Kai Ken Imports - Round III: Introducing Tora, Ayu, Nio, and Chibi!
Well, I just returned from Japan with some new Kai Ken imports. I figured I better give them a proper intro...
**Please forgive my crappy video skills, new camera = I'm a tard**
Tora and Ayu are litter mates. They are really nice Kai Ken, Tora may be the nicest male we've imported so far and I think Ayu is on-par with Kumi. Tora is a bit defensive, which I think is typical of a Kai Ken male while Ayu is very outgoing. Both of them are super sweet and friendly.
Nio (short for Niomon) is a very nice male too, he has a unique face which I like a lot. He's also got some nice thick bones and wide chest, which I also like a lot. He's less outgoing that Tora and Ayu, but he is also a little better with other dogs - seems to be naturally respectful of dogs. He's friendly and not fearful, he's just more aloof than the other 2. Nio has a really deep jet black coat with a deep red brindle - really nice coloring (makes him hard to photograph too).
Chibi is tiny, she's super cute and very sweet. I think she's the most aloof pup we have had so far, she loves to play with herself but she also plays well with the other pups. Funny, she seems to prefer the older dogs to the puppies. She's good with the dogs and very sweet with us when she actually wants to be with us. lol
Nio and Chibi share some common blood, but they are not that closely related, and they are out-crossed from Tora and Ayu.
The plan with these imports has been to place a pair with Peggy (O'iKon Kennel) and then keep a pair here, we are sticking to that plan for now tho we may hold Chibi back and watch how she grows (since she is smaller). Tora is mos def going to Peggy tho, he'll be a great addition to her efforts and will still be available to us too - I'm thinking a Kumi x Tora breeding will be nice!
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Tora...
Ayu...
Nio...
Chibi (she was too busy for an in-depth photo session)...
^^Excuse the dirty noses, they were all digging a big hole by the house.
Random videos...
Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!)
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**Please forgive my crappy video skills, new camera = I'm a tard**
Tora and Ayu are litter mates. They are really nice Kai Ken, Tora may be the nicest male we've imported so far and I think Ayu is on-par with Kumi. Tora is a bit defensive, which I think is typical of a Kai Ken male while Ayu is very outgoing. Both of them are super sweet and friendly.
Nio (short for Niomon) is a very nice male too, he has a unique face which I like a lot. He's also got some nice thick bones and wide chest, which I also like a lot. He's less outgoing that Tora and Ayu, but he is also a little better with other dogs - seems to be naturally respectful of dogs. He's friendly and not fearful, he's just more aloof than the other 2. Nio has a really deep jet black coat with a deep red brindle - really nice coloring (makes him hard to photograph too).
Chibi is tiny, she's super cute and very sweet. I think she's the most aloof pup we have had so far, she loves to play with herself but she also plays well with the other pups. Funny, she seems to prefer the older dogs to the puppies. She's good with the dogs and very sweet with us when she actually wants to be with us. lol
Nio and Chibi share some common blood, but they are not that closely related, and they are out-crossed from Tora and Ayu.
The plan with these imports has been to place a pair with Peggy (O'iKon Kennel) and then keep a pair here, we are sticking to that plan for now tho we may hold Chibi back and watch how she grows (since she is smaller). Tora is mos def going to Peggy tho, he'll be a great addition to her efforts and will still be available to us too - I'm thinking a Kumi x Tora breeding will be nice!
)Tora...
Ayu...
Nio...
Chibi (she was too busy for an in-depth photo session)...
^^Excuse the dirty noses, they were all digging a big hole by the house.
Random videos...
Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Comments
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Ayu is so cute I love her face and her coloration.
Tora I love him too nice coloration.
Nio is so adorable! I love him!
Chibi sounds cute I'm glad she gets along with the dogs.
Cant waite to see future pups! I wonder what kind of hunting dog they would make?
I need a Kai in my life. There. I've finally admitted it. That's the first step isn't it? : )
They are all adorable. I especially loved the video of them climbing under the kuranda bed.
I am smitten for the Kai army!
It's true Shigs tried to kill me by driving his Jimny off a steep ledge and into a rice field... Then he blamed it on one of the Kai pups! Can you believe that??? Be careful if you go to visit him. lol
Looking forward to more pup pics and vids and stories... You will have a busy life with all those Kai's...
@brada1878 said, "It's true Shigs tried to kill me by driving his Jimny off a steep ledge and into a rice field...""
hmm....replace "Shigs" with "Brad," "Jimmy" with "Subaru" & "rice field" with "snow bank"...& I think I could've said the same thing a few months ago Brad
LOL ~
I like Miss Ayu a lot...but I might be a bit bias cause of her coloration & her sweet foxy face =].
I finally got some good ones of Chibi:
One of Tora:
A few of Nio:
Ayu and Tora:
Video of Chibi:
Video of Nio:
All the pups:
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The Kai Ken Army groweth!!! ~
@Brada1878
Do you know yet who you're keeping?
They are so frickin' adorable!!!!
We really like Tora (he's built really well and is very sweet), but we are going to place him with Peggy. We planned to send Chibi to her too, but we are holding on to Chibi for a bit to see how she grows.
Peggy will keep them for her program and we will have access to them for our program too. I feel good about placing a really nice male with her as there is no point to importing with the goal of preservation if you aren't going to share the best dogs with the other programs.
We decided to keep Ayu and Nio here because they bring things to the table qualities that we need (to cover things in our current dogs that we don't want). I'm very pleased with Ayu and Nio too, Nio is a real love bug - he's nicely built too. Ayu is great, I really like her, she is built like Tora just a bit more feminine. I LOVE Ayu's personality - she snuggled on the couch with me last night while I watched Conan.
I have another male Kai Ken pup coming at the end of the month, I hope that he is as nice as Tora. Then there are some other importing plans happening after that, but not much more...
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Sounds good, Brad, they are all great. I'm looking very much forward to following them on here
Wauw, more imports?! How many are you going to have in the end?