DOGSTOCK is a four day music and camping celebration of the dogs in the coming Memorial Day Weekend (22-25 May 2008). This is a yearly, multi-faceted, pet-friendly, all ages event designed to:

Raise community awareness of crucial animal welfare issues.

Highlight the availability of healthy animals looking for good homes.

Raise much needed funds for the Akita dogs [...]

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Please don’t forget to vote for Akita Kensho at the Canon photo contest.
Remember this is the picture that was sent in by semi-professional photographer T-Nell in the category Light & Animals:

Just follow these simple steps and I’ll give you Karma points!

Visit the Canon contest website and sign up as a new user.
Check you mail account [...]

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Yes, this blog title is a joke but there is a little truth to it .
In a travel magazine I read that 4 star rated hotel ‘Cortisen am Wolfgangsee‘ in Austria is NOT allowing children below the age of 12. Reason for this is that the owner thinks children cause annoyance. He said the [...]

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Most Akita dogs aren’t that keen on getting wet. Perhaps it has to do with their dense coat. One time Kensho fell in a pond by accident and it took nearly 24 hours for him to dry.
But Kensho does like to get in the water up to knee height (like we do when it’s cold [...]

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Akita’s are very photogenic because of the contrast rich colors they have. It’s so much more difficult to take a good picture of a dark dog.

But Akita’s aren’t photogenic just because of their colors … it’s their smile! See for yourself. The Akita character ‘Riku’ in the Japanese anime novel ‘Kino’s journey: the [...]

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Police are searching for a beautiful and very much loved Japanese Akita dog which went missing from outside Widnes indoor market (Cheshire, UK) on April, 30th.
The Akita owner, Alan Killen, 69, said he had tied his dog to a post outside the market at 12 noon while he went inside for two minutes. However, after [...]

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My Akita Kensho has his passions. If I had to deduct his priorities from his behavior I would say this is his top 3:

Play with bitches, preferably when they are in heat
Digging
Tracking and hunting

In a dog whisperer workshop I have learned to never ever take away the passion of a dog. You’ll risk [...]

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