Cody saw another dog, [continue reading...]
Hero is a wonderful Shiba. He has made himself one of the pack with my 3 other dogs. They all have seemed to iron out all of their issues with each other and are getting along quite nicely. If other dogs are okay with Hero, Hero seems to be okay with them. Hero can still [continue reading...]
Chad is doing really well in foster care and we’re getting a good idea of what his perfect forever home should look like. For the first week that he was with us, he didn’t show any signs of separation anxiety at all. His previous owners had warned us that he has accidents inside when left [continue reading...]
Sissy was found wandering around in Huntington Station, NY, in early May. Lucky for her she was found by a real dog lover who took her home and took care of her while searching for her owner. No one ever claimed Sissy, so now she’s in foster care and looking for a new home. I [continue reading...]
Blueberry is doing great in foster care. He is just about all healed from his neutering and ready for adoption! His foster mom says that his personality has really come alive since his arrival. He’s now eating very well and learning sit, stay & come to name a few. As a testament to his sweet [continue reading...]
Chad recently turned six years old. He is healthy and neutered and VERY sweet. When I went to pick him up, he snuggled up next to me like he’d known me for years. Chad has been very well taken care of… our first foster dog that we know actually had a really good life before [continue reading...]
Blueberry was a stray on Long Island and came to us from the same shelter as Suzie. The shelter contacted me a day after they found him. They waited 10 days, but no one came for him. He’s been neutered and moved into foster care and he is a sweetie pie. We don’t think he’s [continue reading...]
Suzie is all Shiba when it comes to water. She walked as far away from the edge of the water as possible on the beach and did not like it at all when we dipped her feet in the water… ok, ok, we picked her up and tossed her in.. She did love romping around [continue reading...]
Early this Saturday afternoon, Terra and I attended to NYCSR’s second adoption. Bri greeted us at the door of her foster home with wagging and kisses and love. We carried her crate and supplies downstairs, and she gleefully hopped in the car to see where we were going. In less than a month’s time, this [continue reading...]
Hero is doing great:) He recovered quickly from his surgery and is running around like a champ. His strength and energy level has continuously improved over the past few weeks. He is eating a lot and is looking than ever! He really enjoys long walks and loves meeting new people. He was at the dog [continue reading...]
I picked up a sad little shiba from an upstate shelter near my hometown. She had been left at the shelter because her owners no longer wanted her…it was the usual excuse…we don’t have time…So I picked her up on the April 21, just five days after she arrived at the shelter. Her 4th Birthday [continue reading...]
We’ve had our first volunteer “fail fostering 101″ by deciding to adopt her foster dog. Suzie will be staying with Gloria (and Tomo). We couldn’t be happier for Suzie. She was our FIRST foster dog and we get to keep her in the family! [continue reading...]
Meet NYC Shiba Rescue’s third foster dog. On Thursday of last week, I received an email that a female Shiba near Albany needed out of a shelter. I thought “how can we possibly do anything about a dog way up there?” but I know one person about 20 miles from there, so I dropped her [continue reading...]
Suzie and Tomo came to the dog run to play with Snickers today. Suzie did much better with other dogs than we expected. She and Snickers got into it again, but it was mostly noise and teeth… looked scary but no damage done. She’s a fiesty little thing, but a GOOD girl really. I think [continue reading...]
Suzie is now fully recovered from her surgery. She is such a strong girl with an amazing attitude. Not once did she complain about her pain or even try to pull at the stitches despite the difficult operation she’d had. During the first week or so, Suzie had quite a lot of nervous energy, which [continue reading...]
Hero is continuing to improve. He is walking much better. We have gone on a couple long walks and he seems to love it! He is such a sweet boy and gets along with my other Shibas, Cody and Kylie. Hero is staring to play more and seems happy just to be around people. He [continue reading...]
Hero is doing great. His legs are healing and he is walking and running better everyday. (When I first picked him up he could barely stand). He is eating well and gaining weight. He is going back to the vet on the 17th for another evaulation…which I think he will pass with flying colors. His [continue reading...]
On April 6th, I went to visit with Hero, Foster Mom Terra, and Cadence (her black and tan, female Shiba). I couldn’t believe how much better Hero already looked. He was so alert and walking so much more normally! He LOVES to be petted, rubbed, and brushed. Terra has been giving him doggie massages, which [continue reading...]
On April 1st, Snickers and I went to visit Suzie, Foster Mom Gloria, and Tomo (Gloria’s black and tan, male Shiba). When Snick ran into the apartment all Shiba-hell broke loose as Suzie immediately tried to stand on his back and Snickers SOOOOO hates that. He is a nice boy, but he just won’t tolerate [continue reading...]
This was the first picture we saw of Hero. On March 29th I received an email that had been forwarded through a couple different Shiba rescue contacts. This poor guy was in a shelter. He’d been hit by a car and the shelter was looking for someone "in rescue" to take him off their hands [continue reading...]
Ah Suzie… the dog that started it all! On March 24th a local rescuer in Long Island saw a Shiba in a shelter and contacted Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue through a form on their website, looking for someone to get this sweet girl so she’d be safe. Michelle at MSIR forwarded the message to me, [continue reading...]
