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  • We're in America now! May 2nd we flew to LAX from Narita, rented a car, and drove down route 66 to Virginia! Hoshi is so happy with his new brothers! My geriatric 12 yo pug, my sister's 80lb 5yo hound, and the 60lb brindle hound that's his same age…
  • Just wanted to update what the process was like! I microchipped before, and when they "certified" the documents, they said the paperwork I brought (registration and vet note) counted as certification. They just copied it again for their r…
  • I heard back from the quarantine office! They said they can certify the microchip number date of identification when we go in for the inspection *phew* what a relief! Just posting this in case anyone needs to look this up in the future. Also I didn'…
  • New question! The quarantine people messaged me back and said I needed a microchip identification certificate. Was this required of anyone else? Does every dog have a microchip when they leave Japan? He's got one but I didn't send in the registrati…
  • How adorable! Be sure to take tons of pics while she's still mini sized!
  • Agreed! A red will be red as a puppy, anything else is either chuo/brown or black. I think my dog is light enough to be a "dark brown" but he was basically black when I got him so that's what he's registered as. So, black can have striping…
  • How tall is he? How does he compare to Asahi? I'm thinking that Asahi throws large pups. Mayaa is also tall - she's as tall or taller than most male Kai we've met... She's around 20" and between 36-38lbs. She wants to be heavier, and gains weig…
  • Watching the Kawagoe Festival floats (Image) Getting loved on at a company party I let one of my students walk Hoshi. This is on the property where we had the company party. Last year there were fish in that pond but I didn't see any this year(Ima…
  • Utskushigahara Highlands in Nagano during Golden Week (May) was cold and wet, but Hoshi didn't mind.(Image) Finally found a good tree for Hoshi to try climbing, he went up but it wasn't his favorite thing to do (Image) The nemophilia bloom at Hit…
  • I can't believe the last time I posted something was at the end of March! That was about 6 months ago, Hoshi is now about a year and 4 months old! Autumn is in full swing in Yamanashi Japan with evenings dipping down to 50 degrees F most nights. H…
  • even in Japan my Kai gets mistaken for other types of dogs too! I've had him called a shiba especially when he was a puppy, some people were convinced he wasn't a Japanese dog, others have confused him for different nihonken breeds, but it's really …
  • my kai likes to greet people by leaping into their arms as best as he can manage, he also jumps up and will stand on his back legs when he sees other dogs, not as a sign or aggression but because he wants to greet and play with them, unfortunately h…
  • EARLY SPRING UPDATE Recently we had snow, which was very odd because quite a few people have already changed to their summer tires. The sakura will also be in peak bloom around this weekend I think. Hoshi's about the same size as 2 months ago, it's…
  • Great answer from WrylyBrindle! Even though Kai are known to be attached to their owners and aloof, I haven't heard of any with aggression issues. The most "aggressive" I'd say I've witnessed in the breed is maybe males at dog shows becau…
  • Hello! Good to see you here! We have an Asahi daughter born last year. I have a thread around somewhere, but mostly post pics on instagram. Do you have an IG? You mentioned he gets spooked sometimes. [...] Puppies bounce back relatively easily, bu…
  • LOL UPDATE 2 Hoshi's pretty much fully grown. He weighs in at about 17 kg/37 lbs at the vet. He stayed at Inoue-san's kennel over the winter holidays when I went home to visit my family and he said that Hoshi was FAT lol, about the heaviest he shou…
  • UPDATE!!...except this is an old update because I wrote it and then got frustrated with the HTML for posting the pictures and never posted it but the forum saved the draft so, I posted it... Winter is just about here and Hoshi looks more wolf-like …
  • I hadn't seen any of it before posting this but I've been marathoning it on Youtube. It is definitely dramatic, training a pup to be a bear dog at 1 month old? From what I know puppies aren't supposed to leave their moms for 8 weeks so they can lear…
  • Yeah, he does look like a tuber/taro root. Talking about Yamanashi is kind of fun too. I think of it kind of like the Florida of Japan, if you could replace the naval history/geography aspects with like, mountain/battle/onsen history/geography. …
  • Excellent sleuthing! I just remember seeing him in a brochure I picked up apparently he's part local delicacy! https://photos.app.goo.gl/nsOpT3xnDFw6cq2X2 https://photos.app.goo.gl/MrCqitvafjXpnQw43 This is also a pic of the ventforet mascots and a…