PRE-ORDER Take Ur Meds! Fundraiser Enamel Pin & Sticker

Toshi says... TAKE YOUR MEDS! 

This enamel pin features my stinky, silly, skrunkly little dog Toshi! This fun enamel pin is a reminder to take your meds!! Toshi takes his meds every night, and since we wrap them in a big treat for him, he consistently reminds me every night at 7 PM to give him his meds... with this pin, he'll be able to remind you, too!

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER DESIGN. The ETA for this design is Late March - Early April. Any in-stock items purchased alongside this item will not ship until the pre-order item is in stock!

This pin is a little fundraiser of sorts, meant to help alleviate the recently increased cost of Toshi's care! All the funds raised from this pin & sticker design will go directly towards paying for Toshi's medical care—including his frequent vet visits, costly monthly medications, and whatever else he needs for his treatment plan! 

All treatments are discussed at length with his dermatologist (yes, dog dermatologists are a thing... who would have thought?) and veterinarian. He sees both on a very regular basis! More info about Toshi, his disease & why I made this pin below!

Features:

• 1.65in tall
• Print details!
• Special Backstamp that has a thank you from me & Toshi <3 

About Toshi:

Toshi is a four-year-old Samoyed who is happy, intelligent, and so loving - but he's also really sick right now!

At one year old, after wrestling with hair loss and severe discomfort for a few months, Toshi was diagnosed with Sebaceous Adenitis - a chronic condition that he will, unfortunately, be battling his entire life. Here's a more in-depth article about his condition, which contains some mildly graphic photos of scabbing on a dog's skin. 

Starting around late December of 2024, Toshi began to show signs of a flare-up (something that we've dealt with many times in his 3 years of being diagnosed with SA). I stayed the course with his usual treatments... but unlike all of his previous flare-ups, where he'd typically improve within a week or two, he didn't get better this time.

Toshi is still struggling amid this awful flare-up, which has caused scabbing all over his body, a massive amount of discomfort for him, and hair loss all over, most notably on his face, legs, and tail. To try and quell his symptoms and get him back to a more stable condition (one where hopefully he's not covered in painful scabs that are prone to secondary infections), his Dermatologist and I have put him on some new medication! We have yet to see a significant improvement, but his doctors are optimistic that he will improve over time with this new treatment. However, the treatments are NOT cheap, which is why I've made this sweet little fundraiser pin to help alleviate some of the costs of his new treatment plan! 

Running this small shop is my full-time job, and a handful of friends and fans have encouraged me for a while to make some Toshi-related merch to help offset the rising cost of his treatments. I've always been a bit hesitant to do this - in general, I'm not very comfortable with asking for help, and I also don't want to feel like I'm exploiting Toshi's sickness in any way - but with some encouragement (and with his medication cost doubling in the last two months) I started doodling some designs and fell in love with this one! Toshi loves reminding me to give him his meds every night, so maybe he can help remind you, too!