First Kai pups in Scandinavia.
Sorry for being MIA for a long time, but have had a lot of work.
At last I got the english version of my homepage ready. www.kennel-sankt-xandors.dk
Please take a look at the first Kai pups in Scandinavia.
At last I got the english version of my homepage ready. www.kennel-sankt-xandors.dk
Please take a look at the first Kai pups in Scandinavia.
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Congratulations!!!
Do you have long haired kais? Just wondering from Mirka's question if I was understanding that correctly.
No, I don't have long haired Kais....
But some say, that the male (Otto) I used to mate with Mokii, had a long haired brother. The owner of Otto can't confirm this, and I can't get in contact with the breeder of Otto, in France. Haven't heard of any longhaired Kais, in the American parents of Otto.
Just out of curiosity, who are Otto's parents? I have a Kai, and am in the US. It's always interesting to see if our Kais are related in anyway.
The only other long-haired pup I have seen pics of was on the yahoo group. I believe his name was Kuro. He was from the breeder in France.
I love the pictures so cute!
ETA - @Tina - Is "Cody" a KKA import? If so, and you have a translated pedigree, I'd love to enter him in the Kai DB I am building!
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What we really fel in love with, was that Otto is so loving and friendly to all people, kids and also strangers. He's such a wonderful Kai.
Don't know about the coat, think some genetic disorders can be hidden in any breed, after several generations you can have a white, brown or long haired Kai. That's not what we wish for, but it's difficult to predict.
In breeding of German shepherds, long haired pups keep coming once in a while, no matter what they do.
Right now, we are just so happy and proud of our pups, and maybe some day, our wonderful japanese boy, Cody, will be the father of another litter.
Think, that one of the girls have to stay..
Brad, I have a translated pedigree on Cody, but he's a JKC import, it's the only dpedigrees accepted by FCI. As from the US, they only accept AKC pedigrees, not from UKC.
Long haired Kais are really cute (as fawn Schipperkes) so if someday there will be long haired in my breeding it stays in my family
JKC pedigrees work too, but I'm not in as much as a rush for them. So once the app is complete you will be bale to enter him in the DB.
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And Mirka, couldn't agree more, particularly in our part of the world. I think it's so important, that this wonderful breed, gets a really good start.
At the show in Norway, I talked to a couple of the judges. First one, asked very carefully, if she could touch my dogs. I may have looked funny, because I was so surprised, and told her, yes of course she could touch my dogs.
Another judge looked at me standing with my dogs outside the ring. I knew him, so I said hello. Haven't seen him for a couple of years, And he didn't know I had Kais now. He told me, that he had been judging Kais once before, don't know if it was in Norway or Finland. There were 7 Kais at the show, he was shocked, only one of the dogs, allowed him to touch it, the other 6, would either eat him or back down intensely. Thats a problem I think, we shoul take wery seriously in our future breeding, and that's one of the reasons why, we mated Mokii with Otto.
In our part of the world the Kais have a bad reputation among judges, don't know why, but it's sad, and I think, we must try to change this.
But I think, if I'm on a show, my dogs trust me, and lets people handle them. I can sometimes clearly see, they don't like a person. They don't seek contact, don't wag their tail, look direkly at me, but accept to be touched by a stranger.
We don't like all other people, and naturally our dogs don't too. But I think it's ok for the dog to show it, but not to bite.
Anyways, huge congrats, AGAIN, Tina, and I can't wait to meet the little blobs
and I know what you mean about the kais not wanting to be touched by everyone. When I meet Mokii I always feel like I'm groveling for her attention. She is never unkind or anything, and she doesn't seem to dislike me, though I'm not really sure she likes me either. More kind of tolerates me... LOL! Except when I have treats ;P
Well I'm glad some kais are more approachable. But mated with Otto, I can only imagine that it will improve Mokii's pups
@Tina
I agree with you, I want my dog to be civil around people. I don't need it to be un-kai-ish, but just well socialized... And yes we really need to make sure the kai does NOT make it on the list!!!
Thanks!
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