The Kai Ken is a medium-sized and rare dog known for their athletic, muscular build and mix of German shepherd and wolf-like features. This well-loved and highly regarded animal, sometimes referred to ...

The origins of today’s Japanese dog breeds can be traced back thousands of years. After millennia of crossbreeding and fine-tuning, it is widely accepted that there are just six breeds native to Japan ...

Bronte arrived at ARK this past March. A Kai ken breed, he was rescued from a hoarding situation where he had been living in squalid conditions with 11 other dogs. At 3 years old, Bronte is still very ...

Americans love their dogs, but sadly, we don’t have a national dog breed. Japan, on the other hand, has six. Called the “Nihon Ken,” or Japan’s dogs, these indigenous pups—the Shiba Inu, the Akita, ...