We are pack now! New family member has arrived

MirkaM

So last weekend Finland did get another Kai Ken . He is from Yakushima kennel and his official name is Gen but I'm calling him Nuuk. His parents are Kari and Utsubo and at least Kari is working as SAR-dog. Nuuk has been really open and friendly. I'm hoping socializing will keep him that way. He eats well and is very clever (knows already sit and down).
Here is few pics from my new arrival. Sorry, my camera sucks so not the best pics.



And few videos:

BradA1878

Oh, congrats Mirka! Nuuk looks to be very cute! Is he a NIPPO dog or a KKA dog?

Congrats!!!

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MirkaM

KKA

dlroberts

Congrats Mirka! Looks like Ife is pretty happy about his arrival too. :-)

Brego_mellon_nin

Congrats Mirka! He is such a handsome boy. Can't wait to see how he turns out
Best of luck with him!

shishiinu

I like the name Gen better. Congrats on the new pup!

MirkaM

Thanks everyone .
@shishiinu: I bet you do but it's quite difficult to pronounce in Finnish style.

brittk

Congrats! He is a cutie! his face reminds me a lot of my girl's

Edgewood

Very cute Kai!

jujee

Congrats! He looks so precious!

TheWalrus

Congratulations on the new pup. I know the kennel your pup is from, a lot of their bloodline is from Inoue-san's kennel (where some of Brad's lines are from).

Araks

Congrats on the new pup! He's really cute.

sunyata

Congrats! Ife seems thrilled to have a new playmate!

baanton

Nuuk is adorable, and I love the Nuuk and Ife interaction! What a lively household you will have! Enjoy!

yiasthoj

You have a very nice kai puppy. I love his dark coat! Seems like he could be a good hunter -_^

BradA1878

Yea, we have a lot of Inoue-san pups running around here. You have good taste Mirka! )

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Brego_mellon_nin

@brada1878
So Brad, when will you start "infesting" the world with kai puppies?

Oh btw - how many kais do you actually own at this point?

BradA1878

Once Ela goes to her home next month, Chibi goes to Peggy's place, and Haru's pups go to their homes we will have 8 Kai Ken.

tjbart17

I said congratulations already, but here it is again! I'm so happy for you.

MirkaM

Thanks everyone . I'm over the moon about Nuuk. He seems to have nice temper so far. In fact that video was Ife's first play with Nuuk. She still is little cranky to Nuuk because have to share me now with another dog .

Tina

Congrats Mirka, he looks very cute and promising.
Just a question, can you register a KKA dog int Finland? Its not possible for us in Denmark. And if a dog is not registered in the Danish Kennel Club (DKK) you can't participate in any dog shows approved by FCI.

Brego_mellon_nin

Good question Tina, I didn't even think about it...

If I manage to register my future KKA kai I will have to go through 2 registries in USA in order to do it, and the dog will not have ancestors on the pedigree, since they are not approved by FCI. And the dog will not be able to reach international champion title.

MirkaM

Yes I can. In Finland we have special register for dogs which have non-FCI pedigree. It takes lots of work and time. Ife is registered to this register.

Brego_mellon_nin

And there are no regulations for dogs with this registry compared to FCI registered dogs?

Tina

Okhat's like in the US. But then you can't participate in FCI shows?

Tina

Too fatst woul say... Ok, thats like...

Tina

Not going great for me, a d missing now. Hope you understand. ;-)

MirkaM

Tanja: There isn't any regulations but you just have to get recommendation from your breed club and breed organization to registration. And if they give you the recommendation then Finnish Kennel club's breeding committee makes the final resolution to registration.

@Tina: You can participate any dog show you want because the dog still is registered to official Finnish register. Well, at least we have participated international dog shows and one tracking competition .

Brego_mellon_nin

Wish we had something like that in Denmark...

MirkaM

So you don't have special register in Denmark ? Hm, I could ask from the breeding committee's chairman if it possible to register dog who has foreign owner to this special register if the owner is member of Finnish Kennel Club.

Tina

It would be great. In Denmark they only accept dogs from Japan with JKC pedigree. And our Mokii has a UKC pedigree, wich was accepted by the AKC FSS register. I paid them to make a AKC-FSS pedigree, and them DKK accepted Mokii, but only her, not her ancestors, so she will never be able to become int. champion. Very sad for danish people. The Finnish kennel club is also a FCI member, it's really unfair.

It could never happen to get a KKA dog registrered in DK. I have tried to mail FCI, 8 times the last 11 months, but never get an answer. will keep on tryin, but this is not for the best of the rare breeds. Sad, sad, sad.