The
Official Saku and Yuki Page
"Saku" Onzuka
Vital
Statistics:
Born: |
August 7, 2002 |
Acquired: |
October 13, 2002 |
Gender: |
Male |
Breed: |
Japanese Spitz
(Maxes out at 20-25 lbs) |
Weight: |
Presently
6 lbs (10/21/02) |
Proud Parents: |
Mike and
Lisa Onzuka |
Short term
goals: |
Doing his
"business" on his pee pee pad and sleeping in after
6:00 am. |
We wanted to name him something
Japanese since he is supposed to be a Japanese Spitz and two
syllables because dogs are supposed to be more receptive to a
two syllable name. I suggested Di Nooch because for all we know
we could have been tricked and bought a Italian Spitz. We settled
on "Saku."
Saku is named
after the famous Japanese fighter Kazushi Sakuraba who is the
only man in history to beat four Gracies. Saku also means flower,
but there is no way that I would name my dog flower.
Here's some
photos to take a look at. More coming soon when he sits still.
It took me about 3 hours to take these. As you can see, I had
to have Lisa hold him down for one of the pics.
All photos
taken 10/14/02
This
is the original Kazushi Sakuraba whom "Saku" is named
after.
The newest member
of the Onzuka household...
"Yuki"
Onzuka
Vital Statistics:
Born: |
July 14, 2003 |
Acquired: |
September 1,
2003 |
Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Japanese Spitz
(Maxes out at 20-25 lbs) |
Weight: |
Presently
3.5 lbs (8/31/03) |
Proud Parents: |
Mike and
Lisa Onzuka |
Short term
goals: |
Finding
her food and water and taking care of business on the paper by
herself. Also, stop chasing big brother. |
Lisa, maybe
in her pre-birth fit of hormones, wanted to get another dog to
keep Saku company because he is basically eating all drywall
and cabinets in sight. Her Aunt called us and asked if we knew
anyone who wanted a Japanese Spitz. That clinched it so we called
the family, who already had 7 Spitz's, and also the 7 weeks old
puppy was a girl. It was perfect timing to take the dog home
so we went to check out the dog and she was pretty mellow. Saku
rarely barks and we wanted to get the new puppy home before she
started any bad habits. We agreed to the price and took Yuki
home to meet her big brother. They hit it off and the rest is
history. After only one day, Yuki chases around Saku and rules
the house.
I named Yuki
after Yuki Nakai, the former welterweight Shooto Champ and friend,
who I had the honor of fighting in the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu
Championships in 1998 (I think) as a purple belt. I lost a 2-2
decision and now he is a killer black belt and I am still a scrub
brown. It was cool to fight him so I hope he does not get insulted
that we named our girl dog after him. Lisa liked the name Yuki
because it means snow which she is white as snow (insert pun
here) and we got to keep with the Japanese name tradition.
Here are some
pictures that we shot in Yuki's first day home on August 31,
2003.
Here's
a picture of the real Yuki Nakai whom "Yuki" is named
after.
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