It's official! We're expecting puppies on April 1st! 5 puppies were confirmed via ultrasound on Wednesday, February 22nd. 

I am still accepting applications for this litter as some of the homes I have are conditional (dependent on certain puppy preferences), so if you are interested in Kishu and/or this litter, please submit a puppy application or email me through akiyama@kishu-ken.org

4 dogs, 2 humans, and 1 beat-up old Jeep went on a 2200 mile adventure from Portland to San Diego and back. We also stopped at a dog show along the way, where Fionna won BOB in the first show and our littlest sir won BOB in the second show! Unprecedented, but Nami was freshly dumping all of her coat and had a bit of a scar under her eye from a scrap with Cuchulainn earlier in the month. But it was time for the young Kishu to shine!

They (and us humans) couldn't wait to get out of LA by the end of it, though, to get where Kishu belong: the mountains! We had a nice time camping and headed back up to Portland. There were a few shenanigans along the way... but nothing worth really blogging about.