@shishiinu - Kishin will be there. Can your bro bring Nami? I hope you can make it, Gen!
@ayk - Thanks for the advice. I'll just plan to bring 2 Kai so I can rotate them. I guess it will be Akashi and Ritsu. Maybe a female too if no one is in season or with pups.
@LynnC - Even if a dog is rested, I'm sure we can pull them out for you.
So, I guess I will bring two Kai and a Kishu. Julie ( @jujee ) can take care of one Kai if she will be kai-less. ;o)
Ichi--my heat cycle monitor--is starting to sniff Kurenai's junk a lot more these days. She had a weirdo heat-cycle in August and December so I'm still trying to pin her cycle down. I'm hoping it comes soon so she can be out of it by the time the Expo starts.
I will be bringing my ex-pen ( @shikokuspirit - Corina do you want to stop by before the expo and pick it up to set up since I won't be there til late Friday afternoon?) and a crate. Ex-pen is to help keep little hands from trying to touch the doggies in their crate.
At this point I won't be bringing Kyuubi, especially if Tara will be coming down with Koda. I will be bringing Kirin though, she might try to hump everyone's leg that tries to pet her LOL.
@brada1878 - Yup, I'll be taking care of one of your Kais!
@ayk@brada1878@jujee Koda can actually do several hours in a crowd fine. He's had a few experiences with being in booths for therapy work, service dog events, and at the cherry blossom festival, although it has been almost a year since he's done one. I think he will be fine though. I thought I would bring a fold up crate with me since he's double the size of everyone else's Kai. . :-P
We could put it out to the greater Kai community if we need one or two more. But I will leave that up to all of you. What you will get is larger typical American "Classy" Kais like Koda. I'm not sure if that's what you would like to have represented. Don't get me wrong. Koda is perfect in my eyes. He's handsome and has a great temperment, but he is double the size than the preservation society would breed, so it wouldn't hurt my feelings if you didn't want that overly represented.
@jujee - I'm barrowing Ex-Pens and Crates from the Kennel (already got the approval on that) so you don't need to bring anything except dogs and whatever personal items or food you wish to take along/are bringing. I'm working this Sunday...so I'll take "inventory" for booth set up.
Also, I don't know what my hours are going to be for that weekend. I asked for at least 1 day off that weekend (didn't specify day) and to work earlier hours or later evening shifts on the other days. I may not know my work schedule until the week prior to expo. It looks like the booths will be covered this year though.
THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE for helping out! It makes me so happy. It's amazing at how much we've grown over the years as a community.
Corina, are you bringing all four shikas? Should I take Kaiju (perhaps @brada1878 can help me answer this as well). Given his temperment, do you think it would be ok? He seemed to get along with Kotomi and warming up with Sakura as well. As for people, he is good with them, except if you have on giant headphones or carrying a gardening tool. Also, will we there to just field questions? I am new at this so sorry for all the questions. Have we made brochures in the past? I could look at brochure pricing and make them if someone is willing to proofread it before printing.
@ttddinh We should make some brochures! I thought about doing them last year but I always forgot about it until weeks before the expo. Let's do it! Let me know if you want to take a stab at it, otherwise I could.
Ok. i called reprographics at my school and professional ones cost $230 for 300 brochures. I dont have money for that...but I could make some and print them out on regular paper and fold them. Do we have the pads article on pdf? I could print them out if you want.
My brother in law does printing. He gave me a few quotes for some stuff already.
1,000 8.5x11 2-sided full color loose leaf flyers is $88. 5,000 for $178.
1,000 6x4 postcards, full color, 2 sides $26. 5,000 for $82
I can ask for pricing on brochures as well. The NK banner at the expo this year will be my donation to the NK-Forum (as long as we keep having NKs represented at the expo!)
@ttddinh lmao Koda is huge wait until you see him!!!! I think Kaiju will do great at the expo too. He loves people. It will be nice to see him again too.
@jujee Those are great prices!!! Let me know if you need a contribution.
Of course you are bringing Kaiju! Kaiju did GREAT with Kotomi and Sakura. It's little Miss Sakura who has the issues but indeed...she is (was?) warming up to him. I'm not worried about other dogs, he'll do amazingly with the humans. I plan on bringing Kotomi and Sakura. Shuran will be there. Maybe Shoushuu too...we'll see. @ttddinh
I plan to continue organizing the event. At min we just need 1 dog of each breed present during all exhibit hours. I think this will be my 6th year working a booth at the Expo. This will be the Shikoku Ken's 4th year exhibiting. 1st year for Kai Ken and Kishu Ken. @jujee
I'll let you girls and guys work the brochures. That sounds fantastic! I've got some FAQ's for print outs and breed sheets. I have a poster board as well I should probably update.
I am hoping to bring Mosura to the Expo. I don't know which day(s) I'll be at the JA booth yet. Probably I will try to bring her when there isn't another white Akita there, if Miyuki or Mac will be attending at all... That way people can see all the colors.
@brada1878--I can only make black and white copies of your pdf, would that be ok, then I could put the URL on top so that people can go to it?
@crimson02--yes, we could definitely work on the brochure together. Do you have a program that does double-sided brochures?
@*jackburton*--I don't think I have iwork09. I have adobe photoshop, powerpoint, word, I do have an apple, i am just not that technologically proficient. I was planning on my making the brochure on word, but looking at the templates, I am not sure I could do double sided.
At least I could get all the material together first
@jujee--Could you please ask your brother in law how much it would cost for us to get something printed on heavier paper? I was thinking maybe bookmarks that people could take with their fav. nihon ken and info on it? I am willing to cut the bookmarks myself. We have a papercutter at the lab, and I could get my undergrads to help me, lol.
Claire, Ben and I are looking at Friday. I'm looking at Saturday as well. I will have Kaede with me on friday but may not bring her on Saturday. I think Kayoko will be there on Saturday.
1,000 print outs are more then plenty. I think 200 copies per day has been enough (anything less and we've run out). It's best to be prepared with extra copies then fall short. We can always save any "leftovers" for the Pet Expo in 2013. We are also in a new location this year so not sure if this will bring us more or less traffic. Thanks! @brada1878
@Shikokuspirit You just let me know if you need anything from me given your work schedule. I'm free to be there whenever or run errands. I'll be in town on Thursday.
@brada1878@shikokuspirit - my brother had asked me if we wanted to make the 5,000 instead if we plan on doing this for years to come since it's a better price to buy it in bulk. 5,000 might be overkill though, I'll see if he can get us a better deal on something a little less than that, but better pricing than for just 1,000.
@ttddinh - sure, I'll ask him. More info on your bookmarks that you want to make. Are we going to pull people's pictures from the NK forum (with their permission of course) or have a vote? Although our booth is specific to the Kai, Kishu, and Shikoku, the banner is going to have all 6 NKs on.
@ttddinh - I asked him, he said bookmarks seem like a cool idea. He wanted to know what exact size you are looking at because pricing is different and how many you would need. Also take into consideration that since it's a bookmark with different breeds, people may want to take more than one, especially if we have stunning dogs representing each one :P
We also have to see if someone is willing to do artwork for each of the 6 breeds as well.
Some dimensions he gave me for bookmarks are 1.5"x7" or 2"x8" or 2.125"x5.5".
As for quantity it's usually in 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 per design. He can also print it so you have to cut it yourself or print them to size.
@jujee--I was thinking about bookmarks with a different NK on each of it, or depending on the sheet whether it's cut to a certain size, the number we could fit. Since our booth is specific to Kai, Kishu and Shikoku, we could do those breeds. It does not matter to me to be quite honest, whether we vote or pull people's pictures. I hope I don't offend anyone. I was just thinking about bookmarks because they are convenient, and could be useful to people (or kids) as opposed to a brochure where it could be thrown away. If the pricing is reasonable, that would be my donation to this project.
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@ayk - Thanks for the advice. I'll just plan to bring 2 Kai so I can rotate them. I guess it will be Akashi and Ritsu. Maybe a female too if no one is in season or with pups.
@LynnC - Even if a dog is rested, I'm sure we can pull them out for you.
So, I guess I will bring two Kai and a Kishu. Julie ( @jujee ) can take care of one Kai if she will be kai-less. ;o)
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At this point I won't be bringing Kyuubi, especially if Tara will be coming down with Koda. I will be bringing Kirin though, she might try to hump everyone's leg that tries to pet her LOL.
@brada1878 - Yup, I'll be taking care of one of your Kais!
We could put it out to the greater Kai community if we need one or two more. But I will leave that up to all of you. What you will get is larger typical American "Classy" Kais like Koda. I'm not sure if that's what you would like to have represented. Don't get me wrong. Koda is perfect in my eyes. He's handsome and has a great temperment, but he is double the size than the preservation society would breed, so it wouldn't hurt my feelings if you didn't want that overly represented.
Also, I don't know what my hours are going to be for that weekend. I asked for at least 1 day off that weekend (didn't specify day) and to work earlier hours or later evening shifts on the other days. I may not know my work schedule until the week prior to expo. It looks like the booths will be covered this year though.
THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE for helping out! It makes me so happy. It's amazing at how much we've grown over the years as a community.
Jesse
We are also having a banner this year!
If I make it, I'm glad to help.
Britain
1,000 8.5x11 2-sided full color loose leaf flyers is $88. 5,000 for $178.
1,000 6x4 postcards, full color, 2 sides $26. 5,000 for $82
I can ask for pricing on brochures as well. The NK banner at the expo this year will be my donation to the NK-Forum (as long as we keep having NKs represented at the expo!)
Julie, those prices are great.. I will get a design for our index cards done this weekend
@jujee Those are great prices!!! Let me know if you need a contribution.
Hope y'all have a good time!
I plan to continue organizing the event. At min we just need 1 dog of each breed present during all exhibit hours. I think this will be my 6th year working a booth at the Expo. This will be the Shikoku Ken's 4th year exhibiting. 1st year for Kai Ken and Kishu Ken. @jujee
I'll let you girls and guys work the brochures. That sounds fantastic! I've got some FAQ's for print outs and breed sheets. I have a poster board as well I should probably update.
@crimson02--yes, we could definitely work on the brochure together. Do you have a program that does double-sided brochures?
@*jackburton*--I don't think I have iwork09. I have adobe photoshop, powerpoint, word, I do have an apple, i am just not that technologically proficient. I was planning on my making the brochure on word, but looking at the templates, I am not sure I could do double sided.
At least I could get all the material together first
@jujee--Could you please ask your brother in law how much it would cost for us to get something printed on heavier paper? I was thinking maybe bookmarks that people could take with their fav. nihon ken and info on it? I am willing to cut the bookmarks myself. We have a papercutter at the lab, and I could get my undergrads to help me, lol.
@ShikokuSpirit - Do you think 1,000 printouts of the article is enough?
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@ttddinh - sure, I'll ask him. More info on your bookmarks that you want to make. Are we going to pull people's pictures from the NK forum (with their permission of course) or have a vote? Although our booth is specific to the Kai, Kishu, and Shikoku, the banner is going to have all 6 NKs on.
We also have to see if someone is willing to do artwork for each of the 6 breeds as well.
Some dimensions he gave me for bookmarks are 1.5"x7" or 2"x8" or 2.125"x5.5".
As for quantity it's usually in 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 per design. He can also print it so you have to cut it yourself or print them to size.