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I’ve known a couple of Akitas, and they’ve been as placid as can be, tolerant of other dogs and people, though not affectionate or playful. Guess they were very well-trained.
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He was never supposed to be living in C. London. The guy who originally got him as a puppy has a decent size garden and he lived with the family using the garden for exercise. Then the discovered he was seriously allergic to dog fur. This allergy hospitalised him at one point.
So the dog came to his brother in order to find a home but he decided to keep him. We tried to intervene with the Akita rescue who would have rehomed him but by then my friend wanted to keep him.
It's not quite as bad as google might suggest but it's not a suitable breed for London that's for sure.
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And this! What makes somebody read this and think it's a suitable breed for park life?!
"The Akita is a large, strong, independent, and dominant dog. A well-trained Akita should be accepting of nonthreatening strangers, otherwise they treat all strangers in an aggressive manner"