Shikoku linees in the wolrd
In France, there is not a lot of Shikoku Ken, only 2 (but very beautyful!!!) Shikoku Ken.
How many Shikoku you think there are in the USA?
There is an excellent breeder in Europe, some Shikoku in the States come from this kennel.
But is there any japanese importation in the USA?
Thanks a lot for your answering ^_^
I want to learn about the breed....
;-)
How many Shikoku you think there are in the USA?
There is an excellent breeder in Europe, some Shikoku in the States come from this kennel.
But is there any japanese importation in the USA?
Thanks a lot for your answering ^_^
I want to learn about the breed....
;-)
Comments
The other breeder is Katja Weber in British Columbia Canada. She is the longer time breeder and also has some stock from Holland but has also imported many Shikoku from Japan (her kennel is here http://www.akashima.bc.ca/shikoku-main.htm). I have a puppy on order from her (female) that hopefully will be born in 2009. Most of the forum members have gotten their Shikoku from Katja. The breeder in Poland also got her female from Katja.
One of the members here (Corina - ShikokuSpirit) imported her male directly from Japan too (he is about 9-10 mos old now).
I think that there is about 20-25 Shikoku in the US (but I could be off by some...). Brad do you have an better estimate?
As for Europe, there are only two breeders that I know of in Europe, our friends in The Netherlands and Izyda in Poland. Izyda's Shikoku-Ken are from Katja's kennel.
----
What breeder did the Shikoku-Ken in France come from?
----
http://shibainu.free.fr/shikoku.htm
the 2 Shikoku came from Holland, but i'm not sure.
I'm really interest by this breed.
I hope to have a couple, in few years.... ^_^
I'm impress by the number of Shikoku in the USA. (Lucky your are !)
Thanks a lot for your information!
;-)
Her female, Asamy, is from Katja's Mike and Sachi... he is cute.
----
Emilie - I have sent you a few emails but they keep getting returned to me - is there something wrong w/ your mail server? I sent a few, so if you get a bunch from me that say the same thing, sorry.
----
I came from Siberians and I found the training of Shikoku very easy in comparison (although the positive reinforcement works best for both) and a lot of their behaviors are similar (ie, primitive).
You really do need to look into the Shikoku more, I think you would become a strong supporter!
The french breeders male is the FULL sibling to Grandemu's and my Shikokus, but I am not certain if he is from an earlier litter or the same one as the litter Sora and Kuma came from (given that 1/2 the litter was registered FCI and the other half UKC, I know that the Dutch breeder wanted to register Kuma as Yumi-Sweety vd egamato- not certain if she ever did since I never received papers, but I do have his UKC registration). The Dutch breeder used to own Tekai (TK) an Hideharume go izumo yanosow(Sweety) and now Peggy owns them (Emelie, this is why there are different registries based on where the Shikoku reside despite having the same parents).
Brad, since you can see the pedigree on the french website, you can see the linebreeding that I have mentioned before (to Tochiboshi go isumo yanosow x 2 and to ungaku go izumo yanosow x2[the great-grandfathers]; so 3x3 linebreeding). The Dutch breeder imported Kazuhideryu go kasusa okazawasow aka Kekki who is TK's father and it looks like she also imported Sweety because Sweety doesn't have the VD egamato. You can also see the breeding in Mike's pedigree to the same 2 Shikoku males (Tochiboshi go isumo yanosow and to ungaku go izumo yanosow ), but Mike is only a 1/2 sibling to TK thru the sire. Sachi has completely different bloodlines than Mike (so no linebreeding like in the TK x Sweety breedings).
Anyway, just an aside as that is why I wanted to get a Shikoku from Katja that is unrelated to my boy and from new and different Japanese lines.
Edgewood: Thanks for all information. Shikoku look fun in mental, I love to train my dogs, and make agility, if Shikoku can doing Agility.... It's great!!!!!
For having Shikoku, it's a project for me. I hope to have some in 3 years.....
Info:At Allaika's kennel in France, the other Shikoku came from Canada (Ive got the info since today)
Her foundation female is from Egmato in Holland: http://www.shikoku.nl/
Good, there is power in selective breeding where diversity is at stake.
I thought it was far less.
Thank you for the good news:-}