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  • Their temperaments are the same, but JA are more expressive in my experience. If they love you, if they’re scared or mad, they let you know. Generally really quiet dogs. Most of the time barking is a fear reaction for them. (I wasn’t there so I coul…
  • PS: I have no plans or desire to breed my pets. I do not believe that I am knowledgeable enough to produce a positive addition to my favourite breed.
  • Thank you so much @PoetikDragon for your help. I really can not over emphasise just how mellow my current male is, he really is the perfect dog (in my heavily biased opinion:) ), but nonetheless I do understand how you never really know how things w…
  • On a related note I also plan on adding a female Akita to my family in a year (when my boy is about 3). I live in Istanbul and there are no reputable breeders in the country but I would be able to travel anywhere in Europe. Any suggestions on Europe…
  • @treysmith417 thanks for the response bud. I've done a lot of the same stuff. He has a doggie bed in every room but he just prefers the hardwood floor. He'll spend some time in the beds too but I guess not enough time.
  • It's been a bit over a year since my guy (an AA) came home with me, and my best advice would be to meet as many Akitas as possible. Reading up on the breed helps but in my experience generalizing a breed is like generalizing a culture, sure some ste…
  • Wanted to revive this thread to ask about my guys coat blowing situation. He is 19 months old now and he hasn't had anything close to what an Akita blowing their coat looks like from what I've seen. Last year he started shedding more around April fo…
  • @teer912 I had the same issue with my American Akita when he was around 8 months. I got him late and he wasn't socialized properly so every new thing he saw was nerve racking to him. I don't know if how I approached it was correct, but it did work a…