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  • Koda stopped growing at 9 months old. He filled out by about 2 1/2. But then he had ACL surgery. So it's hard to say what would have happened from last July to his 3rd BDay in April. He lost some back leg muscle. We used to run together.
  • @shishiinu yeah as soon as a male is available from either Toro or kishin we're ready for him
    @tjbart17 how did koda hurt his leg?
    @brada1878 @sjp051993 thanks
  • Tried to get a couple of pics of them all together to see size comparison. Easier said than done.

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  • @Mike283 It's a long story that I'm still pretty upset by. Koda and I were hit by a car that ran on 12/29/2010. On July 7, 2011 he completely tore his ACL. When the surgeon went in there was scar tissue. That usually takes 6 months to build up, so the hit and run probably hurt the ACL and the knee tried to stabilize with scar tissue. It was a time bomb that eventually tore. He had TPLO surgery and was down for 5 months. I pray that neither of us ever have to relive that.
  • @tjbart17 sorry to hear that, hope he heals quickly
    Toshi was accidentally given free roam of the entire second floor for 7 hours today, he destroyed nothing, I can't believe how well he behaves
  • He was actually pretty good here. The pups often slept out of the crate at night. Sometimes I would forget to pen them up before I went to work.
  • @Mike283 Koda is doing great! It's been almost a year since his surgery/implant was placed and he's such a trooper. He just doesn't run on hard surfaces too much. He likes keeping to grassy areas.
  • Toshi had a blast near Big Bear today

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    on the ride home
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  • Looks like fun!
  • Ha ha ha. We have quite a bit of that 2nd thing around here!!! Oh Mike he looks so much like Koda!!!
  • Love how he is growing and maturing. He has nice bone to him.
  • Hes at 34.6lbs as of tonight so hes definitely not going up in weight like koda did anymore but still a lot of time to go
  • @Mike283 That may be a good thing. Koda is awesome. I think he's perfect in every way, but he's not as agile and fast as other Kais who are smaller. I want Mika to stay small. It just seems really fun to watch them climb and run like Kais should.
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    He chases rabbits in here but it's such a small area it doesn't last long so its hard to get video of it
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    Toshi had his first experience off leash in the wild and did very well. Had some slight issue with the Garmin astro but I think it was my mistake. He was exposed to about 10-15 .22 gunshots over the entire day. They didn't seem to really bother him at all. He moved very well on steep mountainsides, I was surprised on the type of terrain he was comfortable with. I went with a buddy and my 12 year old nephew. Toshi was on point most of the time but never was too far from us. When we got back I helped my friend out some stuff away and sent my nephew to take care of some stuff just under a quarter mile away (I had line of site in him)..anyway, Toshi decided my nephew needed the most protection so he went with him. I thought that was cool because he doesn't really have any bond with my nephew but still realized he needed protection without being told or asked to go with him.
  • Good boy toshi!
  • @Mike283 That's awesome! Koda is a very good boy off leash, and probably would've made the same decision. I have an 11 year old niece, and he always keeps her in his line of sight. We went off leashing yesterday, and he sticks with her, but always looks to me first to make sure I ok it.

    You do other off leash stuff right? I really don't worry about Kais being off leash. I think it's the dog not the breed at all. It seems like the US perception is never to let them off leash, but they're hunting dogs. It's what they are supposed to do.
  • @tjbart17 he's off leash in enclosed areas but never near the streets cause he still has a range when though he won't run off
  • Good boy Toshi. Tora is perceptive like that too. She will watch over my friends kids all the time when we are at fog shows. They just seem to know.
  • @Mike283 Well that's just being safe. :-) Koda can go off leash in my complex with me, but I would never walk any dog on the street without a leash.
  • Good stuff Mike! Man I can't wait to hit the mountains with you guys. It sounds like you should have no problem hunting with Toshi. More exposure he gets out in the mountains, the more comfortable he'll get hunting.
  • @Mike283 - That is GREAT he did well around gunshots. I always worry about Kai around noise, but they always impress me with it. Also, that's a super cool Kai move for him to follow your nephew. I dig it. :o)

    We all need to do a meet soon - I'll bring Kishin.

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  • @shishiinu I'd really like to go back up around January when it's snowing, it's just iffy cause winners sometimes make the area inaccessible no matter what kind of vehicle

    @brada1878 yeah definitely. How much does kishin weigh now?
  • That would be cool, maybe I can "borrow" our code 3 compliant Yamaha Rhino we have at my work and take that up for "testing".
  • Cool, the three they have up there are Polaris rangers and a crazy off-road jeep...those are the only vehicles that have never gotten stuck that I know of, but during winter there are areas they can't go through because of snow
  • Wow that's crazy, it sounds just like tejon ranch. I hunted tejon once and it was a muddy, sloshy mess.
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