Our Sushi Pups mascots, Coby and J., would love to be Pup Pals with your dog on Dogster!

Click here for Coby and J.’s Dogster profiles.

A few years ago, I was watching television and came across The Kari Whitman Show on We TV.  Her fabulous interior decorating talents were the star of the show, but what caught my attention the most about Kari was her compassion for animals.  While driving, Kari spotted a dog in a pound car and pulled up next to it, asking where this dog was going so that she could rescue the dog.
That’s when I found out that Kari also founded the Ace of Hearts Foundation in Los Angeles, which rescues shelter dogs to save them from euthanization.  She has inspired our company, Cute Little Guys, to be fabulous and fun while giving back to the community.  As a small company, we do what we can to donate Sushi Pups toys to dogs in need.  We believe that every dog out there is a Sushi Pup and deserves to have fun!

Our beloved Sushi Pup, Buddy Miller, left for heaven July 2008.  Our condolences to our favorite Boston Terrier’s family.  We are happy to know that Buddy joins his friends in doggie heaven.  He was a cool dog.

Thank you, Buttercup’s Pawtisserie, for making such adorable and yummy treats!  We bought some for Coby at the Dog Days of Summer event at Henri Bendel’s, where Sushi Pups is a feature as well (today is the last day!).

Coby loves his ice-cream cone cookie!

Sushi Pups owes its success to all the tail-wagging fans out there and their owners!

Want to see your dog on the Sushi Pups photo gallery with their favorite toy?  We love receiving the adorable pictures and showing them off!  We also love hearing the stories about how dogs love our Sushi Pups toys.

Many thanks to everyone out there for choosing Sushi Pups!  We are happy to make dogs and owners happy!

Send pictures with name and location to photos@sushipups.com

I received an email today about a story on the bestfriends.org website.  Handsome Dan is a rescue from Michael Vicks’ property, and the one thing he is learning in his new wonderful life is how to stay cool eating ice cubes!  Handsome Dan and our Coby have something in common!  Also, when they slide and skitter away, Coby goes crazy and loves chasing after them!

Great to see Handsome Dan looking so good and healthy!  Thank you, Best Friends staffers!

Click here to read more about Handsome Dan.

(Photo from bestfriends.org site and taken by Gary Kalpakoff)

Sushi Pups mascot, Coby, visited Henri Bendel’s last night to check out the Dog Days of Summer event!  Everything looks adorable: the toys, clothes, leashes, beds, etc.  There was even a great book called Dogs by Catherine Johnson and William Wegman of vintage portraits of people and their dogs.

Of course we could not resist shopping for Coby.  Coby tried on the hunter green (his color) nylon rain breaker from Wagwear, and it was a must-have!  On our way out, we picked up some snacks from Buttercup’s Pawtisserie-a french macaroon (my personal favorite thing to eat in the whole world, so I was happy to see a dog version) and an ice-cream cone cookie.

Coby in his new Wagwear nylon rain breaker

(the ice cream cone cookie got a bit jostled in my purse but you can still see how adorable it is!)

Many thanks to Henri Bendel’s-the event looks great and everyone there was so nice and helpful.  We had a really nice time!
See more pictures of Coby in his raincoat and our friends who came out to see Sushi Pups at Bendel’s.  Thank you Amy, Rob, and Brian!

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Jenn and I are super-excited about our first day for Sushi Pups at Henri Bendel’s!
Here is a first glimpse of the Dog Days of Summer set-up!  We’ll be heading over there ourselves with Coby later today.

Sushi Pups is proud to be part of the Dog Days of Summer Event at Henri Bendel’s!

Please come see and shop Sushi Pups toys in the atrium July 29-August 4, 2008. Bendel’s is located at 712 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Go to the Henri Bendel site to read more about this event!

We started a Sushi Pups group on facebook! Come join!