Kangai the Hokkaido
I just wanted to let you all know that I am going to be picking up Kangai next Saturday (April 26th) at the Metro Airport in Detroit at 1:00! 
She is flying from Frankfurt to Detroit on a direct flight. Anyone who has exported your dogs to a US Airport, is there anything I need to bring or can you give me an idea of what to expect?
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WOW! Congrats! I'm so freaking stoked for you!
It will be imperative that you spam us constantly with pics and info!
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What airline is she flying in on? For us, picking up our imported pups hasn't been to bad. Just show up and pick them up from the forwarder. There is a little bit of waiting, but other than its not to bad. In ATL they made us take Hilo's papers to the customs office and get them "stamped". This was not very pleasant, but from what I understand that is not a normal procedure - ATL is just very strict and rude.
In Denver we just showed up, paid $30 to the forwarder, and signed a doc... they had already done all the customs stuff.
That is awesome!
Is Kangai going to be the first Hokkaido in the US or are there a few of them?
Brandon -
I think there is one other Hokkaido in the US that was imported from Japan, that I know of anyways. All the others I have came across are from Poland. The good news is that she isnt on a spay/neuter contract so I could breed her and show her if I wanted, but the hard part is to find a male if I ever decided to breed her because even in Japan Hokkaidos are very rare just like the Kai and there arent too many that dont share the same bloodline, that is my understanding anyways that I know of.
Yes I am! I am just scared for the long flight and how the lil diva shiba Keira is going to do with her. She is the queen bee of the house, but it is my understanding that Hokkaidos are low key and relaxed like Kais so hopefully she will just brush it off and they wont fight alot. Keira gets mad when Kenji just ignores her. He gets to the point where if she is being too much of a brat he just finds a high place to climb (like a cat) and ignores her. lol.
It seems like everyone in this forum are getting new doggies this month!
I actually think there are at least 3 Hokkaido in the US. I know Bob Simmons has 2 in Boulder CO.
So you may have some breeding options.
What does it matter tho... if there is 1, 2, 3 - even 5 in the US they are still EXTREMELY rare and special... that is really cool that you are getting one. Congrats!
cute overload!!!!
is cream/white an acceptable marking in other japanese spitz-type breeds then?
tsukitsune -
It is a fault for Shibas, but it is acceptable for Hokkaidos and im not sure if its a fault for any other spitz type.
Brad -
Maybe you could get a male Hokkaido in the next couple years and help me breed Kangai
hi everyone
My name is Ewa and Kangai is a child of mine
So I will join You from time to time, when I find a couple of minutes between my huskies, hokkas, job, husband and building the new house
I hope, that You will take on Kangai very good in US, and You`ll be in love in hokkas, as deep as we did one day
Jamie knows, that she and we - are already very strongly connected together. Kangai is my sweet daughter
So, we could "send" her from Poland via Germany to America, but we decided to go 900 km to Frankfurt so Kangai has a non-stop flight, without any change and beying 20 hrs in travel. I hope, that like Robert`s Jaja, she`ll jump from the carrier on Detroit`s Airport when she will hear "Kangai"!!! and will accept Jamie and her family at once, cause she is very friendly and she loves to be loved
To tsukitsune
by FCI standard - kishu, japanese akita and hokkaido have a white color written in standard (Sesame -red fawn hairs with black tips), brindle, red, black, black and tan, white)
By kai, shikoku, and shiba - white colour is by us - disqualificated and not acceptable, and these dogs cannot be bred more.
In the past all of these breeds were the various forms of one dog - dog using to hunting, in various districts.
When we meet white shiba, it is very problably that there is in it still much blood of kishu or hokkaido
And, in fact - Your white shiba is very alike to many hokkaidos!!!
Some cream markings can show when we cross red and white dogs, or these colours-lines are in the couple`s blood. As well by japanese akita (FCI share the japanese akita and american akita), as by hokkaido. But crossing red and white it is not prohibited, it is acceptable. Of course, when you have a hudge population of breeds, and You can choose amoungs many different stud dogs, from various lines and in various colours - you can choose the best one in the same colour. The best situation is when you cross red to red, black to black or black to black and tan, or sesame, or white to white. Most of japanese do so, but there are many white/cream hokkaidos. You can find it sometimes on the pictures of japanese breeders. Sometimes the dogs are in very very light red, so You cannot say if it is gold or red? The same is by akitas.
Crossing only white to white is also not so good, because then they can loose a black pigment which is very needed by hokkaido.
- it means exaclty what she was from her first days until today
kangai (n) strong feelings; deep emotion; (P)Aha, it it natural that KANGAI means something
You can check it also
http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dict
ewa
ps. on one of our site www.hokkaido.info.pl exactly here www.hokkaido.info.pl/innejaponczyki.html
you can find all of FCI standard for six national japanese breedss - in English
Hi Ewa! Welcome!
You beat me to it, I was going to mention that white Akita are OK and Kishu are white as well.
Welcome, Ewa!
Your description of little Kangai is beautiful
- it is obvious that you love what you do and you love your dogs!
Kangai can only be the best kind of dog coming from you!
Thank
you for the information on the color standards, I never intended to
show my shiba, she was an orphan without papers any how, but I always
thought her coloring was so smart, I couldn't understand why it was
unacceptable! I love my cream shiba either way!
And Kangai has the most beautiful meaning, she was named from the heart!
Jamie. CONGRATS. YOu must be so excited Kangai is incredibly beautiful and from Ewa's description has a sweet, sweet disposition.
Ewa. WELCOME.
Congrats and how exciting!! what a pretty dog! Kangai looks really similar to Kiba!