Hello all! I’m very excited to be here!

My name is Crisp (or CJ) from Providence, RI. I’ve been looking at this site and service for quite a while and finally decided to join today.

I suppose the reason I chose tonight, of all nights, is because I have a litter of puppies here with me who are going to need Japanese pedigrees and while I have friends who will help me, I would like to be able to communicate with native Japanese friends and produce my future litter pedigrees on my own, with more creative freedom.

I am 26 years old and a full time student double-majoring in Psychology and Anthropology (because I obviously never want to make money ever again). I have made my living as a dog trainer with a focus on rehabilitating fearful and aggressive dogs. To say my life is a series of dogs is the largest understatement I can possibly think of.

Today, I own three dogs of my own and am looking to import a dog in the next couple years (from Japan). I am a member of the Nihon Ken Hozonkai (NIPPO) – the preservation society for native Japanese breeds. Two out of my three dogs belong to two different breeds of Japanese boar-hunting dogs. I own an 7.5 year old male Shikoku Ken and a 2.5 year old female Kishu Ken. My Kishu Ken (Nami) recently had a litter of puppies registered with NIPPO and I have decided to begin seriously helping the preservation efforts for these breeds inside and outside of Japan.

I look forward to being part of the community and learning through this service–and if you have any questions on the native breeds of Japan, I’m more than happy to contribute my knowledge and resources!

Because I’m a dog person, here, have some of my dogs.

London, my non-Jpaanese dog. (Alaskan Malamute. 7 years old.)

TK, my Shikoku Ken.

Nami, my Kishu Ken.

Nami and her litter!
As a fun fact, white is the most prevalent Kishu Ken color. Despite the recessive nature of the white-causing gene in dogs, inbreeding and the frequency of the white-causing gene in Kishu Ken has made them a predominantly white breed today, though they were once a wide variety of colors. Nami’s sire is white, so she carried the possibility to throw white puppies. The sire of this litter was white, so it was just luck of the draw that we ended up with all white puppies! Poor Nami lost the coin flip, I guess.