ATL January 09 Meetup

ljowen123ljowen123
edited January 2009 in Shiba Inu (柴犬)
Our ATL meetup was today. I got to run by and pick up Sasha & Niko. I'm doing my best not to crow over the fact that Sasha came with me willingly (I promised Rachael), but I felt great that Sasha trusted me enough to leave Chad & Rachael for a few hours to go to the meetup. Jazz did very good today and I completely attribute it to the fact that we were inside. I've begun to notice that she does a lot better inside than out, possibly owing to the time that she was kenneled outside.

Anyway, here are my pics (which aren't stellar), but will give you something to look at until Dave goes through his photos of today.

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I was playing around a little bit with this one...
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Comments

  • Honey's momHoney's mom
    edited November -1
    Beautiful pics!!! I SOOO wish there were more Shiba Owners in my area. I would LOVE to get Honey together with her long lost cousins! And being indoors we make it even better!!!!
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    I feel pretty blessed to have as many as we do. It's a really good group, too. We just went to charging an annual fee because of the rates of meetup.com and no one had a problem with it - they understand that it's hard for everybody. Right before we left, the cutest little puppy got there (she's in the top photo, left). She was very cute.
  • Honey's momHoney's mom
    edited November -1
    I was going to ask about that pup! VERY CUTE INDEED!!!!! Do you remember how old? I'm SURE you plug this site as often as possible....and chance the owners will join us here?
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    The pup is 4 1/2 months old - I haven't plugged this site to her yet as I met her owner for just 15 minutes before I left, but I'm sure Dave has since that was how they found out about our meetup group.
  • dlrobertsdlroberts
    edited November -1
    Yep. Her name is Kira and she's 4 1/2 months old. She is absolutely adorable and her and Joey are like peas in a pod. (Don't tell Miko ;-)).

    Taryn (Kira's owner) did join the forum, but she hasn't posted yet.

    I have 475 pictures to sort through and I'm in the process of moving my photo library from my laptop to my desktop, so it will probably be a few days before I get them posted.
  • brandon_wbrandon_w
    edited November -1
    Dave that lens is huge. Also, I have that same camera bag.

    I wish we still had a shiba meetup going here in Madison.
  • LeonbergerLeonberger
    edited November -1
    Seems like loads of fun!
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited November -1
    I wish there was an indoor venue where we could hold our Shiba Meetups. They have been put on hold until April when the weather gets better. :(
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    Check with Doggie Daycares, Training facilities, local kennel clubs - the day care that we were at charged a $15 usage fee. Some vet locations or therapy locations will also have rooms large enough for a meetup. We typically do 2 indoor meetups in the winter and 2 in the summer. I used this link (www.urbanpetguide.com)to find locations and then called/emailed each one. I detailed that we had a meetup group that would love to do an indoor meet there, roughly how many people/dogs we tended to have. I got quite a few responses - some said that they rent out for 4 hours for $150 and then there were the ones that we are scheduling meetups at. If it is a holistic vet/therapy/dog boutique, give them 15 minutes to go over some of their features or give a little infomercial about their services.
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited November -1
    Thanks LJ! I will look into it!
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    Kristin, I know Pet World in Natick (they don't sell pets, and they carry EVERY premium food) has hosted meetups before. It seems like every time I have gone there on Sunday, there seems to be a swarm of dogs from one meetup or another...
  • KFontaine04KFontaine04
    edited November -1
    Oooh, thanks Jess. I will give them a call and see what they say.
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    I try to find places that our members will truly benefit from being at - those that have special services, carry better food, donate proceeds to local shelters, etc. Some places had never considered doing a meetup, but once they were contacted, they were very happy to offer up a room for us to use.
  • kektikekti
    edited November -1
    I wish there were more shiba owners round here, cause most people think that a shibas play is fighting and I'd also just like to see more shibas
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    Alex - where are you located?
  • kektikekti
    edited November -1
    Salisbury nc an hr north of charollette but from wed-Sunday we'll be in Richmond va n roxy is coming with us she loves it up there nice grassy areas with other dogs, we met a beagle last time they got along really well roxy n lugnut got themselves wrapped all around a tree since they have to be on leashes.
  • ljowen123ljowen123
    edited November -1
    Looks like there's about 10 in your area that are interested in a meetup group.
  • dlrobertsdlroberts
    edited November -1
    @Brandon: That's my new 17-55 and its massive. It takes a 77mm filter! The thing must weigh 2 pounds. Ok, I'm exaggerating, but it is big.

    I'm still learning the lens and how best to setup my camera for indoor use, so my keeper rate was pretty low yesterday, but I'll be posting a bunch of pics later today or tomorrow if I get to them.
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