| Hey DL
In sports terms those initials mean on the disabled list! Like I was during our recent show.
I didn't breed my kujaku female this year. But when I do it will be to a kujaku male. Going back to the source is like starting over. By the time a line is bred 10X's it's breeding is pretty pure. I have noticed this trend in thinking over the years on the various boards. the majority of breeders breed true to true. one exception is beni kumonryu.
You probably know how douitsu got it's name, since your a lover of them but for others it came about this way. When the Jpanese koi farmers became away of the mirror scaled german carp and were interested in breeding them into their scaled versions, they asked their german hosts the name of the carp. Naturally they said german in their own tonque "deutch". This was bravely attempted to be pronounced at "douitsu" by the japanese and now it's stuck. So the world replicates
the mispronunciation as proper. Kinda funny really.
BUT...no matter what you call em', a good douitsu is a thing of beauty. Ever seen a great douitsu kujacku, DL ? |