Kaiju Kennels Japanese Akita and Hokkaido

03/07/2025

26 and 27 days old

03/06/2025

Isn’t she Hedorable? (Yep I’m gonna use this pun a lot.)

03/05/2025

25 days old

Introduction of marrow bones

03/05/2025

25 days old

DNA profiling and introduction of marrow bones

03/05/2025

Dora photo dump 13 weeks old~

03/04/2025

24 days old

03/04/2025

22 days old

03/04/2025

21 days old

03/04/2025

20 days old

Exploring the new potty grass

03/03/2025

23 days old

03/02/2025

This applies to Kaijusou pups as well. Ever dog I have imported from Japan has already come with a registered name. So too are my puppies registered before placement. There are a number of practical reasons for this:

- I triple register all of my pups with AKIHO (Akita) or NIPPO/DOKENHO (Hokkaido), AKC-FSS, and UKC. I do this myself to ensure all records perfectly match one another in all three registries.

- There are complex naming requirements for EACH registry and finding a name that fits all three can be a challenge.

- The names must be in Japanese, in kanji, unique, make sense, and be appropriate for the dignity of the breed as a living natural monument. This is very difficult for most everyone to do, especially pet buyers; I have been naming pups a long time and still have corrections or even outright rejections every litter.

- I have my own additional name requirements, like starting each name with the alphabetical letter of the litter. This is so that I can easily remember which pup is from which litter just by its name. After 14 litters this has become very useful!

I will gladly take suggestions and try to work in requests for registered names, and see if it will work. But ultimately the names will be set before placement, and by contract (and rules in the Japanese preservation socities) cannot be changed.

ETA: About the respect thing. Breeding is an art, not a science, and the puppies a breeder produces are living works of art. Changing the name is like renaming an artist’s painting. Just don’t.

To all Hachidorisou owners,

Most breeders of Japanese dogs choose their puppies registered name. We choose our puppies registered name. When you get paperwork with a registered name it is not appropriate to change it. Especially if you are showing or potentially looking to breed in the future. Their registered names are their identity. It is what is listed on all of our internal records and it IS the name when put on nippo paperwork as well (when applicable)...and it is not possible to change nippo paperwork. Changing the registered name breaks the chain of record keeping, sometimes including health documents, and is inappropriate for registration records, not to mention insulting.

While a registered name may not always be something you would have chosen yourself, you can still choose any call name. The registered name is NOT always the same as a call name and the call name (what you call them everyday) can be anything you choose.

This is just a reminder to please be respectful 🙏
I would NEVER purchase a dog and then just change the registered name because I didn't like it or wanted it to match a call name. That is inappropriate.

An example ⬇️

Registered name - Kotoji Go Shibukawa Kato Kensha

Call name - Strawberry Waffles

I would not change the registered name to "Strawberry Waffles Go Shikoku Kato Kensha"

That is not appropriate.

03/02/2025

Welcome March! A little bit late but here’s Momiji and BamBam (Fukunaga Kennel Japanese Akitainu). Happy birthday this month to Hinata and Ebira!

03/02/2025

21 and 22 days old