JACA Show Photos
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
Our very own Toki,
and his sister Zuma
Yamato
Kokoa (remind me to post a puppy photo. Talk about a change)
Yuusaku Shirai
Toramaru Shirai
Kita No Umi
PoeticDragon's Momo No Sachi - I'll brag for her. Judge's Award winner (our bis) and Gold Award winner.
Shinyu Go Kobun -(K's half sister)
Miko Go Yamaguchi -24 hours earlier he was on a plan inbound from japan
Our very own Toki,
and his sister Zuma
Yamato
Kokoa (remind me to post a puppy photo. Talk about a change)
Yuusaku Shirai
Toramaru Shirai
Kita No Umi
PoeticDragon's Momo No Sachi - I'll brag for her. Judge's Award winner (our bis) and Gold Award winner.
Shinyu Go Kobun -(K's half sister)
Comments
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.
I hope that makes some sense lol.
I will finish posting photos later tonight here as well as winners.
Ayame Go Yamaguchi
Wakakusa Go Shirai
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
Lastly Poeticdragon and Momo
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.
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.
This is Endokarin from Korea
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.
Yep, I noticed Endokarin from Korea. Must be an interesting story behind her.
@ayk yes yes she did. I'll let Claire fill everyone in on Karin.
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.
Glad to hear that it got resolved and that another pup is on the way.