JACA Show Photos

edited February 2012 in Akita (秋田犬)
Most on going onto the club facebook page but I figured I would throw the nihonken crew some JA spam.

Miko Go Yamaguchi -24 hours earlier he was on a plan inbound from japan
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Our very own Toki,
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and his sister Zuma
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Yamato
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Kokoa (remind me to post a puppy photo. Talk about a change)
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Yuusaku Shirai
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Toramaru Shirai
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Kita No Umi
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PoeticDragon's Momo No Sachi - I'll brag for her. Judge's Award winner (our bis) and Gold Award winner.
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Shinyu Go Kobun -(K's half sister)
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Comments

  • Nice pictures! I love the brindles, and the reds look great too! My favorite is Kokoa.
  • I was so happy for the JACA to see how much things have turned around in a mere 2 years. Lots of beautiful dogs, a lot more owners. Lots of imports, too. :-)

    It's so neat to see traits being passed down from one generation to the next. I was thinking throughout the day "That has to be Ayame's daughter and son", "Is that Waka?" "Oh, that has to be those two brindled pups' father", etc. It was also neat to see some sort of growth trends in the lines. To my eye, it looks like the Shirai dogs tend to be thicker and shorter as youngsters but shoot up in height later on. Other dog lines shoot up in height first before gaining mass.

    I'm really curious how the AKIHO judge will place dogs today.
  • Yea, what a difference. Great looking pups this year. Nice work Sean and everyone!
  • PS: I like Yamato.
  • All the pups look great...I especially love the brindle ones. Miko looks like he has a lot of spunk! Congrats on seeing all your hard work turn to fruition!! :)
  • edited February 2012
    Can you please write the parents of Miko Go? She is stunning
  • @bars I think Miko is a boy...? :))) SUCH a cute pup!
  • I like Shinyu Go Kobun :)
  • @ayk I can totally see this. Toki has shot up a LOT in height and is significantly taller than Zuma, and he used to be stocky and super squish when little. I had to get a new crate before he is even close to the suggested maximum weight limit in the crate because it outgrows it in height :D
  • Check out Claire's set of photos from Saturday's show. :-)



  • @Bars - I will ASAP. The little boy walked off the airplane and into the ring. For what it is worth this is what information I was sent "Mon result is maternal blood issue (No. lake × Hikari Sakura Fukusuke mark of honor) is the height. Paternal (Naoko issue of white tin × No. Torazo mark of honor) Ukigumo issue. Broad chest, hind limb, a good eye type, is of a little black boy tiger beautiful marbling of fat Shimame relaxed to forelimb."

    I hope that makes some sense lol.

    I will finish posting photos later tonight here as well as winners.
  • Thanks for sharing all the neat photos -- and congrats on such a great show.
  • Photos look great and congrats to everyone! Wish there was something like this on the East coast.
  • Time for some more spam:

    Ayame Go Yamaguchi
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    Wakakusa Go Shirai

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    We also had an altered class. This is something that I really believe in . We go out of our way to make sure the dogs don't end up with bad families and then we say "you can't fix them because you need to show". Plus more counties are putting in mandatory spay/neuter laws. This gives people who own a Japanese Akita a chance to show their dogs.

    Kinoko Go Hyozan

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    Lastly Poeticdragon and Momo
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  • aykayk
    edited February 2012
    Beautiful dogs. Waka definately has a playful side to her. :-)

    Not sure if I quite follow the political logic behind having an altered class though.

    The one of the only reasons why there are *any* exemptions to the MSN in soCal is because show dogs have to be intact. The other exemptions are for service dogs, police dogs, and such that regular breeds would not qualify for.

    If altered dogs can be show dogs, it just gives ammunition to the anti's to eliminate that exemption.


    There are still good, non-political reasons to have an altered class though. One is to keep the involvement of the pet owners in a high profile event. Another is to get a chance to see more projeny produced by a breeding program. As long as the judging standard is not lowered to account for altering effects (ie. males neutered early producing non-masculine traits), the dogs can still serve as examples of the breed.


    P.S. The UKC offers an altered class at their shows.
  • Momo is super cute! Looks like you guys had a great show.
  • @ayk were you there on Sunday. Let's just say that Waka "made a statement in the ring".

    What I'm getting at is this. Let's take females for example. Pyometra effects what 15-20% 3 years and older. What is the point of keeping that dog intact if is not going to be bred? You make an altered class get it outside of the standard dog classes and let people be involved. I'm not saying have the altered dogs in the same class.

    I'm super excited about the UKC shows.
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    This is Endokarin from Korea
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  • Beautiful Akitas!!

    Personally, I love the idea of having an altered class that is separate from the rest of the conformation classes. To me, it shows that even a breeders "pet quality" pups can still be a great representative of the breed. I see so many people think that since a pup is sold under a pet contract, that it means they are a lesser quality pup but having something like this proves that it is not the case. Plus, it's a great way for someone to get a feel of conformation with their altered pup and see if this is something they want to get more involved in.
  • @*JackBurton* I didn't go to Sunday's show. I just saw on Saturday that Waka was jumping up on Judy in play. I take it that her "free spirit" came out on Sunday?

    Yep, I noticed Endokarin from Korea. Must be an interesting story behind her.

  • Calia - It's also how you sell the dog. Most of us in Akiho sell pet quality when we know the dog has a major fault. IE sickle tail, down ear, etc etc. We sell show as you can enter her in the show or "meets the standard".

    @ayk yes yes she did. I'll let Claire fill everyone in on Karin.
  • Karin is owned by a friend of mine, Tim, I met through Facebook. He is a young Korean gentleman, and absolutely enthralled with the brindle bloodlines coming out of Miyagi Kozaki Kensha. He probably knows those dogs and pedigrees better than I do!

    He imported her from another breeder who works closely with Kozaki, but is showing and breeding his dogs in Korea. Although both of her parents are AKIHO registered, the Korean breeder is not a member and did not see fit to get the pups AKIHO papers. Tim didn't realize at the time the importance of AKIHO papers for showing and breeding here.

    I'm going to be transporting another brindle puppy for Tim in a few weeks when I go to Japan. I jokingly mentioned that since I was picking up Mosura he should import another dog - and he took me seriously. LOL. This time, since he admires Kozaki dogs so much, he went to the source.

    Mr. Kozaki is the president of the Sendai branch of AKIHO, and when told of the problems with Karin's pedigree and Tim's desire to breed her with his new male pup, he quickly got it all fixed. She will soon have an AKIHO pedigree with a new name - Ryujinmei. Unfortunately, she didn't have it in time for the show on Sunday, so he was only able to enter her in the JACA show.

    Tim had to travel for work, so his wife brought Karin to the show. I handled her so that she could see how easy it is, and would do it herself the next time. Karin was pretty good for me, considering I'd never been on the other end of her leash before.
  • Ah, why am I not so surprised that Karin's paperwork didn't get done in Korea. Smiley

    Glad to hear that it got resolved and that another pup is on the way. Smiley
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