Post by JATO on Jan 27, 2012 21:41:56 GMT -8
I'm only two years from you. So leave a guy alone .
» NAME . Takeshi
» PRONUNCIATION . "Tah-Keh-Shi" Emphasis on "Shi"
» TEAM OR FERAL Plot Team (Wheel Dog)
» BREED . Sakhalin Husky (Karafuto Ken) X Greenland Dog
» APPEARANCE .
Takeshi, as you'd expect of a Greenland dog mix, is a simply massive, powerful and heavyset dog, probably not in comparison to the giant breeds but he's heavily muscled and pound for pound rivals even an American Pit Bull Terrier in terms of strength. Even with all that fur it's obvious that he's a powerful canine (and believe me, he's fluffy). Takeshi's obviously heavy boned, his limbs are very thick and solidly muscled, some may even find it difficult to get both hands fully around his arms.
Takeshi's coat is a dark wolfish grey in colour, just a few points off black, with a few white markings; mainly white face markings, two 'eye brow' spots, a bit on his chest, a few on his muzzle here and there and underneath his tail. This male is however predominantly dark grey. Takeshi's fur is very rough and built for snow, it's extremely dense and keeps him well insulated, double layered of course but long. Many have mistaken him for a long haired Akita Inu and really he does resemble one. Takeshi really only has a few distinguishing markings, two solid black eye hooks (the reason we know his coat isn't actually pure black) and a solid black sort of triangle between his shoulders, a trait common to Greenland dogs.
Of course, Takeshi is also part Sakhalin Husky. From both his parents, he has a long fluffy tail that curls neatly over his straight back, sometimes it does unfurl like a Greenland dog's to give him a very wolflike appearance but the Sakhalin in him makes it so that rarely happens. From the Sakhalin side, he earned intelligence and the classical Japanese 'spitz' type feel, he does admittedly resemble a black Akita Inu. His eyes are dark, small and his ears too are small and slightly tilted forward.
As mentioned before, he's pretty big, he's about sixty eight centimeters at the withers, give or take a millimeter or two. Overall, he's a rather handsome dog, though he would never admit it. His rock hard muscles, endless endurance and sheer power makes him the perfect wheel dog. One final note; he has a bit of a Japanese accent though he's beginning to lose it.
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Takeshi is a fairly confident male, very friendly and enthusiastic in all aspects of sledding and loves a good, long, rough and tumble playfight. He loves rough housing, he doesn't care about his appearance and getting muddy and dirty is absolutely fine with him (until the fun's over. Then he will spend hours nitpicking and getting his coat back in tip top shape, not that he really needs to, his fur is fairly weather proof). Takeshi is, as you'd expect of any Nordic dog, friendly to other dogs, as in non dog aggressive, and is rather gentlemanly and polite (although that changes when he's rough housing). He's polite and gentle, he watches what he says and doesn't hesitate to make friends with a newcomer. His lack of canine contact when he first started sledding is most likely why he tries so hard to be nice. Really, he just wants a friend.
When it comes to humans, Takeshi is nervous and jittery, he doesn't approach them with nearly as much enthusiasm and may growl or snarl out of fear. He never bites, but he certainly sounds like he would. It took a great deal of time and effort for Mr Brisyen to win him over, but effort not wasted, he now works because he wants to, not because he has to and his loyalty is undying. He's protective of his new master and wouldn't think twice about giving his life for him and his teammates.
When push comes to shove, Takeshi's bite is makes his booming bark look pathetic. Don't be fooled by his good nature, he has had fighting training and isn't afraid to use it, he grapples like a pro Tosa and although rarely is there any need to draw blood, he will. He prefers throwing his weight around instead of using his fangs but that doesn't mean he's not afraid to draw blood. Far from it, he loves fighting with a passion, it rivals his obsession with pulling.
» HISTORY .
I know what you're thinking, Takeshi's a bit of a strange mix. It couldn't possibly be accidental? Well obviously because it wasn't. Takeshi's first owner was a breeder Of the rare Sakhalin Husky, the only true Japanese sledding dog. She absolutely adored her dogs, especially her team's lead dog. Takeshi's mother. Her team consisted purely of Sakhalin Huskies and she loved her rare breed. The problem though was that they were too rare. She could never get in touch with suitable breeders or studs that were up to her standards. When she did though, she kept every pup for herself in training to run races. After awhile, it became apparent that her two wheel dogs were growing older. Most Sakhalins however are lightly built, finding another was hard enough but finding another heavily built Sakhalin Husky was near impossible.
One day, a good racing friend of her's brought over her champion male. He was a breeder of Greenland Dogs and this particular dog served dual purposes of Wheel and Lead dog. While Takeshi's owner originally intended to breed his mother to a nice Alaskan Malamute stud, she simply adored this strong looking Greenland Dog and jumped at the chance. And when Takeshi's mother fell head over heels in love with the male, it only encouraged her further to breed them.
When the Takeshi was born, he was the only dog in his litter. It quite baffled his breeder, since both parents had a good record of large litters and even then it was rare for both breeds to have a single pup. Nevertheless, his breeder was counting on good genes and hybrid vigour to make Takeshi a good strong Wheel dog. However, being just a pup he was nit yet old enough to race. As soon as he was weaned, his mother was back racing.
Since his muscles weren't quite done developing, the only sled training he had was getting used to wearing a harness. Since his owner and her Karafuto Ken team were rarely home, Takeshi spent all day with his owner's father's house. Oh, and her father just so happened to be a Tosa dog trainer. He spent all his childhood here, training at the dojo to fight and getting looked after by his 'Grandma', a retired champion Tosa Inu. Takeshi loved brawling with the young dogs, he rarely won but he learnt to fight nonetheless, and they went easy on the boisterous pup since he was much smaller than them (besides, if they so much as hurt him, they'd have to deal with Grandma Chihiro).
At a year old, Takeshi truly began his training. Rather than sledding, he was trained in weight pull to strengthen up his muscles and endurance. Takeshi was a natural, he simply adored the sport and pulled with all his might as soon as the studded red harness was put on. He excelled in the sport to the point that he could pull cars and vans with relative ease, many ropes would snap and more than once he bent poles or bars he was tied to. His breeder gave up tying him up and trusted him when roaming free.
He was roaming free when he took his first trip to the arctic to train for his first race. He wandered around close to the lodge they were staying at. But that didn't stop him getting noticed by a bunch of men. Ge was too absorbed by the new sights and smells around him to see them sneak up behind him with the muzzle and bat, and only noticed when the sharp pain hit the back of his head before blacking out. Takeshi was sold off to an amateur team to a strict man he was afraid to use a club on a dog. He didn't bother treating his working dogs with 'affection' or 'kindness'. And Takeshi being only a year and a half still had the mind of a pup. Everytime his master beat him, he didn't understand why and sure enough grew fearful of men. Lonely and hurt, the Sakhalin, Greenland mix tried to befriend his fellow teammates. There was just one problem though, the language barrier. He tried talking to them, but they didn't understand him, so they ignored him.
Over the next year or so, he stayed quiet and tried to do his job. He picked up English from the other dogs but over time, just about forgot the language he grew up with. It's unlikely he'd ever lose the accent though. The constant beatings were most likely affecting his mind. During one training session, he grew so fearful he refused to move from his spot in the snow as the blows grew more severe. He simply lay down and refused to move, telling himself that in a few short moments he'd be back home and he'd never have to suffer again. As he prepared himself for the next blow, there was a ling pause before he dared to open his eyes. He saw a strange man holding back his master and offering money in exchange for Takeshi's life. His master agreed, seeing it as a quick way to get rid of a now useless mutt. The stranger picked up the body of the Wheel dog, blood dripping his mouth and nose as he curled up closer to the warm body of the man.
Mr Brisyen nursed the dog back to health. At first, Takeshi was wary, he didn't allow any others to approach and refused to have a harness put on him. He remained back home, watching as everyday the team left to run errands and whatnot. He was surprised that most were fairly friendly. Eventually, Mr Brisyen won his trust and he was back to pulling, one of the few things in the world he loved. He grew close to his new master, constantly seeking his companionship. His death was a huge blow to him, he still hasn't quite overcome the shock.
» OTHER .Takeshi still has a bit of a Japanese accent but is beginning to lose it. He is not a fan of wolves and wolfdogs. His old team had a group of wolf hybrids who loved to boast about their superiority and how they were half wolf, an animal apparently better than dogs at everything. They would constantly harass Takeshi about his accent and how his humans tried to make him look like a wolf when he didn't have any wolf blood in him.
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