Is An Akita Inu The Right Dog For You?
The Akita, or Akita Inu hails from the Akita region of Japan where they breed has been revered for centuries. Throughout history they’ve been used as flood dogs, fighting dogs and for hunting deer and bear but today many people keep them as loving companions. Introduced to the United States in 1937 by Helen Keller the Akita Inu became even more popular after World War II when many American servicemen brought them back.
A member of the American Kennel Club working group, the Akita Inu was admitted to the AKC in 1972. It is a spitz type dog with the car and a triangular shaped head who weighs in at between 75 and 120 pounds. This dog has a powerful strong build with a deep, broad chest and level back. His ears stand erect on his head and he has dark brown eyes and a black or brown nose. The tail is carried high over the back. The Akita is a great swimmer due to his webbed feet. This dog has a double coat made up of a thick insulated undercoat and a waterproof outer coat and comes in white, red, sesame or brindle.
The Akita Inu is very affectionate with his family and while docile and home, can be aggressive towards other animals when he is outdoors being taken for walk. He is intelligent and fearless – a dog faithful to his family that craves companionship. This dog can be willful, however, so training will require patience as well as diversity since he can also become bored easily.
Like many purebred dogs the Akita does have some health issues that he is prone to. Hypothyroid and autoimmune thyroiditis can come up in this breed as can hip dysphasia. They can also suffer from terrible skin problems in immune diseases such as VKH. They can also have problems with their knees and our eyes.
Although they are a large dog, the Akita Inu can adapt well to apartment life as long as he gets sufficient exercise. In fact, a moderate amount of exercise is all this dog needs to keep in shape than happy.
This dog does not have any excessive grooming considerations, however the thick coat does shed heavily twice a year. They should be brushed with a firm bristle brush as often as needed and, of course, daily when shedding. Do not bathe your Akita unless it is necessary as giving him a bath will cause the natural waterproofing on their coat to be disrupted.
Lee Dobbins
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My German Shepherd is in heat right now and my Akita has tied with her what can I expect in the next few weeks
They have tied twice a day for the last week. She went into heat exactly a week ago how long will it be untll she comes out of heat? What exactly can I expect in the next few weeks if she is pregnant?
Not in a few weeks, but get ready for some puppies….
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there will probably be a litter of mixed breeds in a spell. this is why spay and neuter is so important…
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Gerkita puppies! And lots of them……
Hopefully it will be longer than a couple of weeks before you see them.
Talk to you again soon, probably around labor/delivery time. I’ll look for your "OMIGODIDUNNOWHATTODOAREMYPUPPIESGOINGTODIE?!?!?!?!?!?" post.
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A great dog.
I have a German Shepard, Akita, and Golden Retriever mix, and it is the best dog I have ever had.
Enjoy
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U r def having puppies!!!!I would take from day 2 or 3 of them tying…and count 62 days…mark it on the calender and u should have pups!!keep an eye out its not always an exact science….she probably wont look preg for the first 40 days…but her appetite might grow…she should be just about done with the breeding part, and when she does go in to labor, keep the male off her, he may try again as she will be raging with hormones and yes she can get preg after birthing but ids not good for her at all!!!.hope this was a planned pregnancy and u r prepared to find good homes for everyone!!!!
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Oh great. It’s like we never have mutts overpopulated issues. What you are going to expect in the next couple weeks is your GSD is going to get spayed and your Akita is going to get neutered. Stop backyard breeding and be a responsible dog owner.
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- From the first day it will take up to 13 to 15 days for the heat cycle to complete.
- If your Akita has tied at the appropriate time of ovulation then only the possibility of pregnancy is more.
- Delivery normally happens on the 62nd day (+/- 5 days) from the tie.
- Better to consult a Vet to avoid pregnancy as the cross breading leads to complications.
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Past experience
Don’t bother finding out – get her to the vet to start a 3-injection abortion course.
Then, a month or so after she finishes her heat, have her neutered. See http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs.....InDogs.pdf
for the benefits & consequences.
As you didn’t know anything about heat-length & gestation, it is obvious that you didn’t buy a breeding-quality b.itch and have not been out getting show-gradings to prove her breed-worthy. Betcha you haven’t had her hips & elbows xrayed & certified as low risk. You probably haven’t even put her through a character test such as CGC or, better, BH.
And even if you had, not only is her swain NOT of the same breed (and so what you get will be very unpredictable as to temperament and various other factors), but betcha HE has none of those various certificates either.
If you are stupid enough to let her have those pups, they will be of low value except to suckers who think that cross-breeding is clever.
Odds are that this is her very first season, and so she is in the age range 6-9 months, which means she is the equivalent of an 8-to-11 years old girl having a baby – it won’t do any GOOD for her own development, she will probably have insufficient spare resources to do a good job of feeding the embryos and whelps, and just imagine what sort of job an 8-to-11 years old girl will make of rearing a baby!
Responsible GSD breeders don’t mate their bitches younger than 22 months old (18 months is the very youngest they can be entered in a Breed Survey – but I’ll bet that you don’t know what that is, either), and I prefer them to be nearly 3 years. My last brood had her first litter at 6½ years old. I’m hoping her 7 years old daughter is pregnant with HER first litter.
Lord knows where "heatherb…" gets her misinformation about a dog trying to mate a b.itch during or immediately after the whelping. And as for the idea that she can get pregnant at that time! Go study some canine reproductive biology, kid.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
"In GSDs" as of 1967
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