after I saw this video I made a promise that I will buy an Akita and treat it like it was my own son. This video is so emotional and warm. Thank you my friend. You gave me happiness.

5 star.

look at its tail

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cute little akita. I have one that looks almost identical to yours. But i have to say that your akita is not a Japanese Akita. The reason is because your dog, like mine, has a "mask" on the facial area. Thats how to tell between Japanese and American akitas.

im sure this video was posted to show how wonderful suni is not to cause a debate on the breed. QSilva japanese or american akita sunis lovely!! i also hava a japanese akita called misty they are a wonderful breed

k pera pija esta este perro yo kiero uno!!

These aint dogs!!! mor elike fuckin bears! guy comes into my local pub has one…its fuckin HUGE!!! scary to look at tbh…massive dogs

is this another of Katies brood.?

Nice video, I've added it to our forum

Very adorable dog

No problem, I was going to change the title but didn't want to ruin such a rich discussion.

I don't doubt that the breed had to be recontructed, my point is simply that there *were* original type Akita left after the war, be it a very small number.

You can dismiss Wikipedia as "hardly reliable", but if you look at the other article I referred to, you can see that it was written by Britt Nyberg, who is very positive about the separation of the breeds, and breeds the Japanese type herself – she has no reason to somehow favour the "American" type. Many people lack knowledge about the history of the Akitas, but the breeding lines in post-WWII Japan were actually meticulously documented – *because* they were working at "cleaning up" the breed.

I have extensively read on the subject for a few years. Wikipedia is hardly a reliable source I'm afraid! I have also spoken to many breeders about it. I think there is a lot of disagreement on the origins of Akita, even to the point that some breeders say opposite things to others. Whatever the origins, the two are seperate breeds and deserve to be treated as such. I like the European type, they have slightly less oriental faces than the Asian strains and I like dogs with big, expressive eyes!

It was some time since the breed split, so people have adjusted to it now. Some breeders who like "American" colours have brought American Akitas into their breeding lines to adjust more to the American standard. But people didn't agree about it at all in the 1990's. For example, my dog's breeder left the Akita Club of Germany in protest because of it. I personally like the old "European" type the most, but sadly it's now not very suitable to either standard, so maybe it will slowly disappear.

It wasn't until the 1970's that the majority of Akitas in Japan started to look like the breed standard today. Japanese breeders after WWII were for a long time in disagreement about how the Akita should look. Please read the history section of the Akita Inu page in Wikipedia – en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Akita_Inu – and this article, which also features some photographs of Akitas from the post-war period: home(dot)online(dot)no/~kintos/britt/eng_tre(dot)htm

Also, most Europian countries consider the two seperate breeds, and the Japanese Akita is judged by the same standard they use in Japan. Pinto and black masks are not allowed.

Yes, that is true. Around that time most Akita did have those coat colours, because they had to mix them with German Shepherds to avoid having their dogs taken for fur, so most already looked like that before the Americans started importing. But there were just 30 pure original Japanese Akita that had been registered before the war left that had been hidden. These gave us the Japanese Akita we have today, not selective breeding from the one type.

By the way, I'm sorry, QSilva, that the comments section of your video has become such a political battleground. ) Suni is really sweet and beautiful, regardless of any silly human breed politics.

lovethatbenny (continued): In Europe, Akitas looked like today's Japanese type, because they continued to bring dogs from Japan into their breeding. But they didn't eliminate black masks, pinto coats, etc. The European akitas fall between the chairs today, because their body type is different from the American Akita, but their colours are often not allowed in the Japanese standard. I had an akita like that in the 1990's when the breed split in two – "Japanese" body, "American" colours. )

lovethatbenny: In old Japanese photographs from the early 20th century you can see plenty of dogs with black masks and pinto coats. The stock that the American Akita originally came from was brought from Japan by Helen Keller. The American type was bred separately and developed in a different direction (even more stocky, with shorter legs). But in America akitas weren't further mixed with other breeds – they just favoured a different type.

I agree, American Akita. Japanese do not come in pinto. You just need to look at the Japanese breed standard to see this is an American.

Stunning dog all the same, both breeds are beautiful.

Wrong. There were 30 pure Japanese Akita Inu registered in Japan after the war. Those 30 pure dogs are what gave us the Japanese Akita Inu we have today, they did not both start out as the same dogs.

Is that American Akita? I know the title says Japanese Akita, but the coloring looks a lot like what you can see in American Akita's. I myself have an Akita. Anyways, beautiful girl you got there.