Can anyone tell me how there Akita gets along with their small dog and small children?
I want to buy a female Akita puppy and have been doing as much research as I can online. I believe I can give the puppy the obedience and training the breed calls for, but I am worried about it ever becoming aggressive to my little adult Maltese female and what would happen if I have a baby? Anyone have an Akita and a small dog and children? Educated responses please.
Please do not listen to norman or baby blew! it makes me so angry when people say things like that about any breed of dog! I have done research and know from personal experience that with the proper training and knowledge, Akitas do very well with animals and especially children…
I have 2 female akitas… I can tell you they both love children and small dogs! I have 2 smaller dogs, one is a puggle and my girls adore him!
This is an excerpt from wikipedia:
“Akitas are very clean, intelligent and loyal, train easily, and consequently are easily bored. Akitas have also been documented to be gentle with young children and babies. Akitas are very adaptable and can live happily in apartments provided they are given enough exercise.”
Akita’s are a very old breed which originated in Japan… They were breed to guard the emperors children… This is what this dog was bred for…. to be with kids! Mine love my niece and nephew, and my boyfriends 2 sons. They all play in the backyard with the dogs… No problem…
I worked at an akita rescue for almost 2 years, and never did I see any behavior that Norman stated… And here is why: The women that ran the shelter had remarkable control of the 40 akitas she took care of… It is all in the training of the dog… any dog can be an aggressive dog, the owner is the one that determines if the dogs will act on it… The key is socialization and exercise! It has been mu experience that with the proper training, exercise, and socialization, you will have no trouble owning any breed of dog…
Akitas are high energy dogs that crave activity. They also crave leadership… A pack leader specifically. Once my dogs recognized me as the pack leader, they were calmer and much happier… And I achieved that by exercise, discipline(no hitting) and affection.
This is what Cesar Milan teaches… I recommend reading his book “Cesar’s way” If you plan and getting any large bread of dog… Smaller dogs are more submissive by nature and people fear them less… The bigger the dog the more leadership they require and that’s why I suggest Cesar Milan. He teaches dog psychology… Understanding how your dog thinks is vital to being in control…
Good luck to you! I hope it works out… You sound like the kind of person that would be a great pack leader for an Akita…
I linked a few video clips of some good examples of Cesar Milan’s training techniques…
Mom Drags Her Child By A Leash Through Store – Raw Footage.