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Ourou Sou Kishu Ken, San Diego, CA (2026)

We prioritize health testing via OFA, and like to compete in various sports and in conformation.

06/03/2026

US NIPPO Expo with the NIPPO North American Shiba Club May 24th on Sunday in Colorado with my Kishu Ken, Sakura. While Sakura (AKC MBIOC UKC MRBIS AKC/UKC MBIG/MGP UKC CH UWP Katsuichime go 勝市女号 Tomoe トモエ CM2 FDC CA DCAT RATI RATN CGC ATT TKI VHMA VSWB FITB LCC LCI VCX) has attended 2 other NIPPO shows, to include the NIPPO Grand National in Japan in 2024; This was MY first NIPPO show.

This was Sakura's individual judging, and I am quite proud of both of us. Thank you to Mr. Kobayashi-San for Sakura's First in the Kishu Ken Seiken Bitch Class, along with his wonderful feedback. Mr. Kobayashi-San is the premier judge of the Tokyo Branch & President of the Kanto Area's 8 branches. It was truly an honor to show under such an honorable Judge 🙏🏻

The feedback we received for her was Sakura has a lovely tail, but needs more eye width, which I can agree with both 🙂

02/28/2026

At this time, those interested in a Kishu Ken should reach out to other Kishu Ken breeders, such as Akagawa Roushya or Akiyama no Roushya. Kiseki no Yama is another breeder I know who may produce Kishu Ken.

We have had no luck with breeding Sakura thus far, and I will be skipping a heat cycle before I try again. After 3 back to back attempts resulting with no pregnancy, I am both emotionally and financially depleted, and need a bit of time before we attempt again.

I apologize to anyone who was hopeful for a Sakura puppy! Maybe in the next year or so, but there are no guarantees and I do not have another breeding female in my small program.

01/08/2026

Kennel Club of Palm Springs!

Wow, where to begin! I showed Sakura January 3rd-5th at the Kennel Club of Palm Springs Open Shows this past weekend amongst some lovely competitive dogs in multiple other breeds and their wonderful owners.

Firstly; Congrats to all of the winners this weekend! It was such a pleasure seeing my West Coast Dog Show pals this weekend and I adored seeing all of our dogs having fun and showing their little hearts out in the ring.

Saturday, January 3rd, 2026:

•Show 1 under Judge Mrs. Gayle M. Denman
- 🎖BOB, 🥈FSS Group 2

•Show 2 under Judge Ms. Paullet DeLong
-🎖BOB, 🥇Best in FSS/FSS Group 1 (2 Points earned!)

Sunday, January 4th, 2026:

•Show 1 under Judge Ms. Angela Stevanus
-🎖BOB, 🥇Best in FSS/FSS Group 1, 🏅Best in Open Show! (3 Points earned!)

•Show 2 under Judge Mr. Shawn Nichols
-🎖BOB, 🥇Best in FSS/FSS Group 1, 🏅Best in Open Show! (3 Points earned!)

Monday, January 5th, 2026:

•Show 1 under Judge Ms. Michelle T. Shultz
-🎖BOB, 🥇Best in FSS/FSS Group 1, 🏅Best in Open Show! (2 Points earned!)

•Show 2 under Judge Mrs. Frances Conner
-🎖BOB, 🥇Best in FSS/FSS Group 1, 🏅Best in Open Show! (2 Points earned!)

Sakura began this show weekend at 32/45 points towards her CM3. She earned 12, putting her at 44/45 points and is now just one point shy of her CM3!

I am so proud of this girl. She will be 5 in just 11 days, and she just keeps aging like a very fine wine!

Thank you to her breeder Yokota-san, Okazaki-san, and to her co-owner Akiyama no Roushya for giving me the opportunity to be head over heels for this lovely girl. I will forever be grateful Sakura is in my life! 🥰 The judges pretty much were all commenting on her lovely topline and headpiece, as well as having great angulation with great reach & drive!

🌸AKC MBIOS UKC MRBIS AKC/UKC Multi-Group Placing UCH UWP Katsuichime go Tomoe CM2 FDC CA DCAT RATI RATN CGC ATT TKI VHMA VSWB FITB LCC LCI VCX EXC "Sakura" 🌸

12/29/2025

I think it is important to talk about the Kishu Ken temperament and some of the misinformation I have seen recently.

Google AI is not accurate to the breed standard. Using Google AI as your research and knowledge about the breed is not a valid source of information.

-Kishu Ken are a primitive-esque or aboriginal spitz hound bred to hunt boar or deer.
>This is correct. However, they are also great companions.

-Kishu Ken are extremely high drive with high, unmanageable prey drive.
>While true Kishu Ken can be high energy, they are nothing comparable to a Belgian Malinois or another breed bred to have insane levels of energy and drive to work-work-work constantly. That would be unrealistic to expect in a Kishu Ken. Sure, there are some individuals that trend on a higher energy level, and yes, they have owners that are avid runners and run daily with them. This is not the majority of Kishu Ken. Most dogs in the breed would be happy to run-run-run given the opportunity, but vigorous activity is not the end-all-be-all. You should be doing more mental stimulation with a Kishu Ken than soley running them. Running miles and miles each and every day is fine and perfectly acceptable if you want a dog with high endurance to run daily with you! However, even trick training for just 5-20 minutes a day is acceptable, along with hiking occasionally and daily walks. They can be an excellent weekend warrior dog with a fairly innate off-switch while in the home. The breed can absolutely also have high prey drive, but this does not mean it is unmanageable. It is unmanageable if you do absolutely zero training with your dog. I also would not expect an adult Kishu Ken who has never lived with small animals or cats to innately be good with them. Dogs raised with small animals or cats and trained to respect those animals should absolutely be able to co-exist and be a safe housemate to them.

-Kishu Ken are bad with people and Kids.
>This is another false statement. The breed is given the nickname "Kiss-You Ken" for a reason, after all! Most Kishu are more than happy to give you kisses when you say hi and meet them. While the breed does range from aloof or indifferent to strangers to being totally outgoing with strangers, a good amount of Kishu Ken trend towards the latter of being outgoing. Aloof, indifferent or reserved does not mean the dog is aggressive with people, nor should they be aggressive with people. Kishu Ken who have not been raised around children can also be fabulous with them, and notoriously like to give their Kishu kisses.

-Kishu Ken are not biddable or handler oriented.
>Kishu Ken are actually quite biddable, as well as handler oriented. They love to learn new things with their handlers or people, and are even happy to work with total strangers! Now Kishu Ken are not going to be a Belgian Malinois as established earlier in this post. So while they are handler oriented and biddable, they are not IGP dogs that snap to the position or trick you ask of them mid-run.

•For reputable sources for more information about the breed:

-https://www.nihonken-hozonkai.or.jp/en/

- https://www.kishuclub.com/

11/28/2025

Happy 6th birthday 🎂 to Kaede 🍁 and his siblings Oisín, Teddy, and Sho from Akiyama no Roushya Litter 5 🫶🏻 I still cannot believe it has been 6 years since my sweet boy was born.

Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

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