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The only reason I would ever worry about constant shedding in an Akita is if the shedding leads to hair loss (alopecia). http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/navc/2005/SAE/100.pdf?LA=1
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http://www.akita-inu.com/japanese-akita-owner-resources/new-ja-owner-check-list/food-treats-supplements/
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Awww she is gorgeous!!
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I have two JA, both get itchy, but the root cause and treatments couldn't be more different. My girl dog developed food allergies when she was about 2, she would lick and chew her legs and had yeast infection in the ears a couple of times, plus of…
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My 1.5 year old intact JA boy started marking when he was about 6 months old. His indoor marking behavior breaks down as: - when visiting new places such as new pet stores, hotels, friend's place (he grew out of this one now), or - out of frustrati…
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As PoetikDragon states, SA and VKH are autoimmune, and from my understanding are more prevalent in the Akita than other breed's of dog, ie- 80% of dogs diagnosed with VKH or UDS-Like syndrome are Akitas. . Hi there, I live in California (as do Poet…
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There might be tidbits of info here for your reference and peace of mind. Even though the article was written for JA owners, I had a shiba in the past http://www.akita-inu.com/japanese-akita-owner-resources/raising-ja-puppy/bite-inhibition/
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Play styles can change: Pups that are teething do wrestling/gnawing play much more than after the adult teeth come in.
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Until I get an answer, I can say the purpose of the test is to choose breeding partners that give the best chance of an efficient immune system. As an AKIHO member I will only be breeding to AKIHO member owned JA. AA and tweenies are outside the t…
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. But I been thinking over the last few weeks that I still have time to rehome him and get an AKIHO puppy. You might be able to rehome the puppy, but... 1.Based on the attitude that you are entitled to change your mind and rehome a puppy withou…
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So when is "he" showing up? :-)
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We added a female JA puppy to our home when our dog aggressive male shiba was 11 years old. For us the key success criteria was knowing our shiba doesn't care for other dog's company, we picked the most submissive puppy from the litter of JA. I'd be…
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We have a shiba and a JA, and Farmers in California
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I get the bordatella vaccine for my now ~13-year-old shiba and 20-month-old JA b/c both the daycare and the groomer's business requires them. We're lucky both our fur kids have stayed healthy on this regime.
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Dislike. My allergies have been better since the recent storms but am very sorry to hear Oskar's cough worsened. I hope he gets well soon.
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Oh, my JA puppy also peed and poo'd in the crate/ex-pen too but only when she was locked up and distressed from being left alone. We weren't able to crate train her for that reason. These days (she's 20 months old now) she loves her crate though we …
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My neutered, near 13-year-old shiba male has issues w/ intact dogs. Never mind that he used to be dog aggressive, he's semi-blind and deaf now, but intact dogs trigger strange behavior in the old one. If we're anywhere near the intact silver lab in …
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Shibas are most def easier to house break than JA. Have you gotten him checked out by a vet to rule out anything medical (UTI?) that could be causing the frequent urination?
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@saya, This thread http://www.nihonken.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/155430/ from Dec 2012 covered similar info on what I feed It actually made me sad re-reading the old posts. Our older shiba was offered some of the Xcaliber grind this…