Gomataro go Bousou Yawara Sou - aka, Toutarou
Sooooo... I got another Kishu - thanks much to @thewalrus - and his breeder, Watanabe-san.
His name was almost Kotenbo (with "Tesshin" as a close follow-up), but after talking to a couple people and my roommate's vote for "Toutou", we finally settled.
His name was almost Kotenbo (with "Tesshin" as a close follow-up), but after talking to a couple people and my roommate's vote for "Toutou", we finally settled.
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I'm glad that everything is going smoothly. Hopefully Nami comes around sooner rather than later If all works out, are you on breeding him?
ps. I remember seeing that one of the pups from your other litter needed a new home. Has he found one, or is he just staying at another home for now?
If all goes well, I did import him so that I'd have a male in North America not related to Fionna (and, I suppose, Kishin and Shirogane's female pups from Brad's litters.) It's really to early to say that there are any concrete plans now. So he has a long while to "just" be a cute puppy and outdoor companion before I think about that any more.
So the white Kishu are becoming a minority, it seems.
And I'm glad to hear Kurogane found an awesome home? Was it the one in Vancouver or was it someone in Oregon?
And so as not to completely derail Toutarou's thread.... he's cute! My sister showed me a video of him playing with Fionna that you had posted to Facebook. That was adorable.
Anyway, I've expressed this many a time on various websites, but this guy I love him. I wanna rub his belly. How is his belly, by the way? Weird question, I know, but Cosmia's belly was surprisingly hairless when we got her. Shoko's always been all FLOOF so I wasn't expecting that. I'm wondering if naked belly is a Kishu thing?
Kuro got a home in Vancouver! I forgot to follow up with you because I was sure you were working when I dropped him off the second time.
I'm trying to upload that video of Toutarou and TK to Youtube since a couple of people have asked for it.
White tail tip can be an indicator that a dog is carrying pinto. Pinto dogs will also often have white tails or tail tips. Shoko has a good chance of being a pinto carrier, since I'm pretty sure Shizuka is a pinto carrier and there's a chance Shiro is, too (since we don't know if Taro is or not.)
Toutarou and Nami both have rather naked tummies, to answer your second question. Fionna's is just as furry as TK's though. So maybe it depends on a lot of things... I dunno! Fionna has a naked tummy when she was Toutarou's age, though.
Also, another shot.
I finally got around to making a video of him and TK playing nicely.
I'm anxious about it, but they'll be on instagram to chronicle his little life - and they're avid hikers with a Malamute/Husky mix who he's met and loves. I'll take some more pictures of him today to try and get some more uploaded here.
I will have to find his new owner's instagram and stal--er follow him.
His crazy face in the first picture is adorable.
(and who is the mystery pup you will be picking up?)
@Heidi - That sounds awful. I'm hoping to move somewhere a little more rural. My roommate is looking at Canby right now, which is not too far from the city, but we wouldn't have dog troubles.
I let Toutarou's new owners know about the forum, so I hope they show up and post updates of him.
Here are some pictures of him until then.