Kaiju Kennels Japanese Akita and Hokkaido

12/10/2024

Yuji (Litter N) getting into the holiday spirit!

12/09/2024

It “warmed up” to 33°F and the ice and frost have melted, so I took advantage of the opportunity to take all four dogs on a 5K walk for AKC’s virtual Turkey Trot. This will also be the first step towards each of their Fit Dog Silver titles, though we probably won’t get much more done until spring. Along the way we found a holiday display to pose with. :)

12/09/2024

I now have a “fawn” Japanese Akitainu! 🤣🦌🎄

(NB: Fawn is an American Akita color. The correct term for JA is red, or aka 赤 in Japanese)

12/08/2024

I have sometimes mentioned I do my dog’s nails “like shoeing a horse” and I finally decided to take a video of it to demonstrate. I don’t think professional groomers do it this way but it works really well for me and my dogs. It gives me good view of the quick without twisting the foot/arm at unnatural angles, doesn’t stress the dog by putting them on their back or other weird position or table, and keeps my hands completely out of view of the dog and its mouth. Even my most squirrelly Hokkaido will patiently stand for this and doesn’t seem to mind.

12/07/2024

Okay but look how cute these two are together. Gotta say it was worth all the work to avoid littermate syndrome and have these two girls who love each other so much.

12/07/2024

Wow~ What a great response! Thank you everyone who placed orders yesterday after I posted about the fundraiser lagging behind expectations. We sold 19 more ornaments in the last 24 hours and brought the total to JACUSA up to $1290! We're so close to meeting last year's $1350!

Get yours here:
https://store.kaijukennels.com/products/2024-ornament-fundraiser-jacusa

Shiba and silver brindle Japanese Akita are both sold out, but other breeds are still available, especially the medium breeds.

12/06/2024

Bump! Let’s get those ornament orders in! Not everyone who filled out the poll has made their purchases yet. I did set the quantities based on the poll results, which means there’s currently an excess of a few breeds and it’s hurting the predicted fundraising amount.

Right now we’re sitting at about $830 raised for JACUSA, a far cry from last year’s $1,350.

Get yours here:
https://store.kaijukennels.com/products/2024-ornament-fundraiser-jacusa

12/06/2024

Here’s some updated pics of Nori, Atlas, and Pumpkin Spice of Litter N! They’re now four months old~

12/06/2024

Look at Pokku’s scaryface dreaming! 😆

12/03/2024

Whoops it’s December! Time to turn your calendars to the last month~ This month features the entire Kaiju Krew as of December 2022; Megaro, Minira, Gaigan, Mosura (RIP), Gamera (RIP), Gojira II, and Kumonga. And Himari celebrated her birthday yesterday. HBD Himari!

Get your 2025 calendar here: https://store.kaijukennels.com/products/2025-wall-calendar

12/02/2024

The first wave of ornaments are starting to arrive in the mail. Thank you everyone who has donated so far, I hope you love your ornaments~

Last year the ornament fundraiser raised $1,300 for JACUSA. Let’s try to do the same this year! If you haven’t gotten yours yet, the link is below. There’s plenty of time to order as an xmas gift for someone you know who loves Japanese dogs, but be aware that supplies are limited!

https://store.kaijukennels.com/products/2024-ornament-fundraiser-jacusa

11/29/2024

The first wave of ornaments are ready to send out! Place your order using the link below. All proceeds go to JACUSA, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Please share with your Nihon Ken loving friends~

https://store.kaijukennels.com/products/2024-ornament-fundraiser-jacusa

11/28/2024

This applies to any and all traits when breeding. A mixed breed dog is just as likely to get ALL health issues from its parent breeds as it is to get none of them. The less alike the parents are the more random and unpredictable the offspring will be. Even when breeding purebred dogs, if your focus is only on compensating for the faults of the breeding partner — and the parents don’t have many desirable traits in common — you’re just as likely to get puppies with all of the faults as you are to get pups with all the desirable traits.

Tumblr user homunculus-argument:

The thing about dog temperaments is, labradors are playful and happy-go-lucky kind of creatures that don't really take anything too seriously, they're just jolly and mushy, cheerful creatures that are chill with everyone and eager to please. Poodles, however, have zero chill, highly intelligent, need a job to do or they will invent one, take everything dead seriously and are the only dog in the "top 10 dogs most likely to fight god" list that isn't a terrier.

And now, it may seem tempting to think "hey what if we could get a dog that's as chill and cheery as a labrador but as dutiful and law-abiding as a poodle." Just like it was tempting to think "hey what if we could get a bee that's as honey-productive as an african killer bee, but human friendly like domestic bees?"

11/27/2024

Photos by TigerDog Studios

11/27/2024

The 2024 ornament fundraiser is now live! Please go buy an ornament for JACUSA~

RAISING MONEY FOR JACUSA FOR THE HOLIDAYS!! All proceeds from every ornament will be donated to the Japanese Akitainu Club USA a 501(c)3 charitable organization for the preservation and welfare of the Japanese Akitainu. The sole purpose of this project is to raise money for our breed club and we kee...

11/26/2024

Happy (belated) joint Gotcha Day, Ghogo and Shiisaa! Two weekends ago Ghogo earned her BCAT and this past weekend Shiisaa got to try FastCAT for the first time. Needless to say the siblings both love it~