The aldershot thing is going way over my head... 😳
Akitas can be lovely dogs- but they're strong, smart and protective/territorial, and not that many owners can deal with that. Friends of mine have raised 2 japanese and theirs are great dogs- not really everyday house pets mind. But neighbours of mine had a longcoat and it was a genuinely dangerous animal, they just had no idea how to handle it and it had grown up unchallenged.
Not sure if this qualifies them as dangerous dogs as a breed, but they're definitely one with potential to cause real trouble.
all dogs have the potential to grow up dangerous without the right training and care... its just some have the breeding and strength to cause more damage than others, some are bred to be strong and dangerous.
Smaller version of Akita should be better such as Shiba Inu.
As CG says they are properly powerful things. I regularly see a teenage girl walking 2 pit-bulls near me. Makes me cringe every time as there's no way she could control them if they decided they didn't want to do as they were told one day...
I once took a pal's pit-bull for a walk when I was about 18 and I was amazed at it's strength, I wasn't a weed but no strong-man either and it could have taken me on as long a walk as it wanted to. A really well trained and mild-mannered dog but epic potential for harm with the wrong-owner.
Awesome things but, quite simply, surplus to our requirements.
Has the dog ben put down, or just rehomed for a fee, also make a claim for damages if the owner owns a house then the no win lot will take the case the on, if a council/renter then little chance.
The owner was a D1ck, taken from a dog guide
Originally bred as protectors, Akitas are instinctively wary of strangers[u]followed by
Food aggression is also common among Akitas.the owner should have known this.
Interestingly enough there was a news article the other day about the rise and demise of certian breeds, notable among them was the Akita being in favour as are Siberian Huskies - 2 dogs that the general population have **** all understanding off, but like because they look like big fluffy bears. The Akita is not that far removed from a Tosa (evil little ****ers if you get on the worng side of em). Though a caveat on all of that, is training. If done competetly enough most dogs are fine. Certain groups (read tw8s) have re-ignited the push to have Rotties banned, a very misunderstood breed, but truely wonderful if brought up well.
Once again, I come back to my point that dogs need ongoing training as well as knowing their place. Their place is not on a sofa being fed biscuits and crisps!
*awaits mud-slinging and being told what a miserable cah I am*
our dog is allowed on the sofa 😀 he's not allowed food on the sofa though.
his favourite thing in the world is to run from the kitchen and jump on the sofa like a trampoline 😆
EDIT - nearly forgot.... miserable cah!
(agreed on them needing to know their place, just think its possible to do this whilst still allowing them on the sofa occasionally)
Good job he's not a cah.
Why can't all the people who feel the need to have big, mental dogs just get a nice fluffy kitten instead.
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Awwwwwwwww bless
I would quite like a challenging dog! I don't tar all owners of gsd's, rottweilers, huskies etc with the same brush.
A family near us bought an Akita
4 small children
Left the poor dog in the garden all day after the first couple of weeks novelty had worn off
I knew it would end badly, I could see how bored and frustrated the dog was. No socialising
Anyway, they were having a party one night with some other people with kids, then heard the dog barking then some girl screaming then a lot of shouting
No other sign of the dog after that
I blame the owners entirely, wrong dog, ignored and neglected
They need to bring back dog licences or something to stop anybody just getting one because they see a cute puppy
philconsequence +1 🙂
I work on the theory that it's ok for them to be on the sofa / jump up [b]if[/b] they are invited.
Our two do know their place, food (or taking it away) doesn't cause any problem and they stay on the floor (while we are looking) unless invited 'up'.
When we are out it's a different matter 😳 we get home to 'innocent' looking dugs and wee warm, cosy dents on the sofa cushions... You just got to love 'em 🙄
Does that make me a cah?
I would quite like a challenging dog! I don't tar all owners of gsd's, rottweilers, huskies etc with the same brush.
But hopefully you wouldn't take it down the pub and take the lead off.
Does that make me a cah?
Rite cah.
Proof you can't judge a dog's temprament by it's breed.
this is wrong on so many levels, you can judge lots of things on breed including likely temprament. Thats why certain dogs make good police dogs and others good retrievers or guide dogs. They are genearlisations but to ignore breed specific traits is daft.
Hope the lady concerned is ok and I would encourage her to press for compensation given the chance.
Mate of mine is a vet - he told me about a woman bringing an Akita in. Dog on lead in one hand, new born baby in the other! Mate asks politely about arrangements at home and woman was gobsmacked that her 'pet' might not be the best choice with a baby in the house. Shows that just plain old stupidity is as common as dick owners (not that one necessarily excludes the other).
Sorry, has it really been destroyed or with a family friend of the owners?
My beloved dog was lucky after he attacked my son. If it had been stitches it wouldn't have reached the vets. Once a dog bites a human its firmly curtains. Keep a lookout for a Akita in the area.
best wishes to the OP's friend I hope she gets through this ok.
In regard to tarring breeds of dog with their reputation, as a postie I come into contact with a lot of dogs. On the whole they're fine but I mainly get problems with what people would class as 'family' pets not the so called 'hard' dogs .I've been bitten twice in fourteen years 1st time by a Border collie and 2nd a Springer Spaniel.
The Staffie/Akita/Alsatian type dogs outnumber traditional 'family' type dogs on my round and all but one are as soft as they come , one Akita actually drags it's owner in the opposite direction if I go near them. Dogs don't scare me and I've challenged quite a few roaming dogs over the years , it's down to how the dog is trained (or not) the owner has a responsibility to ensure their pet behaves !
Maybe all dogs should have to be chipped/registered , might make owners think a bit harder about how their pet is raised.
I realise that there will always be an element in society for who a 'hard' dog is part of their image and you'll never manage to educate everyone.
been doing this with my cockapoo.
That sounds like a poofs dog
carlosg - Memberbest wishes to the OP's friend I hope she gets through this ok
Yeah, she's relatively O.K. thanks.
I was able to introduce her by saying "This is H******. She's had her face eaten by a dog"...
PS: Didn't panic in the kitchen. Dinner was a triumph! (Thought you'd want to know...) 😀
Sorry about your friend Woppit, hope she makes a full recovery.
Oddly enough, I haven't seen one for a while and I know of at least three which were put down from the same litter (one so called 'bad' dog, the others were with different families on the same estate, if you get the picture!) after a 'so called' attack on a child. Not the dogs fault and it most definitely had not attacked the child, who I believe had sustained the small scratch on her forehead by inadvertently running into the dog while playing!
Lovely animals which obviously need a firm hand and intelligent owner used to handling large dogs
Unfortunately they tend to be owned by people with none of those attributes.
