Happy 3rd Birthday to Ayu's Magnificent Seven! (Nio x Ayu Litter)
Happy 1 st Birthday to Misaki, Sumiko, Kona, Shelby, Genko, Orry and Matsu!
Everybody post a recent picture of your Nio x Ayu pup for a Birthday Photo Reunion Party right here in this thread!
Let's see them all grown up and hear what you've been up to!
Brothers and sisters, here's your host, Matsumori-Go
He is 41 lbs, and in his first year done a lot of snowshoeing, hiking and hunting. He has climbed 3 summits, won a ribbon at Nippo Classic, got his CGC, won the 'big dogs' group in a Barn Hunt fun match, and taken Puppy K, Foundations 1, and is currently in an Agility Games class, but finding it a bit distracting with the cute aussie shep girl in class. We will probably not do more formal classes or dog sports though and just focus mostly on just hiking and social exposure as he is naturally good at these and its easy for me to do where I live. I may try him at hunting this year as he has shown great grouse-flushing motivation and ability, like Juno. I have not exposed him to shotgun fire so there's some groundwork that needs to happen first.
Come share! @montanakai, @mdokic (I have to figure out everyone's handles...) @myabee09 @nrmorris @mysticrythyms @knecha
Everybody post a recent picture of your Nio x Ayu pup for a Birthday Photo Reunion Party right here in this thread!
Let's see them all grown up and hear what you've been up to!
Brothers and sisters, here's your host, Matsumori-Go
He is 41 lbs, and in his first year done a lot of snowshoeing, hiking and hunting. He has climbed 3 summits, won a ribbon at Nippo Classic, got his CGC, won the 'big dogs' group in a Barn Hunt fun match, and taken Puppy K, Foundations 1, and is currently in an Agility Games class, but finding it a bit distracting with the cute aussie shep girl in class. We will probably not do more formal classes or dog sports though and just focus mostly on just hiking and social exposure as he is naturally good at these and its easy for me to do where I live. I may try him at hunting this year as he has shown great grouse-flushing motivation and ability, like Juno. I have not exposed him to shotgun fire so there's some groundwork that needs to happen first.
Come share! @montanakai, @mdokic (I have to figure out everyone's handles...) @myabee09 @nrmorris @mysticrythyms @knecha
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She's steady so far at around 22.6 lbs, and we've had quite a few adventures together in this year, from puppy classes to agility, hiking and beaching, to my last set of classes at UCSD as well as my graduation..it's been a fun year!
Happy birthday to our 7!
Shelby is 36 pounds (could still stand to gain a few..) of Kai happiness!!!! She is still recovering from her anxiety, but doing really great with it. We had a party for her Sunday and she did great with all the people that came over! She is still a terrible thief and loves to run and swim. We are going to start working to take her and Mya hiking this spring. Anyways... Pics!
Shelby a few months after we got her... just chilling with her bestie
She got so big so fast!
Me holding her at her party
Such a big girl counter surfing with Mya! (and the ever present toy in her mouth..so cute!)
@mdokic I still want to steal Kona
Let's see Orry! Genko! Saki!
All of the pups look great! Orry is doing well. He's still hiking a bunch and seems to be enjoying life in Montana. He's not quite through his naughty "puppy" phases, but for the most part he's a great dog!
I only have one picture of Orry that I took a few days ago. I'll have to update his thread soon with some Montana Fall hiking pics.
She looks so glossy, doesn't she? Sumiko and Matsu flew together to Boston, they were so cute and happy together coming out of that crate, defiintely no worse for the flight- I hope they get to meet up again!
Shelby didn't have cake, but we had puppy ice cream at her party! I'll have to post a pic of her chowing down!
Tanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu yo, you Kai dogs!
If all else fails, I'll just drive to Colorado and steal @brada1878 's Nami haha
Time to Party in this thread- Let's get pics of all 7 again!
Matsu has been enjoying hiking and social things- we hosted the NorthEast NK meetup last fall where he got to play with Miyu again, he and I took a trip to Toronto to visit his girlfriend Hana, and as read in other threads he passed the ATTS test, which features 10 stations of various levels of stress on a dog to evaluate their response and recovery. He's had a lot of his pre-breeding health tests completed. He killed a young porcupine, but had to be sedated for removal of over 100 quills from his face and mouth- during a subsequent porcupine encounter he recalled back to me, so I feel pretty good that he may have learned to not bother those. This fall we are gearing up for ruffed grouse hunting again, to build on last year's work for both of us and see if I can hit one for him. He is very good at finding and flushing- I gotta do my part
Matsu then and now
and we happen to have a had a reunion with sister Sumiko last weekend- they hadn't seen each other since we met them at the airport and they both scampered out of the crate to play. Sumiko looks fantastic - she has a soft coat, longer than Matsu's, and a curly tail. She's a perfect kai diplomat, very social and patient and playful. Sumiko is a therapy dog and goes to work at a clinic with her owner some days, and enjoys dog friends at the park and in class- she doesn't like water/swimming much, but she loves to play and ambush and run. She has a funny airbite that teases with in play. Sumiko is 36 lbs.
kisses for brother!
Happy Birthday, Sumiko, Matsu, Orry, Ginko, Kona, Shelby and Misaki!! Post up, @mdokic, @mysticrhthyms @montanakai @myabee @nrmorris @knecha
Shelby is by far the sweetest dog I've ever met. She has an amazingly happy disposition and she is such a loving girl.
Shelby is 21" tall at the withers and weighs about 40 lbs now that were finally figured out what food she will eat...
Anyways, pics!
And a couple of throwback pics from right after we got her.
Here we go into a little time warp!
These are some recent ones from coursing...@zandrame took these shots, she's amazing!
And, Kona and Kimber are still BFFs...they're truly Yin and Yang, in every aspect.
Happy birthday to our litter!! We've got an awesome pack!