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Hi @TheWalrus! I do have a few handy though not much. I think I might have cleared some off my phone recently, plus I took some really grainy vids recently instead of photos... but here's a handful! Kuma Pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/09YLt H…
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Thank you for your response, Ajax! Yes, sorry, Kuma is a Shikoku. I meant to include that but for some reason my phone and the forum kept fighting me over the word every time I typed it by spitting the cursor back behind the word and the post kept g…
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Kuma: -Likes having his teeth brushed. Maybe too much; he'll just try to eat the paste. -Likes to try to eat lotion/baby oil/anything moisturizing off of me. He'll come running across from the other side of the house frantic for a taste of the lot…
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I have some bully sticks, edible nylabones, ziggs, and the bitty training treats at far as "edible" things go. Also some sweet potato paste for kongs. (obviously, I have not been giving him all of these, that's just the stock of items I ha…
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@GrayJJ He seems to be doing much better, thank you! His energy levels have definitely increased, and he seems much happier to run around and play for longer periods of time, and the frequency with which he has to poop has decreased overall. He hasn…
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Hi all. Sorry for the long delay in response time. I took Kuma for his first vet visit over the weekend. He did very well: was super calm in the vet's office, didn't react badly to getting his booster shot, and was generally very well-behaved. Unfor…
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Thanks for your feedback, Jigzzor! I don't have the money to invest in a play pen this paycheck, but I can probably invest in one next, or try to (the ones I saw online were like 200 a piece). He'd probably like it more than being shut away, althoug…
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Yes! He did arrive safely and he's been doing fairly well, all things considered. I'm a bit tired so rather than embedding singular pictures, I'll just share the (small) album I have for him so far. (I have some other photos as well, but they're on …
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Just a small update I wanted to share... the CDC got back to me yesterday and said that because the dog is coming from Japan there shouldn't be any extra necessary provisions / the confinement agreement is unnecessary. So all that worry was for noth…
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Thanks for your responses everyone! @yo_eddy: Yes, I sent them off an email last night... unfortunately I didn't include all tha information and... it's super late anyway... but from what I understand from Shigeru, the quarantine thing is so rare, …
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Could Shikokus disease be the same what Lagotto's have. Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf4-3E6-U7o When I went and visited Shigeru's kennel a year ago and went to NIPPO's Tokyo area finalist, we saw a shikoku ken with what Shigeru t…
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Roshaad- You say you'd be mortified. Why? In what sense? When I think 'mortified' I think of 'embarrassed,' but I'm thinking maybe you mean 'scared' here? I would say: don't be. My parents have done fostering for mini schnauzers in the past (before …
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Yeah, it's pretty typical to buy tickets 2-3 months before, and not too much earlier. We can't buy anything until April at the earliest, so that's not so much the issue at the moment. Hopefully the additional options that should appear will help, bu…
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(We're kind of hoping that maybe the prices for tickets will fall after the holiday season, but we've been forbidden from buying tickets until the new fiscal year starts in April, so by then July flights may be getting expensive again. :/ It's hard …
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Yes, ANA is one of the alternatives I've been trying to find. In a lot of my searches, they've only been popping up as ANA but United operated. They do have United connections after, but… wouldn't the connecting flights then switch to the new operat…
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Hey! I'm also looking to get a nihonken. I recently had the fortune to go visit @TheWalrus up in Chiba to meet him and his dogs and go to a really large NIPPO exhibit. So maybe some of what I say can be of help? (thank you for creating this thread,…
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Ah! I hadn't realized the plastic crate's weight also counted. Suddenly it makes more sense. That's still an insane amount of money though. The whole 800/900+ thing… is insane. It sounds like you're saying that importing without a ticketed passenger…
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@PoetikDragon I guess you're right; reading a little more closely it looks like even the Japanese airlines would put the "checked baggage" animals in the cargo hold too. I thought I'd read that they wouldn't be, but maybe I just got conf…
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lol Amy is such a sweetie, tolerating that hat so well. Every dog I've had would have been like "what is this nonsense?" and shaken that hat off. I love your pictures of both of them. So much personality.
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Are they actually looking for people to take in the dogs/would they be open to foreigners seeking to take the dogs? From what I could gather, it sounds like a lot of the concern is that the traditions involved with maintaining the working dog are dy…
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Juno is so gorgeous. And it's not just her coat, though it's really splendid, but I feel like these photos all really capture her personality really well. You must be a really good photographer!
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Yes, I'm also curious to hear about Nyx's progress and your search for a better vet. Were you able to find one?
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Oh geeze Meitou is such a cutie, he looks so happy in so many of these pictures, and I absolutely adore both him and Amy in that tiny hat. (I want a dog and a tiny hat to dress said dog up in!!) Leavenworth itself looks super lovely... I want to go.…