Yamamichi Sou Shikoku

12/03/2025

Update: Unfortunately we won't be having any puppies in the next couple of months, as neither Juniper or Fig got pregnant on their recent cycles. Juniper is now spayed and retired from breeding (she's staying with us), but we'll attempt to breed Fig again in 2026 on her next cycle. Hopefully 2026 will bring many new and exciting things!

11/29/2025

And this is exactly where we'll be for the rest of the weekend 😊

10/26/2025

Happy 6th birthday to our sweet Juniper and all her siblings!

10/25/2025

Check out the Halloween Photo shoot today , and get entered into the costume contest! 🦇🎃

10/17/2025

We're thrilled to share that Fig's hip results came back OFA Good! She's going to be 3 this coming March, and with her health screening completed we're planning to breed her on her next cycle.

09/27/2025

Unfortunately Juniper did not get pregnant, and for a few different reasons we've chosen to retire her rather than try for another litter next year. She'll be 6 years old in a few weeks, which is not by any means "old" for Shikoku Ken, but we think she'll be happiest enjoying the retired life with us.

Her daughter will be having her hips and elbows checked next week so we can decide if she'll go on to have puppies of her own! We hope to add to our program in the future as well, but it'll be slow and steady.

If you were waiting for news and hoping for the chance of a puppy from this litter, I'd highly recommend checking out the Shikoku Ken club website for other club breeders. If you'd love a dog like Juniper, her breeder is Hachidorisou!

americanshikokukenclub.com

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!

08/23/2025

And now we wait! Her ultrasound is set for September 12. 🤞 Hoping for a new generation of Shikoku puppies here mid October!

08/10/2025

Juniper is currently in heat! While we're still waiting on ovulation and breeding activity so nothing is official at this time, if all goes well we'll be expecting puppies in October. This will be Juniper's last litter, and due to the size of her first litter (two puppies) we're not taking applications or deposits until after puppies are born and we know for sure how many she has.

We have been so thrilled to host Ryuu while we've waited for Juniper to be ready. A huge thank you to Hachidorisou Shikoku 蜂鳥荘 四国 for helping make this litter a possibility! Ryuu is their dog, but also Juniper was bred by them so we literally couldn't have done this without them! 🥰

03/24/2025

Do your dogs ever just make you want more of them? 😍 Beware, Shikoku are like potato chips!

Often I feel like 3 in the house is a great, manageable number. But then they just put on their sweet, goofy charm and I feel like I could have 10 more.

03/03/2025

Happy 2nd Birthday to our sweet little Figlet. We're not home at the moment while we've taken a much needed vacation, but rest assured she's being spoiled thoroughly by her aunts back home. 😂

01/27/2025