Akiyama no Roushya

Meringue is training to be a human remains search dog and showing some promise. She has a lot of drive and is always the life of the party. You could not ask for a better partner in crime than Meringue. She is always down to try whatever, whenever, and never shies from any activity. However, Meringue is a high energy dog and may not be everyone's cup of tea even when looking for a Kishu Ken. In many ways I do believe that Meringue embodies some of the best qualities of the breed and I am looking forward to seeing her grow and possibly, what she may produce.

Toshi is a male Kishu Ken over 1 year old. Carefully selected as a great representative of his breed, CJ decided to make him part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Gráinne is a female Shikoku about 1 year old. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, CJ decided to make her part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Hime is a female Kishu Ken over 1 year old. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, CJ decided to make her part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Nami is a female Kishu Ken almost 14 years old. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, CJ decided to make her part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Fionnuala is a female Kishu Ken over 8 years old. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, CJ decided to make her part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Jason is a male Kishu Ken about 8 years old. Carefully selected as a great representative of his breed, CJ decided to make him part of their program. CJ has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

Dori (Dottie) is a black sesame Shikoku Ken from Hachidorisou in Virginia. Her parents are both imports from Japan. Dori is an energetic and enthusiastic Shikoku Ken who is environmentally stable and works for praise and food reward. She's also very toy motivated!

Ginkgo is a white coated Kishu Ken from an inbreeding on 2 of the NIPPO foundation dogs to the USA, Nami (my founder) and Taro (a Hosoda line hunting dog). This pedigree is packed with proven hunting dogs - primarily on hog, but also rabbit and vermin dispatch dogs. Ginkgo shows all the energy, tractability, and drive of her hunting line ancestry and is outgoing with people. She is a brave and steady dog who has handled music festivals, packed breweries, and intense street events as well as a no-nonsense dog to hike and camp with in the woods. She is food and toy motivated, but can have a sharp prey/hunt drive. We are hoping for active pet, performance, and working (hunting or SAR/HRD) homes for Ginkgo's offspring. This will be her first litter.

Cuchulainn is an active, driven dog from rare hunting and old show lines. He represents diversity that is quickly being extinguished in the Kishu Ken breed. He is the first ROMX stud dog in the Kishu Ken breed and over half of his offspring are titled and highly awarded in both specialty shows and general conformation shows as well as performance venues. Cuchulainn himself was awarded an "excellent" under a Nihon Ken Hozonkai judge at his first and only NIPPO show in 2019, where he was also awarded best of opposite sex/best male (Jun Saikosho) over show line competition. Cuchulainn's offspring trend toward higher energy and higher drive and all have healthy food/toy drive.