Breed Standard: UKC Japanese Akita

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  • aykayk
    :-)

    Going to be fun to see the JAs in UKC shows. :-)

    I do have a question about this description though:

    "All Brindles have the following basic colors in them: red, black, gray/silver, and white."

    I'm confused about the red? Could you elaborate as red might be missing from silver brindles and black brindles?
  • *JackBurton**JackBurton*
    edited September 2012
    It's because All didn't get removed from the final draft. It should read Brindles have the...

    One of the hardest things was taking standards and working into one standard. So naming a brindle would simply be the highest percentage of the main color.

    This was more of a challenge than I thought.

    Oh and thanks to gabrielle.seyeux who allowed us to use her drawing of Yuki on the standard.
  • aykayk
    The JA drawing is really nice. You can immediately identify it as a JA.

    The Jindo has an odd drawing, probably drawn by a UKC artist. But then again, the Jindo standard was a UKC creation, not a Jindo club creation.
  • MapleTwinkieMapleTwinkie
    YAY! finally :)
  • WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
    The jindo and the kishu have almost *exactly* the same drawing. the Kishu has more chin and a tail to his right, the jindo holds the tail to the left. I think the Kishu has thicker ears. Oh and the Jindo is female. That's about it folks, according to the UKC drawings. :)
  • MirkaMMirkaM
    Great that finally you have both akitas separately.

    OT Finnish Spitz drawing looks like really overweight Shiba to me...
  • ceziegcezieg
    Awesome! About time :)
  • aykayk
    edited September 2012
    Wasn't sure if you're asking for more feedback on the standard on FB?

    I'm curious about white collars, blazes, and 'long gloves.' I read that pinto is a DQ, as it should, but how much white spotting/irish marking is allowed or preferred?

    Decided not to have a lower fault limit on height?
  • jellyfishjellyfish
    So would I be able to get away with a brindle that was "white" with sparse black stripes, ie: more like a zebra rather than a tiger? Technically, the dog would be really pale red, but since black and silver brindles are popular and successful in AKIHO and have pale coloring, I am wondering if one could get away with this coloring in the UKC ring? And yea, it says "clear and bright", but I think that a white and black dog is about as clear and bright as one could get.

    But ya know. Thats such a rare and weird color. But if I ever ran across a puppy like so, I would want to jump on the opportunity, especially if I could show the pup with success.
  • aykayk
    edited September 2012
    Yes, you should be able to get away with a zebra stripe since it's not a listed fault in the UKC standard.

    Now, if you were to go head to head against a brindle dog that does follow the description of red/black/grey/silver/white, you may get edged out during a show. That's if the judge is only going by the standard and not any supplemental judge's education materials that explains in-depth colors like silver brindle and black brindle.
  • PoetikDragonPoetikDragon
    edited September 2012
    The only zebra stripped Akitas I have seen have not had true black (or even charcoal) stripes, but a color that ranged from slate to battleship grey. While I think they are stunning and awesome looking, I do not think they are correct. I like them very much, so I would be hard pressed to choose whether or not to show and breed a dog like that knowing it is against the standard. I would most definitely want one s a pet if I had room for a "just a pet" dog.
  • *JackBurton**JackBurton*

    Some people want the ultra detailed standard and some people want akiho vague standard. The first thing I did was sit down with the UK, Akiho, FCI, and AKC standard. As I continued to work on this, I noticed that it was quickly becoming the UN-American Akita standard. By that I mean, it was more about not being an AKC Akita standard than it was being a standard for the Japanese Akita.

    Brindle was one of those areas. As I cranked out a draft and then spoke with UKC, I kept seeing post on Akita world talking about blue brindles, grey brindles, rainbow doodle brindles etc. Not only that you need to consider does the brindle have a white mark on the neck, or a full collar, or a split face (white blaze that runs up the middle over the head and to the neck.)

    The standard is supposed to paint a picture of the dog to those that have not seen it. The Judging material is to be a road map for those to jude it by. We plan on putting together a very visual guide for the judges to work on.

  • DerfDerf
    Wow this is exciting news!
  • BriannaBrianna
    Amazing news! And beautiful drawing :D
  • *JackBurton**JackBurton*
    @ayk they fixed the type. All is removed from brindle.
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