HONOLULU, HAWAII - Kiba the Kai is FOUND!
Friends in Hawaii -
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/laf/4502528322.html
Kiba, who left our home for his new home in Honolulu, Hawaii on Monday, has gone missing. He made it safely to his new home, then was lost while out on a potty break (on lead).
If you know of anyone in the Aina Haina area of Oahu, it would be wonderful if you could pass this info on to them.
Kiba loves food, but is probably pretty scared now so he may be skittish, luring him with food is probably the best to secure him.
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/laf/4502528322.html
Kiba, who left our home for his new home in Honolulu, Hawaii on Monday, has gone missing. He made it safely to his new home, then was lost while out on a potty break (on lead).
If you know of anyone in the Aina Haina area of Oahu, it would be wonderful if you could pass this info on to them.
Kiba loves food, but is probably pretty scared now so he may be skittish, luring him with food is probably the best to secure him.
Comments
did he slip the collar or is he still dragging the leash? that gives me some hope!
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Wasn't there one of your kai lost in fl also @BradA1877? I vaguely remember reading about it a while ago although I don't remember the outcome.
Its absolutely heartbreaking..I can only imagine.
Brad maybe you need to have your puppy owners buy 1 year of Tagg service before the pup leaves you. Not so much for the owners, but for the pups..
We've had 4 runaway Kai, three of which are from our program, one was from Classy Kennel.
The one in Florida was Mochi, she was the first, and she was from Classy. She was on her way to her new home in Florida and got lost at the airport when her crate was dropped.
The next was Taka, she was lost for several days but eventually trapped and now lives with Marsha. She was lost in transport to Marsha's, she was spooked by a loud sound from the back of a truck and slipped out of her collar. She was lost in MO.
The next was Mishi, who was one of our pups out of Nio x Haru, who had to come back to live with us (at 3 years old) after his owner couldn't keep him anymore. He made it fine to us, lived with us for a few months, then we homed him with Adam (who owns Nio and Mari). Mishi jumped out of the window of his (moving) car and ran off. Two days later he was found dead on the highway.
The 4th is Kiba, who is from Kibou x Ayu and lived with us for 9 months during his quarantine period before he could go home to Hawaii. We did a LOT of work with him to prepare him for this transition, but I guess it wasn't enough. His owner even flew out here to visit with him and bond when he was 6 months old.
So, long story short, it's VERY HARD to rehome a Kai Ken.
He was such a treasure, I think I've subconsciously blocked him out of my memory.
He was Mishi's littermate. There is only one surviving pup from that litter, living with Kel.
This is why we retired Haru and Nio early. Most of these dogs are related to them.
Its a very sad list. I didn't know about Taka and Mishi.
it does speak to how hard it can be to rehome Kai and how strong the flight instinct can be......
I tried to ship from Denver with a Tagg and they FREAKED OUT at me.
With the Mishi thing, what's crazy is we homed his dad (Nio) to Adam after the Mishi situation, Nio transitioned perfectly.
I'm still not clear on what exactly triggers this crazy flight instinct. I thought I had pinned it down to (inheritance and) two dogs: Nio and Haru... I would NEVER EVER expect an Ayu pup to have this type of flight. It's why we chose Kiba for Hawaii.
Same with Kibou - he lives in a yard with only a 4' fence and never runs off.
We're floored by this Kiba situation. I didn't expect this at all with him. The Mishi thing, I hate to admit, but after Shakko, I was not surprised.
Taka was surprising too tho. Well, Mochi was too, but that was the first. Losing little Mo was devastating.
Truthfully, it honestly makes Jen and I not want to breed Kai anymore.