@Kitsusi That brindle dog is awesome! Thank you for sharing! I can't ever quite decide if I want a white or a brindle Hokkaido (though I really do love the white Hokkaido).
@whobitme I also have a hard time deciding between white, brindle and even red!! For some reason, the urajiro is REALLY cute to me... which is why I love the red guys so much... but white is beautiful for its simplicity and brindle is just stunning because it's brindle.
@mapletwinke Our litter was born yesterday! There were 4 females and 1 male and we will go to pick out the best female in 3-weeks. They are all white pups. As for the coloring in Japan, white is most popular followed by red, then brindle, black. I think this is partly because people want a dog that doesn't just look like a bigger Shiba and also something to do with bloodlines. Having a dog that is part of the Chitose bloodline is kind of a big deal and the dogs are white. Our puppy will come from this line. PS: there is also wolf grey coloring but it is very rare. I was at the all Japan show and didn't see one.
@jeffnkazuko I said this is in a different thread, but I'll say it again (because it is so exciting): Congratulations! And that's pretty interesting about the Chitose bloodline. Is there any particular reason why the Chitose bloodline is so important?
@thegela Part of the problem is that Hokkas are awesome in every color. I really do like all the types.
Hokkaido has six colors: Red and white are the most common. Then is black and tan. Brindle and sesame And the latest is black. I don't know will be born black puppies anymore..
I am not too sure those last two dogs would fit the breed standard. Definitely not an all black dog. Whites are becoming more prevalent recently and from what I saw whites and reds were the dogs winning at the shows. They are all great dogs thought and really do have unique personalities.
I really love the B&T Hokkaido the most the ones I seen in pictures I can really tell difference between them and my B&T shiba their face is a bit different or at least to me it is. Athletic and stuff.
Though I notice Saya has some muscle on her from all her walks and running around.
I hope the other colors of Hokkaido stays around I love the white don't get me wrong, but I prefer B&T, brindle, and red more.
@jeffnkazuko , they've arrived! I'm so excited, have fun on your trip and take lots of puppy photos. :x
All this Hokkaido talk is making me want to get one too! White is my favourite and the agouti is my 2nd favourite.
@whobitme - is says here on Nihon Ken blog that the Chitose is the most famous and has the highest quality. I also read somewhere else that it is the oldest too.
@Kitsusi Thanks for the pictures! Those are awesome. Although when I said "every color" about the Hokkaido I only meant the colors the Hokkaido actually come in. I didn't mean to imply that there were more colors. Sorry about that.
@MapleTwinkie Oh, yeah! Man, it's been a while since I read that and I obviously forgot about it. I remembered the word Chitose, but I forgot the rest of it. Thanks for re-pointing that out to me. Sometimes I wish my brain functioned properly more often, hahaha.
@jeffnkazuko Shigeru's blog lists these colors: Sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle, red, black, black and tan or white.
The UKC standard: Sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle, red, black, black and tan or white.
I'm not sure what colors are acceptable in FCI, though I figure it must be pretty similar.
I was showing my husband pictures from this thread and the parents of @jeffnkazuko's future puppy. I commented on how if we ever wanted one, it would be even more rare and difficult to get than a JA cause there's like... 5 here. His response? "We did Akitas until they got too mainstream."
@jeff: Seta is bigger a little bit than my shiba male (he is 40 cm) so I think Seta around 42-43 cm. Weighs: she was 11 kg at 4 months of age, so she is around 15 kg now - maybe. She has very strong bones. I will make a measurement in this weekend :-)
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B&T, Brindle, red, white is my preference for coloring.
@JeffnKazuko - what colour are you guys getting or prefer?
I LOVE the white...!
@whobitme I also have a hard time deciding between white, brindle and even red!! For some reason, the urajiro is REALLY cute to me... which is why I love the red guys so much... but white is beautiful for its simplicity and brindle is just stunning because it's brindle.
Really awesome brindle Hokka too! Apparently Hokka come in all the colors of all the Japanese breeds. That's pretty cool.
Our litter was born yesterday! There were 4 females and 1 male and we will go to pick out the best female in 3-weeks. They are all white pups. As for the coloring in Japan, white is most popular followed by red, then brindle, black. I think this is partly because people want a dog that doesn't just look like a bigger Shiba and also something to do with bloodlines. Having a dog that is part of the Chitose bloodline is kind of a big deal and the dogs are white. Our puppy will come from this line.
PS: there is also wolf grey coloring but it is very rare. I was at the all Japan show and didn't see one.
@thegela Part of the problem is that Hokkas are awesome in every color. I really do like all the types.
Red and white are the most common.
Then is black and tan.
Brindle and sesame
And the latest is black. I don't know will be born black puppies anymore..
They are all great dogs thought and really do have unique personalities.
All black dog is neat I'm fan of darker colors.
I really love the B&T Hokkaido the most the ones I seen in pictures I can really tell difference between them and my B&T shiba their face is a bit different or at least to me it is. Athletic and stuff.
Though I notice Saya has some muscle on her from all her walks and running around.
I hope the other colors of Hokkaido stays around I love the white don't get me wrong, but I prefer B&T, brindle, and red more.
All this Hokkaido talk is making me want to get one too!
White is my favourite and the agouti is my 2nd favourite.
@whobitme - is says here on Nihon Ken blog that the Chitose is the most famous and has the highest quality. I also read somewhere else that it is the oldest too.
http://nihonken.blogspot.ca/p/hokkaido.html
@MapleTwinkie Oh, yeah! Man, it's been a while since I read that and I obviously forgot about it. I remembered the word Chitose, but I forgot the rest of it. Thanks for re-pointing that out to me. Sometimes I wish my brain functioned properly more often, hahaha.
@jeffnkazuko Shigeru's blog lists these colors: Sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle, red, black, black and tan or white.
The UKC standard: Sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle, red, black, black and tan or white.
I'm not sure what colors are acceptable in FCI, though I figure it must be pretty similar.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/icyitadaki/our_seta_side_big_zps3b74c06b.jpg
Weighs: she was 11 kg at 4 months of age, so she is around 15 kg now - maybe. She has very strong bones.
I will make a measurement in this weekend :-)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/icyitadaki/seta_nice_zps721428a5.jpg
One thing I noticed she doesn't have eye stains that some white dogs have like poodles, white boxers and so on..
Which is great.
Most white hokkaido pups have the eye stains you talk about, but grow out if it.