About Us
" How It Happened ! " My encounter with the Japanese Spitz goes back to 1984. At that time the breed was totally unknown to dog breeders and fanciers in Italy and in most countries of Central and South Europe. Just a few articles and small books describing this dog were available from Scandinavia and England where the Japanese Spitz had been imported and bred since the early '70s. However, these documents did not tell much about the origins and early development of the breed in Japan.
When in 1983 I heard for the first time about the "mythic" Japanese Spitz and started to collect detailed information on this dog, I was particularly lucky as I already had contacts in Japan in connection with my profession. Two dear Japanese friends in particular gave their invaluable help for the approach to the new breed. They kindly satisfied my requests for information by providing all possible images and documents (with translations !) illustrating the Japanese Spitz and introduced me to the clubs of the breed in Japan.
This way I could establish very friendly and fruitful relations with Japanese top experts and fanciers of the breed who helped me enormously to achieve a clear view of this dog and its outstanding qualities. Eventually I was so struck and fascinated by these snow-white beauties that I took my decision at once: the Japanese Spitz would definitely be my breed for life !
Things evolved quite positively over the following months and it was really great emotion and joy, when in March 1985 I drove to Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and picked up the lovely pair of four month old puppies sent to me directly from Japan. They were the first examples of Japanese Spitz ever seen in Italy
Take-Maru of Yokohama Takada (dog)
Agree of Ồoka Hiyamisow (bitch)
However, as it often happens, a few months later happiness unfortunately turned to discomfort. Poor Agree, the female puppy, soon showed evidence of serious
sickness and
sadly died at only eight month old.
Post-mortem revealed that both kidneys of Agree were irreparably harmed by progressive interstitial nephritis which had brought to endocarditis and thence to heart failure as the final consequence. How such deadly nephritis had originated in so young a subject from Japan it could not be ascertained. It wasn't until 1987 that the pair of Japanese Spitz in Italy could be reconstituted by providing the survived male Take-Maru, a particularly fine example of the breed, with a new mate from Japan.
Fujiko of White Kodamasow (bitch)
Take-Maru and Fujiko produced their first litter in 1989 and another one in 1990. All the puppies born proved to be sound and top quality subjects.
In 1990 close and friendly cooperation started with "di Paranor" Kennels owned by Mrs. Luisella Cecchinato, who had previous experience as a breeder of Siberian Huskies. Luisella took two bitches from Fujiko's second litter and later she also became co-owner with me of a new male spitz.
Masamitsu of Yokohama
Murata (dog)
that I imported from Japan in 1992. She ensured JS breeding in Italy under her Kennel's name "di Paranor" using my imported lines whilst, due to very demanding job away from home, I personally could not look after breeding and take care of new litters for some years.
Final homecoming allowed me to regain some free time, which resulted in two new achievements
1) Publication in 1997 of the first complete manual of the Japanese Spitz ever appeared in Western World (see "The Book of the Breed" hereafter).
2) Importation in January 1998 of my fifth Japanese Spitz from Japan
A handsome boy with exceptionally sweet and loving nature, who since then lives at our home together with the girl which came to us from "di Paranor" Kennels in 1995
Beleriand di
Paranor (Masamitsu x
Sākura) (bitch) "Asa" and "Belle"
Many years have passed by now after the first Japanese Spitz entered our house and became part of the family, but passion and emotion for this breed are still the same as they were in the beginning. I enjoy seeing Japanese Spitz anytime and anywhere and it's also my special pleasure when I can meet the numerous friends from all over the world who share my own "holy fire" for this delightful dog.
The special interest in the Japanese Spitz and the continual passionate research on the breed during more than 20 years naturally brought to build step by step a lot of nice and stimulating contacts with people and associations devoting to this dog. This was particularly rewarding, and it is real pleasure, honour and pride today to be in friendly terms and to co-operate with JS clubs, breeders and fanciers of Japan, Australia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom and other countries in the world where the breed is appreciated.
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