AKITA REFLECTIONS DO YOU REMEMBER….? Bob Campbell’s kennel name?  Bob was one of the early breeders and certainly one who contributed greatly to the breed.  His kennel name was Okii Yubi Akitas and from that small kennel in Dawsonville GA came some of the greatest legends in the breed.  He is shown here awarding Best In Sweeps to Ch. E Oka’s Big Son’s Shadow.  (Ch. O’BJ Bigson of Sachmo x Ch. O’BJ Kye Kye of E oka) at the 1985 National Specialty in Tampa, FL.  Shad was an inbred Sachmo grandson that had just finished undefeated on the tough Florida circuit, breeder/owner/handled by Linda Henson.  No one could criticize Bob for putting up something down from his line for he had worked so many years to establish type that he was not about to overlook it!  This was a popular decision with ringside and exhibitors.  Bob Campbell was a gentleman of the old south, a high school teacher, and a superb athlete.  The Akita breed lost a monument when Bob was stuck by a car while cycling.close to his home.  Bob in 1983, breeder/owner/handling nine months old Ch. Vindicator No Okii Yubi to a big major from puppy class.  Vindicator is shown with his sire Ch. O’BJ BigSon Of Sachmo, ROMXP, breeder/owner/handled by Barbara "BJ" Andrews.  Vindicator’s dam was Ch. Okii Yubi Southern Belle, a daughter of Ch. Yukan No Okii Yubi, ROMPX.  Belle was a ¾ sister to the breed’s top producing dam Ch. Okii Yubi’s Dragon House Ko-Go, owned by the Andrews, who also made history with Ch. Okii Yubi’s Sachmo Of Makoto, the top sire of all Working breeds.  Bob linebred on the great Ch. Fukumoto’s Ashibaya Kuma, ROMPX and added his own special features of color, size, and bone.  Okii Yubi produced the #1 Sire, #1 Dam, and is behind most of the other top O’BJ producers.
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