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Whelped:
17December 2005
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Parents |
Grand Parents |
Great Grand parents |
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Archery
of Chanel Kamiya |
Alpharomeo
of Fujioka Song |
Chlodo
of Crowd Horse |
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Debut
of Garden Uehara |
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Ayu
of Sweet Milky Kiss |
Diet
of North Station Bar |
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Elementalour
JP's Joker Lady |
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New
Tokyo Kennel's Pop |
Beethoven
of Blue Sky Kennels |
Bacon
of Blue Sky Kennels |
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Breeze
of Blue Sky Kennels |
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Xanthe
of Riverside M. |
Alfred
of Watarase Garden |
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Aurora
of Watarase Garden |
Niko
came to us as a gift and surprise. We were not
looking to add another male to our family. I
received an email around the beginning of fall
2007. Initially I thought it was a scam email,
but instead of erasing this one I responded.
There was a gentleman and his family, originally
from Japan, living in the Maryland area and
planning to return to Japan. They were looking
to rehome their boy Niko, who had been with
them since 2 months of age. The Japanese Spitz
is already rare in the USA, but it is even more
difficult to get a direct import from Japan
with good sound lines and the beauty that Niko
has. I did some research, contacted several
breeders worldwide, including Marco in Italy.
He did the emailing of his contacts in Japan,
looked over the pedigree and the pictures and
gave me the go ahead. This is how Niko came
to our family in September of 2007. I was also
fortunate to have a friend that lived within
an hour of Niko, who was able to eyeball him
for me and arrange for his flight to San Francisco.
According
to our kids, Niko is 'the only real dog in this
house.' Niko is quite playful. The entire group
of dogs can be in the house and within a few
minutes will settle themselves in to sleep and
relax, not Niko. He comes up to get a pet, smells
around and starts throwing balls in the air
and chases them. He will do this until the lights
go out when he will finally settle in on my
side of the bed and sleep. He is also the first
one up in the morning, doing the same thing.
He is a sock monster! He loves to play with
socks. The other day I took him for a rather
long walk, when the other dogs were tired, Niko
was ready to play, he picked up a cup someone
had tossed on the side of the road and started
throwing it in the air as we walked and chased
it. This last for about 15 minutes.
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