Kai Ken Aigokai Tenrankai - Fall 2009 (short vids added)
Just got back an hour ago from the Kai Ken Aigokai Tenrankai in Yamanashi. A bit of a drive, but was an absolutely surreal and amazing day.
Will post more later, but just wanted to throw some pics up. I apologize in advance for the quality of the pics. Was using a new cam, and have not had time to cheat and touch up the photos yet :P
The great escape...
Pearly whites.
The dentist will see you now.
Haru's half sister, also 8 months old. She's a working dog too.
Will post more later, but just wanted to throw some pics up. I apologize in advance for the quality of the pics. Was using a new cam, and have not had time to cheat and touch up the photos yet :P
The great escape...
Pearly whites.
The dentist will see you now.
Haru's half sister, also 8 months old. She's a working dog too.
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I'll post in depth on my blog later, but in short...
I drove up to Yamanashi early this year, had a chance to meet some people and relax a bit more than I usually do at the Tenrankai.
It was an overcast and seriously chilly day. I was out there in my hunting jacket and stiff felt the bite. Overcast = no view of Mt.Fuji
There were over 150 Kai entered this year, everything actually had to be sped up (including the judging!).
Several of my friends were showing dogs this year. Inoue-san from Inoue-So was showing 3 of his, including Riki, Haru's dad. Okuno-san from Toraume-So was showing Tsuki (a gorgeous female kuro-tora). Riki and Tsuki were being shown in the 'Sogo-Yuryo' which is basically the overall champion. Dogs that have placed higher than 3rd place in previous shows are eligible to compete for overall champ.
This year Tsuki took overall female, and Riki took overall male. I was laughing and jumping around like a maniac seeing as I was rooting for them both. Then they went up against each other for overall champ, and Riki took that, sending Inoue-So home with the big flagpole trophy.
This was at the end of the day, after Inoue-san and his dogs tacked up some impressive numbers. All of his dogs placed in their respective groups. I kept teasing him that he was getting too greedy, then we had the big win at the end.
All in all, a wonderful day, and after getting pretty much no sleep for the past 2 nights, I'm off to bed!
Beautiful.
Haru's half sister is gorgeous.
The dogs in the second to last photo remind me of my boy...
Haru's half sister is amazing.
I really like the 2 Kai in the second to last pic.
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I bet it must have been an awesome day!
Kai puppies are so freakin' cute!
I also noticed the two dogs in the second to last pictures. I'm especially fond of the one facing the camera.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing Shigeru! I am SO jealous!!!! ~
We're all fawning over Haru's half sister, lol.
Thanks for the little "preview" of the show, I hope you've got more pics coming our way!
Looking forward to the vid...
Again - I love the akatoras. Beautiful!
Seems to be sexual dimorphism in kai? the girls look so soft and round and the boys so angled. Or maybe its just different families.
In the first pic of the second batch, the dog's rear left leg is really extended so the knee and ankle are extremely straight- can all dogs do this? Is it a nihon ken thing? Other show dogs parked out still have an angle or two...must go look in my dog books. Reilly certainly doesnt do that, but Sage does. I thought he had bad joints or something, but maybe its a heritage trait.
A video of the first Kai SAR dog named Suguri and his owner/trainer, Dr.Yamashita. Suguri is retired and is 13 years old now, but they agreed to humor me and parade in front of the camera for my blog
Tara, boyfriends are replacable dogs aren't! lol
Maybe some day . . . .