Noah saw the thread header and didn't realise this was the nihon ken forum, haha. "Fantastic White Male"... sounds like a personal ad. Oh yeah, then I opened it and only showed him the top half of the picture. Fantastic!
Heidi - That's hilarious. I had a similar thought when I first saw the thread too... then I saw that due and it almost looks like h is giving a "thumbs up"... it made me LOL.
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I dunno, maybe I have been looking at CO too much, but my only comment about this dog is that I would love to see a bit more bone. Really tho, I am nit picking, it's a gorgeous white Akita for sure!
Brad A-I just sort of thought in the first pic he just had that look, where all the typical features you expect to see in a Japanese dog sort of pop out from the page.
Ok, so define "a lot of Type". It isn't clear to me.
So would he be considered a mature male at this point? At what age can one expect full maturity in "type" for the JA breed?
Um, Fuji is a good example of a JA that has not very much "type". Her ears are larger and not positioned well, her head is not as full. Fuji is a very pretty Akita, but not the best example of a JA (Akita Inu).
Lani is an example of a JA that has a good amount of "type", but still not as much as this male. So you could say Lani has nice "type", while this white male has a lot of "type".
I have heard that the "mature show age" of a male Akita is 5 years. That is when most any male Akita will be 100% done growing and filling out.
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He's a very nice dog, btw.
Heidi - That's hilarious. I had a similar thought when I first saw the thread too... then I saw that due and it almost looks like h is giving a "thumbs up"... it made me LOL.
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I dunno, maybe I have been looking at CO too much, but my only comment about this dog is that I would love to see a bit more bone. Really tho, I am nit picking, it's a gorgeous white Akita for sure!
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LOL at Heidi
"Fantastico!"
Handsome dog.
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Brad A-I just sort of thought in the first pic he just had that look, where all the typical features you expect to see in a Japanese dog sort of pop out from the page.
Ok, so define "a lot of Type". It isn't clear to me.
So would he be considered a mature male at this point? At what age can one expect full maturity in "type" for the JA breed?
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Lani is an example of a JA that has a good amount of "type", but still not as much as this male. So you could say Lani has nice "type", while this white male has a lot of "type".
I have heard that the "mature show age" of a male Akita is 5 years. That is when most any male Akita will be 100% done growing and filling out.
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in particular that there isn't many good white akitas :/ I think that white color is the rarer one. isnt it?