Hariko Nihonken 日本犬張子荘

21/07/2024

Tango and Yuko went down to the World Series of Dog Shows in Houston this week! We started off with a bang with Tango’s second Best in Open Show, and enjoyed schmoozing with anyone and everyone who wanted to meet her today at Meet the Breeds!

Yuko has had fun being her bouncy self in the ring while also finding out what fun her turn at Meet the Breeds could be as well! It’s a huge in conjunction show and the last of our summer “Death March” of shows, so we’ll be taking a short breather before getting back into the thick of things this fall. 😘

04/07/2024

Happy 8th birthday to our girl Tango! We’ve started knocking out Rally and kicking butt at it this year, and are looking forward to our therapy dog evaluation in a month’s time.

Thanks for being my big Baby, just continue to be nice to Ellie for me. 😘

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21/04/2024

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25/03/2024

One step closer to our RATCHX3! Ellie had a super fun weekend at our Barn Hunt MidSouth Regional this weekend. (Don’t worry, that’s her HAPPY face!)

Next up - a commercial shoot! 😱

15/01/2024

My Ellie is the #1 Shiba in Senior and the #2 in Master for all of 2023! Way to go, Bee! 😱💕

Happy Martin Luther King Day! It is snowy and cold in Western KY, we do not like these temps here. But I've been working on stats. Please follow the link to see the Top 25 Fastest dogs by Breed and Class for 2023. Note the dog MUST HAVE HAD 3 RUNS AT THAT LEVEL IN 2023 in order to be on this list. Also, the computer compiles these stats. I just make them look pretty. So the stats directly tie to your dog's data. :)

This is a large file, 87 pages. Have fun!

https://www.barnhunt.com/stats/2023_top_25_by_breed_class.pdf

09/01/2024

Wow, what a way to start 2024! First weekend of the year and we already accomplished my number 1 goal - finishing Tango’s CM!! We have been working towards it for a while now, and to not only end 2023 with a wonderful BIOS but to start 2024 with the last points we needed has me on cloud 9! Getting to share this amazing breed has been a complete joy, and Tango charms the pants off of everyone. I’m so proud of my Baby. 💕

This weekend we managed to snag 3 Best in Misc, and a group 2 in one of the Open shows, giving us 7 out of the 5 points we needed. BONUS! We won’t stop showing yet, but we will be able to focus on other things while we get Yuko out and about and focus more on her show career, and Tango can tag along instead of the other way around.

Pending AKC approval with our 40th title across 6 confo and sport registries, Tango is now HnrCH UKC CH Deikahime Go Kaijusou *CM* RATI UG-1 NTD 2K9 SSH UWPCH AP VPN SPOT-ON BCAT CGCA CGCU ATT FDC TKI AN SC SV MI SCN SIN SBN

31/12/2023

And with that, we wrap up 2023 with the Hariko crew!

Lots of firsts, lots of highs, and lots of things we found ourselves needing to work on. 😅

🍚 Koji: Made it through with relatively little drama. Had a vestibular episode this summer, but recovered almost fully and is still just as sassy and healthy as ever! Let’s see how turning 16 in April treats my old mans. 💕

🎈Ellie: BOY what to say - agility took a back seat this year while we focused on our other sports and tricks. We are now most of the way to our RATCHX3, half way to our RATSX, and half way toward our first REMX! We still continue to do you weekly agility class and have fun, as well as figure out other sports and tricks to pass the time. 11 is going to be a good year for her, and she only acts half her age. 😉

🤖Tango: So many shows, so little time!! With the start of Japanese Akitainu being recognized in the Miscellaneous class in AKC, we’ve been busy hunting down the last of our CM points! We’ve snagged a few best in Misc and one really special Best in Open Show this year! The best part is having friends there every step of the way. I love my show families, I’ve really fallen in with some good eggs, and it wouldn’t be nearly as fun without y’all. 5 points left and Tango will be finished!! And not to leave UKC out, but Tango found her stride and not only has 4/5 legs for her GCH, but came in just behind the winner at our specialty show this past summer! 😱 We finished our Weight Pull career with 3 most weight pulled veteran awards, our UWPCH, and 3 Total Dog awards (and loads of tears!). Nosework and PC titles also gained. I continue to enjoy how well this girl trusts me, loves indiscriminately, and shows others the joy of this breed by being the best ambassador ever. 🪷

🌻Yuko: The little miss made her big debut this year! It’s been a humbling trip, as she definitely has her own agenda, but you can’t really get mad at a ball of just pure sunshine. We got her Puppy of Achievement as well as her first title - BCAT! Though we need to work on her recall so I can CATCH HER after her lure runs. 🙃 She’s been having fun being a puppy, but now it’s time to harness that chaos for good. We’ll be introducing her to her first participatory Barn Hunt trial in February, as well as looking into other sports, such as scent sports and agility, and let her tell me what it is she wants to do!

Here’s to 2024! May we continue to thrive and have fun. 🤩 We were able to travel to and show in two new states last year, Michigan and Georgia - so let’s see where else we’ll go!

04/07/2023

Happy 7th Birthday to my BABY! Tango is no longer the youngest, but she will always be Baby. 💕 Celebrated with our traditional birthday nuggz and got some extra good stuff with meals like fish skins and french fries.

Let’s keep kicking butt and showing off how versatile you are!

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20/06/2023

Photo dump from Premier! We only missed having Kishu, and we would have had all 6 native breeds in one place! YukoBits was also the only Shiba so we had to make sure to represent 😉

14.5 hours and 1000 miles one way is quite a ways to drive but it was INCREDIBLY fun and I hope we get a chance to do it again next year!

20/06/2023

Yuko also went to Premier! She got 20 points toward her UKC CH and somehow grew up???? 😭

20/06/2023

We are home from UKC Premier Nationals!

Tango walked away with 2 GRCH legs (we now have 4/5), a pending RACEN title, and 10 more UWPCH points (5 left!)

01/06/2023

Uplift, don’t put down 💕

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12/03/2023

What a whirlwind in Kerrville! Tango walked home with two more CM points, and Yuko made her debut right at 6 months! We had some puppy antics, but good experiences, loved on the judges and exhibitors and settled in the crating area and hotel like an old pro, and even came away with two BOS. I’m so proud of this little lady. 💕 Time for the girls to rest before Ft Worth in two weeks.

Thanks a MILLION to Ilka for being the bestest Akita show buddy, seriously, you make show weekends so fun to be at, and I appreciate all the help and insight you give me. Ibuki kicked serious butt and that CM and steak dinner were well deserved!

12/03/2023

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Congrats to Tango for being tied for 4th in 2022 for most Nosework titles in UKC!

Huge shout out to Barbara’s Gabby for totally dominating!! 💕💕

11/01/2023

A handy beginner cheat sheet!

Learning dog show terms can be challenging! We hope this graphic helps!

PS: thank you to the reader who noticed that I put 25 points instead of 15! That’s what I get for working in the middle of the night and trying to decide whether to add grand champion requirements or not🤪

10/01/2023

Our “lil Bits” is 4 months old today! We tried to do some table practice but she still melts into a puddle, so we still have some work to do before our first show, but we have 2 more months to get there! We’re blowing puppy coat, losing teeth, getting some shiny guard hairs, and getting leggy and weird. But I’m really liking what I’m seeing so far, and Yuko is just a joy to be around!

Yuko Akakiyosou - 4 months

01/01/2023

明けましておめでとうございます‼︎

Happy New Year, y’all!

We’ve been SO busy for the last quarter of the year we have hardly posted anything! So instead, let’s do a 2022 wrap up.

Koji: Nothing of note! And that’s great news. He finishes out 2022 creeping toward 15, still sassy, but enjoying old man life.

Ellie: This year we got our RATCHX and a CZ8 clean run on the same day! 😱😱 We also went to Barn Hunt National and had a blast, landing in Top 75 along with a solid 4th place in her first course run. A few more titles in UKI Agility as well as some good runs in with FASTCAT. We also added ATT and FDC to our alphabet soup of titles. We continue to do whatever we want and have fun while doing it! I can’t wait to see what 2023 holds.

Tango: WOW where to begin? Tango has had a FULL year this year. Several titles in Scentwork, Nosework, Weight Pull (with a most weight pulled per pound at one!), Trick titles, ATT, Farm Dog, a run at Total Dog Invitational (FIRST JAI to be invited and attend!), and THREE Total Dog at UKC Southern Classic! We also started with Rally as well as Therapy training, which should be put into practice starting January. 💕💕

Yuko: And finally, we added a little gremlin to the Hariko crew! Yuko Akakiyousou, who we are hoping will grow into a wonderful sport and show prospect, hitting that ground running at her first show in Kerrville this March!

2023 is already starting to fill out with confirmation, sports, and trips! We’re also super excited to be at the very first JACA hosted AKC show in Feb - one step closer to seeing Japanese Akitainu in full recognition with AKC (coming to you from a non-sporting ring soon~)

21/11/2022

WHAT an incredible weekend at the UKC Southern Classic! Hung out with old friends, met new ones, and Tango outdid herself!!

Tango got in three decent point pulls this weekend, making her just 1-2 GOOD pulls away from her UWPCH. I was hoping she would push through BUT she did manage to walk away with 2 new titles - Advanced Puller and Versitile Puller Novice!

We kicked all kinds of butt in Nosework the first day, getting our Master Interior title, no sweat! The second day was vehicles in freezing rain, which she had no patience for, and today she was 100% donezo and gave me nothing in containers. She was exhausted and honestly, I don’t blame her.

The biggest news, though, is she got Total Dog ALL THREE DAYS!! 😱😱 This girl really tries everything I ask (even if she half asses it toward the end, it’s almost never a full refusal.) No legs for GCH, but I came for a Total Dog and left stunned we were able to pull it off THREE TIMES.

Next up is her first time precision coursing in Blossom, then we get to have fun in Conroe with Ellie and the Ikigai Inu. 💕

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