AKITA BREED REVIEW 

What is the difference between American Akita's and Japanese Akita Inu? Are they both good guard dogs?

@@adviksandhu1943 the Akitas on this video are all American Akitas, by the way :)

Advik Sandhu Does this help?... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lS379RMDxxQ.html

@Stephania Pierce I wrote a longer reply to Advik explaining him some differences between the two, but for some reason it's not showing up. Then I added that second comment

@@luis1993santos I think I kind of got it. American Akita's are a little more bigger than Japanese ones. I kinda like the sturdy look of the American. Thanks for your efforts though. I do not know much on which one has better temperment and all that so which one do you think I should try getting?

yeah I agree...for some reason ive just never liked small / tiny dog breeds...they just come across as a bit of an annoyance...since they tend to be more more noisy and honestly...they cant do the working jobs such as protection and guarding a large dog breed can...plus the akita is one of the quietest dog breeds in the world so theres the added bonus

I get not wanting a small dog or a dog that's a completely different type than what you actually like, but there are plenty of dogs that are large and good for first-time owners. Some that come to mind are Labs, Goldens, Huskys, Boxer, Great Dane and the Bernese Mountain Dog. Now, I agree most people could probably handle a more difficult breed as a first time owner if they are prepared to study hard and put in the work, but if you feel you'd be just as happy with a similar but easier breed that's just a safer bet, IMO.

@John Smith Lol, labs are the most likely to push you over though. They have no sense of where their bodies start and end when they get riled up. But in all seriousness, yes, a Lab or a Golden would be a fairly safe bet. What's your favorite large breed for an inexperienced owner (apart from the ones already mentioned)?

@@emmamemma4162 see what I mean? Lol You come with a list of "easy first time" dogs and someone always comes around and says "not for first timers" the only dog in that list you gave that I haven't heard that cursed phrase are labs and goldens 😂

And unfortunately, much like our dogs, our lives are finite. So when one dog can already be a financial and social decision that alters so much of your lifestyle for 8-15 years...It doesn't really leave a whole lot of time to climb the "dog experience" ladder and it's honestly weird to think of dogs in that way. So people should just research, prepare as much as possible, and get the dog they want to be companions with cause life is too short

Very true blowing leaves on my walks are a nightmare 😂

Hello ... I am being offered a three year old american akita ... Do you think its too dangerous to take in as a adult ?

@@joshuacantu4352 Well im no Akita expert ...my female is my first one but they generally dont like strangers....I think you need to be around him a while to really see how his personality is and certainly if you have children introduce them carefully ...if after a few days around the akita you seem to trust the akita and the akita trusts you then you would know whats best ...hopefully someone more educated on akitas can answer your question bro...try reddit in the akita thread that should be extra helpful!

I would be a first time owner, but I've studied dogs for years and take decisive, but deeply mediated decisions. Would you expand on what a first time owner would need to do? I work in tech and will very busy in early stage tech company soon, but I love being active, what could make me be the best possible fit for an American Akita? I also don't live in a home with a yard, but fairly spacious apt.

@@jessemwakajumba9582 you can have an Akita in a large apartment granted you take your dog on a a daily walk 30 minutes a day and if possible 40 minutes on the weekends the reason reason it's possible Akitas are cat like very clean and easy to potty train and house break.. Socializtion is important having visitors of all ages to get your new Akita used to kids and people. Their guard dog instincts have Nell down methodically that past 25 years but socialization and some training is a must. As far as dog to dog aggression there are no guarantees socialization will work in the dog's lifetime they just don't put up with rough play or annoying dog's. These Japanese breeds of all sizes bark only on occasion and they don't growl typically and since their tails are curled you have to keep an eye on your Akita at all times to watch for the few signals they might give should they retaliate on another dog.

@@jessemwakajumba9582 Akitas need exercise. No yard is a very serious deficiency. I have had 3 and have a nice yard. They ran the fence line and wore a path exercising themselves. I would find a house with a yard. Dump the apt. It's not good for you or an Akita. An Akita is worth it

I agree but there were no Japanse akitas in this video these are American akitas

My favorite dog on looks alone is the Japanese Akita 😍

@Liam Van Ginkel I’m aware

@@vanessagonzalez7862 they are not suitable to average people.

@@dirozx shut up lol

I meant she was the best with our girls when they were growing up.

How old were your kids? And did the guarding instincts kick in naturally? My kids are 6 and 4

If you want a rotti get a German rot not American.

Same position I’m in.

It depends. I’d recommend a rottie if you want to do sports training. My Akita is obedient,Loyal,good with kids, good with dogs, protects the house, but the only thing is that he is too lazy for sports.

I agree with that, I wish people would actually do the research. My first dog was American akita, I did months of research when I decided to get that breed. They say they're not good for first time owners but I did good on raising him. He likes kids, he likes to say hi to some people mostly woman, but he does like his space. I did mess up on the animals though, so I dont take him off leash.

@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 if people would just do that it would make it so much easier to say yes they're wonderful. My boy only likes small dogs and he's a little iffy with some people but women tend to be all right. Other than that he's great.

@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Well said. I have two, as you can see on my channel. The female has been easier to socialize than my male, but he is getting better.

@@Godssillyestgoose My male is still a pup. 6 months old and a slim mid 80 lbs range. Gonna be a big boy. Sometimes he decides he doesn't like a particular dog. I'm still learning dog body language so I haven't pinned down the reasons yet that he decides to go off. Most dogs he ignores. Maybe 1 in 10 he shows interest in playing with. 1 in 15 he wants to kill. The rest he is aloof around.

No tosa fights are totally different they don't let the dogs bite each other the fight is like sumo wrestling

@@tobi-dn9th lol look at some tosa fights lol and they bite each other real good , you've got to be dumb as crap to think they fight but don't bite lol at least you've made me and all my mates laugh..the only difference from our rules and there rules is it's timed and it has to be quiet no growls or barks ect , totally silent if a dog barks it's disqualified

Akita - Not The Dog You Thought Most writers and fanciers in this breed claim the Akita's "ancient" background. One hears and reads that, as a breed, the Akita dates back four or five hundred years. Some sources even date the breed to the Bronze Age! There is tendency by fanciers in many pure breeds to fictionalise their breeds' histories so that they are more exciting, more ancient and, well, just "more". More often than not, hyperbole supersedes facts. Factually, this is a breed developed entirely within the 20th century. The term "breed" is an important distinction. Many in our breed hold the misconception that Akitas are (were) hunting dogs ("used to track and hold large game") and that the breeds' physical features, somehow, reflect that "original purpose". These two assertions are not factual. The real history of the modern Akita breed is much more fascinating than these simple myths. It is also more complex. Part of the myth (and much of the commonly told "history") of the "Ancient Akita" arises from the confusion of Akitas (by even the most tenured fanciers) with a "type" of dog which existed between the 17th & 19th centuries. This "type", loosely called the matagi (hunting) inu (dog), wasn't a "breed" in any sense, but a group of dogs bred not for a particular conformation or "look" but to perform a competitive task--hunting. While the demands of "tracking and holding large game" required dogs that looked and acted certain ways (large, fast, courageous, strong, etc.), each feudal breeder selected dogs that suited his eye rather than those fitting any formal standard--written or oral. Such standards simply did not exist. Matagi dogs were a "type" not a "breed". Some historians believe that "matagi dogs" persisted into the 20th century, but it is now consistently agreed to by Japanese breed scholars that such dogs were not purebred. Therefore, they were not Akitas. They were only one group of many hybridised dogs and other pure breeds that, together, make up the Akita breeds' family tree. A popular "sport" in Japan during the 1800's to early 1900's was competitive dog fighting. During this period, various mixtures of Mastiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Oriental Pariah Dogs and numerous other breeds and hybrid dogs (including a long-coated type of dog called Karafuto dogs) were bred and selected for one function over any standardised type: to be ferocious, strong, and, thereby, victorious in fighting pits. A small population of regional, naturally-selected dogs also figure prominently in the general "look" of modern Akitas. These were an early 20th century group of isolated dogs referred to as "Odate dogs" (named for the community in the Akita prefecture of the Northern island, Honshu, where they were found). Each represented variations on a general theme of "large Japanese dogs". Some had the erect, pitched ears and curled tails that are still part of all worldwide Akita standards today. They were not hunting dogs but village dogs. It is known that these dogs were not uniform in conformation and that they were not subjected to any standardisation, written or otherwise, until 1934. Prior to 1934 Odate dogs were not "purebred". No records of Odate dogs exist prior to 1870. Interestingly, Odate was known as "Dog Town" in the late 1880's and was the epicentre for competitive dog fighting in Japan. A Japanese publication, Akita, by the Japan Kennel Club, relates a "round table discussion" of Odate elders, reported in an article "Talking About the Dog Scene of the Dog Town Odate". It is this single "round-table" recount that is responsible for another frequently-repeated myth about Akitas: that they were "temple dogs". The elders discussed a specific Odate dog, Moku-Go, which was a long-coated pinto-marked dog of unknown lineage, which happened to have been raised in the Jououji Temple at Odate. Moku-Go was a fierce fighting dog of fabled strength and exaggerated size (35"+). Akita ancestors, except for Moku-Go, were never "temple dogs". Their ownership was never restricted to Japanese royalty. While Odate dogs are probably the most direct contributors to the modern Akita (likely far more closely related genetically than the "matagi dogs"), they were not Akitas. As natural Japanese dogs, they became rough blueprints for what would eventually come to be purebred Akitas. However, none of these early Japanese dogs, alone, evolved into the pure Akita breed.

Modern Akitas have No Natural Function or Purpose. They are Expressions of Art in Japanese animal breeding. To summarise: the Akita was not "originally" bred to hunt bears, deer or anything else (except other dogs, perhaps). That history, again, belongs to the impure, feudal "matagi dogs". Akitas were not "temple" dogs. The modern Akita, again, descends exclusively from large crossbreeds that existed in Japan at the turn of the century. In 1931, a few of these (only 9 or so original dogs) were selected not for pedigree (genotype) but only for physical characteristics (phenotype) and were designated "Akitas". These were the world's first Akitas, if not the first purebred Akitas. Since the early Japanese breeders were working with an enormously varied gene pool, several trends arose in Japan during which certain colours or marking patterns went in and out of fashion. During this developmental period, variations in body type and general body shape also occurred--each having dedicated followers. Two general pre-World War II types became somewhat fixed, although other "lines" also existed. These two predominant lines are generally referenced as the Dewa line and the Ichinoseki line. These were the lines that were popular in Japan during post-war occupation. Akitas predominantly of these lines that were brought home by U.S. servicemen. The Dewa Akitas were heavy-bodied dogs, often with loose skin (particularly under the neck). The Ichinoseki type had a more refined look, tighter skin, and, proportionately, more length of leg. Both lines contributed significantly to the American foundation gene pool. Upon acceptance by the AKC as a recognised breed, further importation of Japanese-born Akitas for registration in the United States was disallowed. For several decades, the Akita developed in America from a small gene pool of around 300 individual "American foundation" Akitas--isolated from their Japanese relatives. During these decades, the "American" Akitas' appearance deviated from the Japanese restoration goals, and, in this writer's opinion, from their own written standard. Instead, the breed was bent to the much different American cultural ideals. Bigger and "tougher" dogs became desirable. Type slowly eroded. Many type deviations also occurred and were "set" into the gene pool because of "fads" in the show ring and due to the influence of a single dominant stud dog during the "popularisation" and heavy marketing of Akitas that occurred during the 1970's & 1980's. Many breeders of Akitas in the US and abroad have failed to ever understand the original goals of Japanese breed restoration or, they have chosen to ignore them. They have therefore ended up with Akitas that often do not fit closely any Akita standard. Are there two breeds of Akita in the US? No, only one. A poll of the membership of the Akita Club of America, the Parent Breed Club, in July 1999 resulted in a significant majority vote to maintain one Akita breed in the US. In January, 2008, the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club made the following decision: Japanese Akitas Based on a Board request, Staff presented a report on the division of the Akita breed into two breeds based on type; the American type and the Japanese type. The Akita is registered as two different breeds (American type and Japanese type) in all major countries except the United States and Canada. Based upon input from the Akita Club of America, no action is to be taken at this time concerning the status of the breed in the United States. (Minutes January 12-13, 2006) In the meantime, Japanese breeders have been patiently and progressively achieving the goals of restoration while holding a tight lead on "breed type characteristics" so important to achieving a beautiful, artistic Akita. Art! If the Akita breed serves any true "purpose", it is as a mode of artistic expression. This "purpose" derives from and is in harmony with long-established Japanese cultural perspectives. Akitas, to the Japanese, are the canine equivalents to Koi carp, and their breeding is analogous to the art of horticultural bonsai. They exist to be artistic, yet to conform, again, to consistent historical and cultural ideals. That is how it is in the breed's native country, where consistent progress has been made toward the original goal of restoration -- the Akita as "natural art".

There is a longer video on this breed where the woman talks about it

Luis Del Pozo yes, I’ve seen that video, but I can’t find a website or anything with her name on it that’s still in operation

Sounds like your dog owns you

Why is that

@@waynepower766 You said most things are on the dogs terms. That's not how a dog/human relationship works and a dog should know that from the start. Letting a dog think things are on his terms is setting the dog up for failure and possible danger.

I mean like cuddle s stuff like that my dog does what a say but they are not like Velcro dogs they guard the come check your ok then go back to work I am a dog trainer 4 years military dogs 12 years police dogs now I train blind dogs so if you wish to meet we can film see who's dog wins like the vid I was pointing out they are not for most people get a life and stop trying to be clever . If you look on any akita web page you will see same thing so do people lower down on her ..to many fools get akitas and they end up in shelters I have no crayons or colouring books to teach you good day and good bye