[Kai Ken] Kai Ken "Don", a male Japanese import, is available for adoption!

BradA1878

Male Japanese import "Don" available for adoption!

He's neutered, good with Shiba, and 3.5 years old. Please contact Cynthia Strehle for details: http://www.facebook.com/cynthia.strehle

BradA1878

@oddball - I thought about you for this. You had mentioned an interest in hunting, this dog has lines on both side of him from one of the only boar hunting Kai Ken kennels in Japan. He shares a lot of bloodlines with on of our first imports "Tyson" owned by @dlroberts.

shibamistress

I was just thinking we should have him up here, so thanks for doing it, Brad. I hope he finds a home--he's a gorgeous Kai! It's a great opportunity for the right home!

shishiinu

Wow wish there was a way I could hunt him. Maybe Mike should adopt him!

BradA1878

Oh yea! Mike... @Mike283

shibamistress

Sounds like he's got a lot of prey drive, for sure. I don't know if that's enough to train an adult for hunting, but...

oddball

I might be interested. Do you have Cynthia's email. The link would not work for me. How well can you train an adult for hunting? Got my lab/ shepherd when she was six and tried to train her to tree small animals. She never really caught on.

BradA1878

You can reach her via her website: http://www.jadeshibas.mysite.com

There should be no training needed for a Kai Ken to bay or tree game. However, since he is older, and was probably not reinforced for the behavior, you may need to "build" his interest (drive) by allowing him to chase critters and then reinforcing him. For boar, I would try to find a hunter with a penned wild boar to test his response on it before you take him out "in the wild" for a real hunt. @shishiinu would be a great contact for details on how to prepare him for hog hunting.

sjp051993

I would check with her about how he is around other males. When I saw him he was trying to fight with every male he saw.

tjbart17

Oh that's a good thing to know. @sjp051993

sjp051993

He may be over that. I saw him not long after he had been imported, so he may have adjusted.

shishiinu

Adult dogs can easily be thought to hunt. As long as he has some recall and some drive, the rest is up to enough time on some game.

Mike283

@beads1878 @Shishiinu
I'd love to get him but I have a baby due in March and waiting till the end of the year for a new pup is the plan. Plus I'd really like to condition the pup the way I did the first time as far as the bond and recall and its easier for a pup to not kill my cat.

shishiinu

Good choice Mike, hopefully we can get a pack of boar terrorizing NK going soon.

oddball

Mike brings up a good point. If Don has a high prey drive he might kill the cat since he has been around it. A pup would be more likely to not kill it. But it couldn't hurt to email Cynthia so i will do that later today.

tjbart17

Mei has an EXTREMELY high prey drive. I can't emphasize that more. She doesn't hunt the cat. None of my dogs do. They know the cat is family.

She has only been rude when resource guarding my dads lap from the cat. Mei went to move with my parents when she was 19 mos old. She pretty much came feral.

Saya

Has Don been adopted yet? Just wondering and bumping this up in case someone is interested..

shibamistress

I so want Don. But, yeah, bad idea in our household. So instead, I want someone else to get Don!

cdenney

I wanted to bump this up for Cindy. I shot her an email asking about Don, unfortunately he is too far for me and Sachi to go meet but seems like a cool dog.

Don (Tone No Donryu) is here.


"He weighs about 40 pounds, is black brindled, neutered, and house and leash trained. He is quiet in the house and out.....you don't have livestock, right? His prey drive is very high, and I fear he would kill my goats and chickens, He barks at them when ever he can see them, but not at other dogs.

Other than his prey drive, he is a lovely dog. I would keep him, but he would be happier without being taunted by goats......

He has no experience with cats, so I think he would be happier without cats or small rodents in his home.

What else would you like to know? I would love for him to find a wonderful, happy, friendly home. He gets along fine with puppies, and female dogs. He doesn't like my male shiba, but that could just be the shiba.

Don is a very confident dog, who would go on a leash and walk by other males, but does not like them in his face. He walks beautifully on a leash, never pulls. He loves people, when people come to visit, he comes in, wants to be petted, not wary or skittish at all. He is a NIPPO champion, has been across country in a car, no problems.

The long walks would be just fine for Don, as he is quiet in the house, but loves to go walk and read the "newspaper" as he goes. Here, he has land to run on, and would be great if he could burn some energy on a walk.

He has no allergies, but may have a mild case of megaesophagus, as he produced a puppy with it. If he has it, he has no effects from it, never is sick, no pneumonia or regurge, which are the major symptoms of the issue. He has only been to the vet for neutering, and the vet feels he doesn't have it."

Also Cindy is located in Michigan for anyone who is possibly interested in roadtripping out to meet Don

drpancakes

I just found this thread and Don now has a home with us and he is doing very well. Don has definitely attached himself to Darlene, but he put's up with me so all is good. Don loves his new yard and has also been busy exploring his new house. We feel so fortunate to have him with us as our 14 year old Shiba Inu passed away last August and we sure missed having a dog around. He has definitely made himself a part of the family in the short time that he has been with us.
I will post a few pictures this weekend.

Saya

I'm excited for the pictures.

I'm so glad Don got a home he sounds like nice kai ken from what I read.