Shiba Rescue of Ocean County

Mitch and Roberta Fuchs work tirelessly for Shiba Rescue of Ocean County. Please consider donating to their Shiba Rescue efforts. Visit the Shiba Rescue of Ocean County Site on and the email address associated with their PayPal account is on there: inurescue@gmail.com. Or you can choose to donate via the ChipIn widget below. Here is just one reason to help out a Shiba Inu in need. Ellie is a Shiba who spent 9 years tied to old dog house in an Amish puppy mill. We are so happy we were able to save her from horrible surroundings and bring her into our rescue! Like most dogs from puppy mills, trust takes time to gain with these dogs. It took us 5 weeks to get her to trust us enough to allow us to touch her. She has a mammary tumor and severe sores on all four paws that occasionally swell and bleed. In the three months she has been with us she has turned around, we can pet her and engage her in play. Ellie still needs to be spayed, tumor removed and dental. We are raising funds to get Ellie all the care she needs. If you are interested in adopting Ellie, please contact us at inurescue@gmail.com

Shiba Pagoda Shop

The Shiba Pagoda Shop is coming soon! I plan on launching it this weekend as it is 95% there but I just have a few fixes that I need to make. Up next is Android app development which I am still learning for a Shiba app too(of course). I have another app that I will be creating for a doctor as well. Google has an entire online classroom for app development so I am on it. The Shiba Pagoda store will be carrying all things Shiba, as well as customized items with any photo that customers would like to put on things. Photos that are sent as attachments can be used to make custom items for your own Shiba Inu(s) all types of dogs, cats, or any photo you wish. Basically ask what you want on something, and it can be done. This link is imbedded into the actual Shiba Pagoda website below as there will be other products available on the main site so everything will all be under one Shiba Pagoda roof. Any items that you see on there are available for purchase now, however some changes still need to be made before the launch. Also there will be a RAFFLE for some Shiba Swag for the Shiba Shop Grand Opening with no purchase necessary. Feel free to make a visit to the shop. Below the happy little Shiba logo just hit "Shop Now": Shiba Pagoda Shop

Bill, One of a Kind

Dear Bill aka Curmudgeon, I should have known that you would go out like this. Let's think about what went through your head when planning your own service, shall we? Okay, at the wake you were dressed in your Founder's Day tshirt and jeans. Here is what you made certain went into that casket with you: Colorful cap with propeller on top, check. Fire extinguisher at your left arm in the off chance you didn't go to Heaven, check. Scooby Doo pillow case to rest your head, check. Psychedelic 60s inspired colorful casket liner, check. Random stuffed Snoopy, check. Sign that read "Don't Mind Me If I Don't Get Up, I'm a Little Stiff", check. Another sign on the inside of casket lid saying "He Finally Shut Up", check. (you definitely could talk a dog off a meat wagon, I mean worse than me, and that's saying something. ). Cup full of multi-colored Sharpies so we could all sign your white wooden casket, check. Bluegrass music with banjos playing, check. Not to mention your reminder to everyone, "I'm Bill. I have terminal cancer. I am going to die. And you are too, HA!" I was teary-eyed, but I couldn't stop laughing and shaking my head. I was thinking, "God, you had to give him a heads up now didn't you". The most important thing with you was the Infinity coin on your chest, I hadn't even heard about those. All of the people who came to pay their respects had a common thread, everyone mentioned how much you helped them with their lives. I think I was one of your last cases, and you were the best sponsor I have ever had. Conventional tradition is having same sex sponsor-sponsee pairings, however you weren't exactly conventional. You made sure I was set up with a female sponsor, and you wanted me to work my program fully and help others to honor your legacy, and I will do that. I will miss you so much. I am so grateful that you are no longer in pain and that you are at peace. At the same time I am so sad that I will never see you again. I swear I can hear you yelling down at me, "Whippersnapper, pull your stuff together". I called you Curmudgeon for a reason and it stuck like glue. Thanks for teaching me about what's important in life, taking care of my side of the street and mentally staying on the beam. I treasure my anniversary coin that you presented to me, I remember all of the nice things you said, and I have my Pass it On plant you gave me. A Swedish Ivy plant that started out at the bedside of Bill W. when he was dying. So many clippings and roots of that plant have lived on, and it's very rare to have a piece of it. I will think of you always and nourish my sobriety and the Pass it On Plant. God bless, I miss you so much. Love, Sharon aka "Whippersnapper"