More Shikoku Pictures
I took a few more pictures of Shikoku Ken on Saturday, so I figure I'll post them here.
A very light colored female. This is not a preferred color in the breed, the color in her coat is very diluted. She's not been bred or homed because of it. I just wanted to post the picture as an example of a very light colored Shikoku.
Kuro-goma male, littermate to Koto, my friend's prize winning aka (red) Shikoku male. He has nice coloration, but is a little weak in his hindquarters. He was the runt of the litter, and has not been bred or homed either. I have a better picture of him, but I posted this one for fun for the facial expression.
Here's another of him.
This is the sire of the above kuro-goma (black sesame) male.
Another stud male, an aka.
Two pups sired by the above aka male.
This is the replacement for the female kuro-tora (black brindle) Kai pup.
A very light colored female. This is not a preferred color in the breed, the color in her coat is very diluted. She's not been bred or homed because of it. I just wanted to post the picture as an example of a very light colored Shikoku.
Kuro-goma male, littermate to Koto, my friend's prize winning aka (red) Shikoku male. He has nice coloration, but is a little weak in his hindquarters. He was the runt of the litter, and has not been bred or homed either. I have a better picture of him, but I posted this one for fun for the facial expression.
Here's another of him.
This is the sire of the above kuro-goma (black sesame) male.
Another stud male, an aka.
Two pups sired by the above aka male.
This is the replacement for the female kuro-tora (black brindle) Kai pup.
Comments
The female Kai is really cute. I like her gold stripe on her buttox. lol May be the pic, but she looks like she's going to be a big girl.
And that little Kai pup is super cute!
I liked the dilute Shikoku female as well. She is stunning.
The diluted female is interesting, but I prefer the more bold coloration, either aka or kuro
It may hide it for a generation since dilute is usually recessive, but it can pop out again even in a dog that woud be genetically a black/tan. It'll end up looking like this dog here: