Nihon Ken (Japanese Native Dog) Meet-up

On Feb. 5, I decided to go to a Nihon Ken meet-up located near my home.  Because some people were curious about Korean Poongsans, I took PoongSoon along with me. 

The following dogs were in attendance:

Japanese Akitas:
Brindled young male (imported)
Red young female (imported)

Japanese Shikoku:
2 Sesame males (imported)
Red sesame female (imported)
Black sesame young female (imported)
Red sesame young male (imported)
Red sesame female pup (imported)

male Shikoku in forefront

male Shikoku

female Shikoku pup

Japanese Kishu:
White female (imported)
2 white female pups (born in US)
white male pup (born in US)
colored female pup (imported)

The white Kishu comes from hunting lines and should be dynamic dogs to own.  The female Kishu that came to the meet-up regularly goes out with a male Kishu on boar hunts.  Her owner cooked wild boar ribs, wild turkey, and venison burgers to the meet-up.

female Kishu, a boar hunter

white Kishu pups

rare colored Kishu pup

Japanese Kai:
Medium brindle young male (conceived in Japan, born in US)
2 Black brindle males (imported)

2 Black brindle female pups (imported)

male Kai with superb coat

young male Kai

female Shiba and male Kai

Japanese Shiba
Red young female
Red senior female

female Shiba with mature air

female Shiba in forefront with female Shikoku in back

The only Japanese Native dog missing was the Hokkaido. 

Besides my Poongsan being the oddball of the bunch, there were two West Siberian Laika there.  The male was especially vocal and made me appreciate even more the quieter nature of the Korean and Japanese dogs. 

male West Siberian Laika, out of bear-hunting lines

young female West Siberian Laika

I like going to meet-ups and forums of breeds other than the Korean dog breeds to re-gain perspective on what's important or not, what's possible or not, and just be a student instead of "an expert".