Top Dog UK Rare Breeds 2008 + 2009 ...... Akitas-Tsoyu kennel was formed in 2008 to specialise in the development of the Japanese Akita Inu. Our mission is to be recognised worldwide for the consistent quality, character and success of the dogs we breed
Maureen Thompson + Peter Chapman
Our interest in the Japanese Akita Inu has been maintained from the beginning of our involvement with Akitas in 1985. Always believing in two totally seperate breeds we have campaigned diligently to achieve that objective and are proud to be pioneers in achieving recognition for the breed by The Kennel Club in the UK on the 1st January 2006. We are both founder members and serving officers of the first breed club recognised in the UK.
We established our own breeding kennel under the Kitado affix to pursue our interest in the Dobermann and American Akita in the UK. With over 30 years experience of breeding, training and showing we have success in all areas. Our dogs consistently prove their worth at all levels both in beauty and obedience rings. Producing Championship show winning stock that is sound in body and mind. The Kitado kennel is privileged in attaining accredited breeder status, awarded by The Kennel Club since 2004.
Maureen is a Kennel Club approved championship show judge for Dobermann and American Akitas; is judging most breeds in the Working, Pastoral and Utility groups and a breed specialist judge of Akita Inu.
Working with our good friends Cherry + Alan Wilkinson we combined all our resources and formed a partnership to select and import the finest bloodlines we could afford. Our united approach and intention is to provide an excellent foundation on which to develop our interest in the breed in the UK.
Cherry + Alan wilkinson
As a newly married couple in 1980, Alan and I made a decision that as soon as the time was right, we would establish a breeding kennel for dogs, with an emphasis on exhibition in the United Kingdom. The Kintoki kennel was born in 1986 and we have bred and exhibited our Akitas and Japanese Shiba Inu with moderate success. Our mission in both breeds is 'Quality First'.
We have always admired the Japanese Akita Inu which was exhibited in the UK alongside its larger cousin, the Akita. With Gerald and Kath Mitchell and Karyn Fowkes-Hallam we made a concious decision in 2000, as the only remaining members of the Japanese Akita Club of Great Britain, to lobby for the division of the two breeds. We worked tirelessly for the establishment of the Japanese Akita Inu in the UK and were delighted when the Kennel Club gave the breed recognition in its own right. We continue to work as officers of the now established breed club.
With our friends, Maureen Thompson and Peter Chapman we decided that we should buy our first Japanese Akita Inu. This decision was not made lightly and we explored several areas before deciding on our first purchase. This was followed by our second purchase which has equipped our kennel with our hopes for the future.
The TSOYU kennel now exhibits in the UK (the dogs handled by Maureen and occasionally by Sophie Ellis, our granddaughter). Contact may be made by the usual channels and as displayed on this website. Our mission continues to be 'Quality First'.
