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The Akita is a very special breed of dog to
us. After two years of research, our first dog was actually a
magnificent rescue Akita named "Shiro" - adopted from ARSA through Barbara
Bouyet in 1987. Over the next few years we bought two puppies from
the finest show dogs we could find, forming the foundation of "Hoka-Hey
Akitas". Our commitment ever
since has been to protect the breed, to educate people about the positive and
negative aspects of Akita ownership, and to breed only when we were
convinced we would be improving on already superior parents - without exploiting
them. Our determination not to exploit our dogs includes not breeding
females too often, too young, or too late in life. It means we don’t
breed a litter for money – we breed for ourselves – for our
next generation. We then carefully
place the littermates in loving, intensely screened, family homes.
Our breedings have consistently produced better dogs with each generation,
which to us is the only justification for breeding. From 16 litters
in over 18 years, we have produced two BIS Akitas, the top Akita in Europe, the
only bitch BIS Akita in Germany, many AKC, Canadian and European
championships, Best of Breed winners, Specialty winners, Group winners and
placers, ROMs and Obedience and even Agility titled dogs… and always
requiring hip (OFA Good or Excellent only) and eye clearances in all
breedings.
Come and meet some of the Hoka-Hey Akitas, and learn more about the breed
in general. If you have any questions we haven't covered, please
email us. We're happy you could visit and hope you enjoyed
yourself.
Please come again!
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