This girl needs help. Reach out if you can help her
Found this beautiful girl at the local animal shelter, thought I would give her a shout out, in case anyone here is looking.
Took Santi camping & he did the best job protecting the campsite & chasing squirrels away 🐾
Hi all, I know this sub is obviously gonna love Akita's but I'm also hoping yall with be honest with me.
My partner and I are looking at getting another dog. We have an older female mixed breed who's very sweet and just wants to nap. We also have a male young Husky mix he LOVES other dogs but is very shy around new people but he just wants to play with other dogs all the time.
We've been looking for another Husky or Husky mix to bring to the family and there is a puppy we're interested in that is half Akita and half Husky/german shepherd. Obviously we have experience with "harder" breeds with huskies and I grew up with an Akita/Border collie mix who LOVED people but had some aggression issues with other dogs. We didn't let her around dogs and did very slow introductions when a family member brought in a new dog and they still had minor scuffles. She was overall a really great dog though.
We live in a tight knit community with adults a few children and a bunch of dogs. And folks often come over and help us by letting dogs out while we're at work. And neither of us have had experience with any people aggressive dogs. Our shy husky mix has growled at some people when he feels cornered but has never snapped or bitten and he normally tries to run away from strangers over anything else.
Basically I want to know if there's things I may not be thinking of with this puppy mix or if they may not be a good fit etc. if we'd be good a fit for them etc etc. or any advice and all that. Thanks for any input!
My beautiful Kira is a 10-year-old American Akita. She hasn't been eating for a couple of days, drinks way too much then regurgitates. I've also noticed abdominal bloating which I think is either fluid or a mass. I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow. I'm a surgeon and I feel so helpless because I've always been on top of her care her entire life but I can't seem to figure this one out. She's also having trouble getting up which is very concerning to me because she hasn't been vomiting and she's definitely not dehydrated. I guess what I wanna ask is, depending on how it goes tomorrow at the vet's, is 10 years a good old ripe age or should I insist on aggressive treatments? I feel my heart breaking just thinking about losing her.
Ella es Freya, hembra de akita americano de 2 meses, mi bebe 🫶🏽
When she looks at me like this 🥺
I bought her a new bed and she can't figure out how it works (see butt completely off the bed)
Breed experience is required but also needs to be the only dog. Hopefully there's a unicorn person out there that can scoop her up 💔
Heyyy everyone. I wanna give a little context first. I don’t have an Akita but owning one has been a dream since 5. I’m 18now and I’m going to collage and I want to spend my collage years part time learning to train dogs and wanna be certified. I want to be as ready as I can be to be a qualified Akita mom after I graduate and start working.
Unfortunately in my country service dogs are not legally permitted to own unless you have a severe physical disability. So even though I know I can’t get my dog certified I still want her to to be able to help me with my disorders and get trained. I’ve never seen a Akita as a service dog so I’m curious to know your opinions.
Also because there isn’t any official training here I will be the one doing the training myself with the training I will get before I get my dog.
I worded it a bit weird but I hope it makes sense.
Thanksssss!!!
Hi everyone. I'm looking into getting one of these puppies. The person who has them claims they are purebred Akitas (looks like they mean Japanese Akita Inu), but since they are so young, I’m having a hard time telling for sure.
They have the red/fawn coat with white markings on their face, paws, and chest. You can also see their tails curling over their backs while they eat. However, in the group picture, one of the puppies has a much darker, almost sesame-like coat with some black on the muzzle.
To the trained eyes out there: do these look like purebred Akita puppies, or do you see signs of a mix (maybe mixed with a Shiba or something else)? Are there any specific physical traits I should be looking for at this age?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Edit: I want to clarify that the owner of the parents sent me the photos; the puppy isn't even 45 days old yet. It must be about 20 days old because it won't be ready to be picked up until August 28. I'm clarifying this because I see a lot of people commenting that it's very small and must be sick.
They know the sounds of the the plastic bag being opened and will wake up from a dead sleep.
One if my biggest brags id say is how well my girl is at nail trims, how does everyone else's Akitas handle their nail trims and nail dremmels?
Hola ,conseguí un Akita Americano y no quisiera darle pienso sino cómida preparada por mi
Con sus experiencias en akitas que me recomiendan para poder cocinarle yo mismo