Akita inu
I have done alot of research and have decided i would like to import a red and white akita inu next year. I have been looking into different breeders but can not find alot of information as most of the sites are in japanese. Does anyone know of a good breeder they have or have a friend that has purchased a pup from?
I have heard of grace garden's and have been considering contacting garce garden's has anyone got their akita from there?
I have heard of grace garden's and have been considering contacting garce garden's has anyone got their akita from there?
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I'm curious about the situation in the UK. Is this problem only with JAs? I have an AA whose dam is out of the UK and wondered if there were similar problems in the AA lines.
On the American Akita side, I think there is some confusion on how the UK chose to name their breeds. American Akitas and Akitas that could not est. themselves as JAs are in the breed Akita. So people in FCI-member nations see Akita and think Akita-inu. When they should see Akita = American Akita in the UK and Akita-Inu = Japanese Akita Inu in the UK. For an FCI person this does not make sense. To them an AA is just that and the rest are called Akitas. For the UK and those of us that are pro-split in the US it makes perfect sense. Think of it... why take the AKC breed and just rip it into American Akita and Akita? Even worse... take the breed name you grew up with and put another dog into it. If I owned an AA I would be pissed off. So leave it the same and then make a new breed for the Japanese Akita.
Your AA came from a good breeder out here who is aware of the issues with tweenies. My guess is that all pedigrees and breeders were researched. I doubt there is an issue.
And yes, the name thing is utterly confusing....If there were a breed split here, which of course I'm in favor of, if the dogs were named American Akita and Japanese Akita I'd find that ok and fairly clear, but it doesn't make sense at all to call one American Akita and another just Akita! Even Akita Inu is a bit confusing!
sean the though of a co-op is great but it would be unlikely to happen. they all seem to have their own goals and aims.
very few people are importing, i'm hoping thats due to our silly quarantine laws. but those that do are importing from the same breeders so while they maybe fetching in good quality dogs they aren't increasing the amount of different lines available to each other.
that coupled with over using dogs like athenas sire really is going to cause issues in the near future. athenas sire to date as sired 75 puppies over 15 litters since he was imported. doesn't sounds a lot but when you then consider that we have only had 232 dogs registered since 2006 thats alot of dogs with simialar pedigrees.
if i was to breed from athena now my choices here are small. i can mate her to 1 of the 3 unrelated males that are of 100% japanese heritage, a number of dogs that are of mixed heritage, a half brother or a close relative on her dams side. of course there are other options artifical inseminating her with a stud from abroad (the red tape is unbelievable) or i take her abroad. both much more costly that using a uk based stud, so most breeders don't take those options up. and thats why our problems will only increase.
Co-ops seem great but it is difficult to put in practice anywhere in the world. We are having difficulties in Central-Eastern Europe to find great stud dogs and it is a horrible 3-4 days trip to get to the right male that is on the other side of the continent. We have stricter rules regarding Artificial Insemination, it is not allowed for the first mating of the female and honestly I am not sure the vets over here have enough know how not to screw it up. So imports - as long as they are really well researched - is the way to go. Japanese breeders are unlikely to put their trust in just anybody. In fact, it is quite difficult to get their trust to give you a good dog. And they are even less likely to tell you about the auto immune in their lines.
the rules on inseminating have recently been relaxed, prior to that you couldn't use on a maiden bitch. now you can but the stud has to have already produced a litter naturally. there is alot of red tape to get through prior to doing it from both the kc and defra. i'm assuming defra will relax things once the changes happen at beginning of the year. i'm really hoping that we have an influx of new dogs over the next few years once the changes happen but guess only time will tell.
Why don''t you talk to keith about doing some TTouch on athena? It works wonders, I guarantee you!