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10/27/2026

🌼 THE 2ND ANNUAL DÍA DE LOS MU***OS PET PORTRAIT GIVEAWAY! 🌼

One of the most beautiful things about this community is how deeply we love our pets, even the ones we've never met.

I've been blessed to memorialize so many beloved pets through my artwork, and I've also had the privilege of getting to know so many of yours through a screen. Their silly antics, their personalities, their stories... and sometimes, the heartbreaking reminder that our time with them is never quite long enough.

To those of you who have shared a piece of your heart with me, thank you. ❤️

Día de los Mu***os is a beautiful Mexican tradition of honoring those we've lost and celebrating the love that never leaves us. It's also an opportunity to share a little of my culture with you, and I hope you'll join me in celebrating and learning along the way.

So, let's celebrate the pets who've left paw prints on our hearts AND the ones still by our side!

💀 THE GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a custom Día de los Mu***os FairyTAIL Illustration. I'll reimagine your pet as a colorful calavera pup!

Your pet doesn't have to have passed to participate. This is a celebration of ALL the pets we love. 🐾

✨ THE PRIZE:
🌼 Custom FairyTAIL Illustration
🖼️ 10x10 poster print
🎁 $20 Barktivist Gift Card

HOW TO ENTER:
1️⃣ Follow Barktivist Boutique & Wyatt the Gentle Giant
2️⃣ Tell us in the comments about a pet you've loved and lost. Share their spirit, favorite toys, or a silly story that still makes you smile. Let's keep their memories alive! ❤️
3️⃣ Tag 3 friends!

✨ BONUS: Share to your Stories and tag us!

📅 GIVEAWAY ENDS: November 2nd at 11:59 PM MST.

- Open internationally.
- Portraits may take up to 6 weeks to complete.
Not affiliated with or sponsored by Instagram/Meta.

10/15/2026

We're well into Pit Bull Awareness Month...

But awareness has to mean more than knowing a breed exists. It has to mean asking why certain dogs are feared before they’ve ever been met, condemned before they’ve ever been understood & overlooked in shelters because of a label they never chose.

Pit bulls don’t get to decide what the world believes about them. They can’t correct the headlines, challenge the stereotypes or defend themselves against the narratives written about them. We have to do that.

We have to be willing to look beyond the noise, question what we’ve been taught & recognize how fear, misinformation & prejudice shape the way these dogs are treated. Because stigma doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It follows dogs into shelters, influences adoption decisions & can determine whether they’re ever given the chance to show the world who they are.

Awareness without action is just acknowledgment. Real advocacy means challenging the narratives that cause harm, supporting the people & organizations fighting for these dogs & making room for individual dogs to be seen as individuals.

Not every pit bull is the same. No breed is a personality. & no dog should have to prove they deserve compassion.

Protect the pitties. Challenge the stigma. Be part of changing the narrative. 🐾

10/14/2026

A label can change a life. Sometimes, it can cost one.

In a study of 919 shelter dogs in Phoenix and San Diego, dogs with pit bull-type ancestry waited nearly twice as long to be adopted as dogs without it: an average of 37.5 days compared to 19.7.
(Gunter et al., PLOS ONE, 2018.)

Let that sink in.

As someone with a lot of different passions, my mind is constantly looking for the connections between the causes I care about. And pit bull advocacy has always been at the forefront of who I am.

But the more I pay attention, the harder it becomes to ignore the parallels.

The way pit bulls have been stereotyped, scapegoated, and denied opportunities because of a label isn't entirely disconnected from the way vulnerable communities are treated. Different circumstances, different histories, but a familiar pattern: deciding who deserves protection, who deserves compassion, and whose lives are considered expendable.

And when we normalize that for one group, we make it easier to justify it for another.

That's why advocacy can't stop at awareness. It has to include action.

🇺🇸 With the midterm elections coming up, please get out and vote. Pay attention to the policies being proposed, the people making decisions, and the communities those decisions affect.

Because the rights and futures of vulnerable communities are on the line. And the systems and protections we choose to defend matter... for people, for animals, and for the world we're leaving behind.

When they come for some of us, eventually, they come for all of us.

I was taught that if its within our means, we have a duty to help those who need it. Part of that is to use our voices, to use our votes for good.

Featured FuRiends: Sweet Zoey Jayne

10/11/2026

be so fr… WE’VE ALL THOUGHT IT. 😂

Tag someone who needs to hear this. 👇

👀 Want it on a shirt, hoodie, mug, or sticker? You can get this design on any apparel, drinkware, or sticker item!

💌 DM to order ... it's not on the website just yet.

💸 Get 15% OFF when you pay via Venmo or Zelle!

10/08/2026

We didn't get here overnight. And we aren't going to change it overnight, either.

For Pitbull Awareness Month, I wanted to take a step back and look at how the “pit bull” became the villain in the first place, and what happens when we allow a label to speak louder than the individual dog.

Awareness isn't just about saying “pit bulls are good dogs.” It's about questioning the assumptions we've been taught to make about them.

Swipe through. 🐾

10/02/2026

October is for the Pitties & the People Who Love Them!

In honor of Pit Bull Awareness Month, I'm giving you a little something extra for showing your support!

SPEND $100 👉🏻 GET A FREE CLASSIC TEE or COFFEE MUG.

Yep! You get to choose! And your free item can feature ANY standard design on our site!

How it Works:

Once your cart reaches $100 or more, just leave a note at checkout letting me know:

🐾TEE or MUG
🐾 Which Standard Design You'd Like
✨I'll reach out by email to confirm the design, color & sizing if you choose apparel.

A few important details:
• Offer runs all month long during Pit Bull Awareness Month
• Free item must use a standard website design
• Custom designs are not included
• Digital artwork does count toward the $100 purchase threshold
• Free tee is our classic tee
• Free mug is our white glossy mug.

Happy Shopping!

10/01/2026

PITBULL AWARENESS MONTH IS HERE!

If you know us, you know this month isn't just another excuse to put a bunch of pumpkins on everything (... no shade, we do it too)! Everything we're built on is rooted in Pit Bull & Rescue Advocacy. We love these dogs fiercely & we're pretty damn passionate about challenging the stereotypes that continue to follow them around like the random aches of a 40-something woman in perimenopause. Hi, it's me! 👋🏻🫡

Pitbull Awareness Month is about celebrating these dogs for who they actually are, not the outdated stigmas that lurk over them. It's about sharing their stories, showing the goofy, loyal, ridiculous, loving dogs behind the labels & reminding people that a breed stereotype is not a personality.

So naturally... we're throwing a PITTIE PARTY!

🖤 THE PITTIE PARTY GIVEAWAY 🖤

One lucky winner will receive a $155 prize package, including:

🐾 A Digital Head-to-Paw Portrait
🖤 Our NEW Premium Oversized Hoodie - Double Sided Design
🐶 A Team Pittie Beanie

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Tell us about your own Pittie...
Drop your answer in the comments. We want the real stuff.. the stories, the experiences, the reasons you advocate, the dogs who changed your life… etc.

2. Follow Barktivist Boutique

3. Tag your people in the comments.
Tag fellow pittie lovers, rescue advocates, dog-obsessed friends, or anyone who needs a little more pittie positivity in their feed.

BONUS EXPOSURE:
Share this giveaway to your stories and tag Barktivist Boutique so we can see it!

⚠️ All required steps must be completed for your entry to count.

The giveaway runs through Oct 6th, with the winner selected shortly afterward.

A LITTLE FYI BEFORE YOU ENTER:

Custom portraits can take up to 4 weeks to complete. Once your portrait is finished, please allow approximately 2 additional weeks for the remaining prize items to arrive. So, basically: up to 6 weeks total to receive the full prize package.

U.S. residents only. No purchase necessary. Prize has no cash value and cannot be exchanged for cash or substituted. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or affiliated with Meta.

09/15/2026

No really... can I?

09/12/2026

“You look like a nice boy. I bet you have lots of friends.” - PennyWyatt 🎈

Want your own Pennywise? Skeleton? Alebrije? Or whatever wonderfully weird thing your brain comes up with?

HALLOWEEN FairyTAIL Illustrations are currently $50 when you pay via Venmo or Zelle.
Regularly $65.

OR...

Pay the full $65 and I'll send you a 10x10 poster print of your Halloween edit, delivered straight to your door.

Limited spots available.
7 business day turnaround for artwork.
Prints take an additional 3–5 business days to process and ship once your artwork is complete.

Choose your monster wisely. 🎈

**Portraits are digitally hand drawn and will mirror the positioning in your submitted reference photos.

**DM to order.

09/11/2026

They still fetch.

That is the true nature of bully breeds.

Despite decades of ridicule and stigmatization. Despite the abuse, neglect, and cruelty so many of them have endured. Despite everything life may throw at them, bully breeds are still inherently good.

Even when life gives them the short end of the stick, they still just want to fetch.

This design is part of our Wyatt’s Wish Collection and is available on our most premium apparel. 50% of the profits from this collection are donated to rescue dogs in need.

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