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.