Any AKita owners?

[karen01]

We have an American Akita called Storm she is 6 months old, black and white. She is extermely playful with DH and DD (8 yrs) but really gentle with DS (10 months) and myself.

I just wondered if there were any other Akita owners on here.

[KatieHaslam22]

Hiya not sure if this discussion is still going but I thought I would add that I have an Akita husky cross and she LOVES all children! I have a 2 year old daughter and they are literally best friends, and I have had a large number of my friends children playing at my house all at the same time, which was quite chaotic and my dog was in her element with them all playing with her. While I would never leave her on her own with children (mainly due to horror attacks on children in the news) I do trust her around children even very young babies (again would never leave alone) and honestly believe she would never harm a child on purpose. I can even let my 2 year old give her treats and she will be so gentle when she receives them. I accidentally left my Akita/husky dog alone with my guinea pig once too( guinea pig was loose) and came back in to the dog gently licking the little piggy. While I wouldn't recommend this and it happen accidentally the guinea pig didn't appear scared as they interact through the cage daily and 'play' by running side to side with each other (guinea does have an enclosed are he can escape to if he didn't want to interact) I believe that as long as an Akita has been trained correctly and brought up in a firm but nurturing environment and has early exposure and experience with playing children and other animals there is no need to be concerned, depending on your dog. As I am sure you are aware every dog is different and mine just happens to be the Akita/husky version of nana off Peter Pan. I also believe that teaching a child how to behave around an animal is a massive factor as I know a shar pei dog that was totally fine around children until one that wasn't educated on correct behaviour with pets grabbed and pulled and chased her around making her wary with children now.

[slug]

Japanese, and I have to say they are the nicest dogs I've ever known. She's had Akitas for years, and apart from a worring tendency to be a bit stupid around traffic, they've always been the most adorable of pets. The sluglet used to ride on the back of her male dog when she was little.

[karen01]

Sorry Slug also ment to ask which type does your bf have.

[karen01]

JInx, which type of Akita do you have the American or the Japenese.

I know what you mean about moulting Storm is at the moment and as soon as she goae ontot he carpet we need to vacuum as all you can see is clumps of white and black fur. Bless her.

[slug]

My bf has two. Known and loved by the sluglet as the 'giant doggies'. They are extraordinarily tolerant of the small thing and have learnt that, when she comes to visit, that if they sit quietly at her feet she will feed them the scraps from her plate.

[jinx]

One other thing, anyone thinking of getting an Akita make sure you have a good vaccum cleaner- when they moult boy do they moult!!!!
I think my dogs halved in size over the last 2 weeks {smile]

[jinx]

Hi
We have an Akita who will be 3 on Thursday 21st April. I am due to have a Csection on the 20th so will have a new baby and a 21 yr old(in doggie years) Akita- Joy
We really looked into the breed before we got her as were worried about the bad press they seem to get and didnt want a problem dog when we knew we wanted kids eventually. Kia our Akita is nothing like anything we read or were warned about. She is really a softie but yes is large and alot of people back away from here when they dont know her. We have a labradour aswell who is younger and our Akita mothers her like she is her own pup. They cuddle together and wash each other all the time. The Akita is very protective towards my husband and I but is fab with babies and children. She seems to know they are smaller and can get hurt so is very soft with them and puts her head down when they stroke her so they dont catch her mouth.
We have been warned they can be very, very protective towards your own children but I cannot imagine Kia ever hurting anyone at all. She does bark but only when there is a reason like a stranger outside the house ( although the postie has not become her friend yet)

[karen01]

Bloody hell I didn't realise that. We have sectioned of a 10meterby 6meter run dfor the dog with er kennel in it. This is all 6 foot fencing. But she onlly uses it at night time and if we are out . The rest of the time she has the whole garden and the house. Round the garden the fence is just waist/boob heightish. She puts her paws right over but hasn't attempted to jump. Apparantley Akitas don't jump, however she has jumped our stairgate to get out of the kitchen one night.

[Mothernature]

Such Cuties, you can see their heritge though very 'Forstals' mine is from Rajarani blood line

[huskygirl]

the 2 wolf grey are now 2 and a half, the red is just 2. some of the photo's were when they were younger though

[Mothernature]

Huskygirl it's still not working - karen01 they are escape artist to the extreeme.

[karen01]

Huskygirl they are gorgeous too, are they quite young, and all the same age.

[huskygirl]

oh yes, huskies can jump 6 ft!!

[huskygirl]

username huskygirl (sorry i'm crap at this!!)

[karen01]

MN- why does the dog have to be on the lead in the Garden, are they good jumpers then.

[huskygirl]

here

[huskygirl]

\link{http://photobucket.com\here hopefully thats worked. These are our 3 huskies. The read only password is aleska.

[Mothernature]

Just to inform those of you who think you can let sibes off the lead, you can't, he was only 'off lead' when on this beach, this one was secure, he is never off lead anywhere else not even in the garden.

[huskygirl]

thanks karen01 i'll try it now. We never let our off the lead either, we are too scared that they'd run off and never come back, that and they completely need training anyway

[karen01]

mothernature your Husky is gorgeous, I can't imagine Storm ever lying like that next to us on a beach with out a lead !!.

Huskygirl if you go to photobucket .com and open an account you will be able trf photos from you kodac file into it and you can do just a read only access as I have in there would love to see your dogs.

Will be taking some more of Storm soon as she has grown, she is molting at the mo so looks really scruffy bless her.

[huskygirl]

Karen01 and mothernature your Akita and Husky are beautiful!! I would like to put a picture on here of our 3 huskies but have no idea how to even begin, our photo's are digital ones but not on a website, just in kodak pictures folder on the pc. Anyway congratulations they are both scrummy

[Mothernature]

Karen01, thanks for the photo I wanna hug her she's sooooo cuddly, heres mine

[karen01]

Thanks Jodee, this is what happened to miy account in Jan. will make it read only. Thanks for the advice.

[jodee]

Hi karen, he is lovely!

Just a thought, is that a read-only password for Photobucket? If not, just to warn you there was a problem back in Jan when lots of people were posting links and passwords to pics, someone was messing with the accounts, deleting photos, changing passwords etc.

[karen01]

If you need the password it is orange