And those puppies are, of course, adorable! I seem to recall Brad mentioning something about Jen having little heart-shaped bubbles floating over her head when she met Kona for the first time. I think I've got those now. :-)
@ayk - Ann, sorry, I didn't mean to imply that Mao is the sire of the pups above, he is not. The sire is a dog named "Eishin". I don't know if Eishin is an Aka or not. I'll let Shigeru answer that. @TheWalrus
Eishin is a chu-tora. He took overall champion a couple years ago. The dam of those pups is Mako, also a chu-tora. There is one aka in the litter.
As far as when you can tell what color pups will be, you can usually start to see color differences by around 2 weeks. Of course a lot of Kai don't get their final coat color till they're 3 or so.
My Kai Haru was extremely red till about 3 months, she got steadily darker for a while after that, and then a bit lighter. She's now a chu-tora.
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And those puppies are, of course, adorable! I seem to recall Brad mentioning something about Jen having little heart-shaped bubbles floating over her head when she met Kona for the first time. I think I've got those now. :-)
How old are they? Five weeks?
Thanks for sharing
The pups are totally adorable, but I better not fall in love, till you send pictures of the one for me ;o) Haha...
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As far as when you can tell what color pups will be, you can usually start to see color differences by around 2 weeks. Of course a lot of Kai don't get their final coat color till they're 3 or so.
My Kai Haru was extremely red till about 3 months, she got steadily darker for a while after that, and then a bit lighter. She's now a chu-tora.