By Hakumichi - Own work, Public Domain
We had a Japanese Spitz when we lived over there. 8>)
“Hollywood actor Richard Gere, French film star Alain Delon and Russia’s figure skating sensation Alina Zagitova have one thing in common”
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They are 3 people who’ve never been in my kitchen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfjBqNS8E7k
Yes, they require a very firm hand.
Those little pups are cute little plump fuzzballs.
Akitas are “alpha” dogs...They do not get along well with other dogs of the same gender...While loyal and somewhat affectionate to family children, they do not do well with strange kids...
They are best suited for “one dog” families and older children...
I knew a guy who had one. He said it was like living with a psychotic model.
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We had a Japanese Spitz when we lived over there. 8>)
When a breed becomes popular because of a movie, that tends to lead to a lot of dogs’ being abandoned or turned over to rescue groups. Get a plush toy, people. It’s not fair to a live animal to be put in an environment for which it is not well adapted.
Ha hi: A Dog’s Tale has got to be the saddest movie I have ever seen. I imagine the movie has a lot to do with the breeds’s popularity.
Akitas are beautiful but can be very temperamental and aggressive with strangers.
I’ve had 3 Akitas and enjoyed them immeasurably. You have to keep them on a tight leash though, or in a stout fence or they may shred another dog of the same sex and kill your cat. The one male was a cat killer, the females endured the cats playfully.
They are great dogs as long as you don’t have other dogs or cats. They are friendly to people unfriendly to other animals.
The Shiba Inu and Japanese Chin breeds are cute too. I thought that Hachi of Richard Gere movie fame was a Shiba Inu, but the story says he was an Akita.
Akitas are beautiful, majestic dogs. I have heard they dont guard bark though. They just wait until strangers are in range and then bite without warning. No clue if this is true. Akita puppies probably need tons of socialization.
A Dogs Story was a great movie, but it is baffling why they modernized it. Why couldn’t they just tell the original story straight. Are they afraid we could not relate to an old Japanese man instead of a younger white man? Maybe they lacked the money to mimick 1920s Japan? I for one would have appreciated the authentic story, not a modern western version. A universal story like this does not need tobe westernized.
btt