Kai Ken Imports - Round V: Introducing Akashi & Eleanor!!!
I picked up our final round of (planned) Kai Ken imports last night....
Meet Akashi and Eleanor, they are litter-mates from Tenrou Kensha (same kennel that Musashi, Kumi's sire, and the Riki, the sire of Haru's litter, is from).
These pups are important to our program as they are an out-cross from all the other Kai Ken we have imported to this point. Originally I was planning on getting only the female, but Okabe-san (of Tenrou Kensha) wanted me to take the male, so we imported both the male and the female.
The male, Akashi, will stay here with us and the female, Eleanor, is going to live with Dave and be Tyson's "special lady".
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I took some pics, but they kinda suck, and it seems I got more of Eleanor than of Akashi. I'll get some better ones later.
Akashi
Eleanor
Play...
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Meet Akashi and Eleanor, they are litter-mates from Tenrou Kensha (same kennel that Musashi, Kumi's sire, and the Riki, the sire of Haru's litter, is from).
These pups are important to our program as they are an out-cross from all the other Kai Ken we have imported to this point. Originally I was planning on getting only the female, but Okabe-san (of Tenrou Kensha) wanted me to take the male, so we imported both the male and the female.
The male, Akashi, will stay here with us and the female, Eleanor, is going to live with Dave and be Tyson's "special lady".
)I took some pics, but they kinda suck, and it seems I got more of Eleanor than of Akashi. I'll get some better ones later.
Akashi
Eleanor
Play...
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Comments
Lucky Tyson is going to have a special lady
Kaiju was very good with them, Cho Cho was "ok" (not great), Loa was typical Loa with them, and Ahi was really nice with them (we think Ahi is enjoying having all the boy Kai pups to abuse).
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Akashi is quite stunning as well. I am sure he will make a great addition to your breeding program!
Akashi
Eleanor
And a vid of Akashi being an ass about Chibi's food...
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They are really cute, I'm super stoked to see that the NA Kai will have a great future ahead.
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@shishiinu - I was told the mother of these pups (Sakura), who is a pretty small Kai, has taken down a deer on her own while out on a hunt!
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I hadn't planned to add another Kai for a few more years, but when I learned about this breeding and saw a picture of her I decided it was time to accelerate those plans. Ty seems to really enjoy being in the woods with Lucy and Joey more than he enjoys it without them, so I'm hopefully that Eleanor will mature into a hunting companion for both me and Ty. At the least, she'll be one of the cutest Kai on the planet. :-)
Now to wait the month until she comes to NC. That seems forever from now! :-/
The population of new-blood kais in the US is really growing
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@yiasthoj - Okabe-san hunts his Kai Ken.
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Eleanor with her bear look will be a great match for Tyson Chicken. The name also makes sense now that I know she's going to Dave.
Akashi is very handsome. I like the more bear type look. I like all the looks. lol.
I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to bear witness to the rebirth of Kai here in the U.S. Thank you again for all of your hard work.
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