Hanging Out at the Madison Shiba Picnic

Took Roux to our local Shiba picnic. He liked meeting new folks but wasn't too excited about meeting their Shibas. There was quite a bit of snapping going on from Roux. But Mike & I enjoyed meeting some of the other Shibas, especially the group of puppies that were there and were so incredibly cute and friendly. We celebrated the fact that our Shiba wasn't the one to escape and be chased around the park by a group of picnic goers. Luckily he was captured safely after a decent time of being chased.

Roux enjoying the picnic after stealing my seat!

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Roux's New Toy Makes Him DANCE!

Recently we got Roux a new toy from Petsmart. He loves it! Packed full of treats, this will keep Roux entertained for a while.

His toy even inspired a little Roux dance.

Summer Time Warning

As the weather gets warmer, we enter into a dangerous time for pets. A lot of folks just don't realize how dangerous it can be for animals to be left in a vehicle in the hot weather even for only a few minutes. Please visit mydogiscool.com for more information and for flyers you can print up to help educate others about this.

Update on Rex the Shiba

Roux, Mike, & I were very happy to hear today that Rex has found his forever home and will be officially adopted this Saturday! In the meantime, Rex's new family has asked for everyone's help with picking a new name for Rex to help with his fresh start. Please visit the Humane Society of Boulder CO website to help pick his new name for a list of great one! Also consider donating a few bucks to help out animals like Rex.

The names to choose from are:
YOSHI (Good luck)
KICHIRO (Lucky Son)
TOSHI (Bright, intelligent)
SABURO (Third son)
KAZUKI (Harmonious hope)

Tough choice! We can't decide between Yoshi and Kazuri, both ideas that we wish for Rex and his new family!

Hey You Guys! Check It Out...

Roux's on Twitter now! Check him out at http://twitter.com/Roux_The_Shiba

Rex the Shiba Inu

Some of you might have heard the news about the Shiba Inu who was taped to a fridge. If not here is a quick write up about the incident. Luckily Rex was rescued and was recovering at the local Humane Society. Just heard today that he is living in foster care with other Shibas, which is great news and we hope everything works out for Rex, and he finds a wonderful forever home real soon.

If you would like to donate to Rex's cause, please visit the Humane Society of Boulder CO.

I'd also like to suggest donating to your favorite Shiba Inu rescue. Luckily taping Shibas to fridges isn't commonplace but plenty of wonderful Shibas do get abused or just end up in bad situations. So many Shiba rescues are doing great work finding those dogs loving homes. Let's help them out!

Roux is an alumni of Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue, home of the Shiba Shoppe. I own plenty of the shiba magnets and water bottles. Maybe now I should get some of those great Shiba wine glasses!

Roux Smile!

Roux really loves playing. Here's a great Shiba smile after a good long play session!

Roux VS The Bunny

Roux's favorite place in the house is on the cat tree looking out the window. He barely fits on it but that has never stopped him. Last night we caught him telling a bunny to get off his lawn!

Bad Dog Caught On Tape!

We recently got Roux new food & water bowls. He discovered that he can pick up these bowls, unfortunately. So this is how he tells us he's hungry or thirsty...or bored.

RouxLobster

Leading up to Halloween, I was a bit concerned about how Roux would react to it all. We weren't sure how he would tolerate his costume, or if he would get nervous around trick or treaters. I came home from work, and we took Roux for a walk around the neighborhood with his costume on to see how he would do.

He LOVED it. That little Shiba pranced around the neighborhood and was smiling so big at everyone we met.

It might not look like it in this picture, but Roux really did enjoy wearing his costume.

Roux also enjoyed all of the kids he saw in costume coming to our door. He spent most of the evening looking out the window just waiting for the next group to come to visit. People adored the lobster Shiba who greeted them at the front door.

Going to people's houses and getting food? Why can't dogs do this too??

Roux got to even enjoy his own special Halloween treat, a rawhide card he got from his Aunt Kassie!

Ok, this is more like it!

All that Halloween excitement made for a very sleepy Shiba!

I'm not asleep, just checking my eyelids for leaks.

Roux in the Leaves

Last weekend, Roux was introduced to one of the best things about the Fall...LEAF PILES!

Shibas love the Fall

Check out that Shiba smile!

Wisconsin in October

Hi there! Wow, it's sure been a while...

Holy cow!! It's been forever since I last updated. Roux said he'd find someone better if I didn't get on the ball.

Last Sunday we dropped everything and headed to a lovely park near us called Devil's Lake. We had wanted to take Roux there every since we adopted him and finally got around to going once we realized that the days of nice weather are numbered.

Devil's Lake was a Shiba playground, lots of fun trails and plenty of large rocks to climb on. Roux loved it! He also met a lot of people. It felt like every 10 feet people were asking us what kind of dog he has and commenting that he looks like a fox. One gentleman asked us if it was difficult owning the world's happiest dog. Roux was certainly flashing his biggest Shiba smile! But the best comments came when we went past a group of Japanese tourists. We couldn't understand a word they were saying until they noticed Roux. Then we heard "OHHH SHIBA!!!" Roux seemed to understand and pranced by them.

Roux making friends on the ferry.

Looks like a scene from a movie, "Walking Mister VelvetEars"

Roux looking over his new territory. There's a lot of trees left to mark!

Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue Picnic!

Today was the annual MSIR Summer picnic. So we loaded up the car and heading down to Illinois for the day.

Roux with his new MSIR bandana

Hey, those dogs look like me!

You gonna eat that?

MSIR had a lot of really good food at the picnic. So Roux was quite happy, especially since they had a doggie dessert table along with the human desserts!

About time you gave me something to eat. Oh a K9 cookie?

Yum!

Besides the eating, there were Shiba games, like the most curly tail and biggest Shiba grin. The park we were at also had a bat education area. So Roux got to learn what it would be like to be a bat!

I'll stick with being a dog.

Plus there was lots of just socializing. We're working on Roux's socialization behavior around other dogs and while there was some snapping, Roux did relax and have a fun time. On the whole, Roux made us proud.

A tired Roux dog.

All the loot! Doggie treat samples, new bandana, rescue magnet and water bottle.

Italian Roux

We discovered recently that Roux has a thing for Italian bread.

Roux at first wasn't too sure about the bread. But in true Roux fashion, he doesn't question food for very long.

The shy first bite!

Yum! Maybe I'm an Italian dog!

Where did the month go??

Wow, it's been over a month since our last post! Sorry about that everyone. Mike, Roux & I have been enjoying the great weather here in Wisconsin, great because we don't have feet upon feet of snow anymore!!

I've got plenty of Roux material for several posts and a week where I finally don't have a lot going on. So sit back and enjoy!

Devil Dog

Big Game Hunter

After reading this post on Bravewolf's Shibalog, Roux would like to show everyone that he too is a boar hunter.

This boar had been terrorizing our home.
Thank goodness we have a Shiba to protect us!

Not for the faint of heart, a Shiba going in for the kill.

I couldn't resist getting Roux that wild boar toy. Mike was trying to resist but once I explained that it was Roux's instinct to hunt wild boar and who are we to deny him that, Mike was convinced. Or maybe he just rolled his eyes and let me get it anyhow.

Roux is Stylin'

At times like this, I really wish I could read.

I recently ordered Roux a couple of bandanas from Ruff Ruff and Meow, and they came today! Besides the Stinky one, Roux also has a Happy Camper one for our trips to the parks this summer.