Caught on tape again… my Akita Kensho is washing our cat.

She doesn’t want him to stop!

Here’s the one I took before (this time, she wants him to stop… make up your mind kitty-cat ):

If it’s not an Akita, it’s just a dog

Someone going by the name of ‘scraderz20′ uploaded this movie to YouTube. To my surprise my own Akita dog Kensho appeared at 2 minutes and three seconds.

The starting frame… that’s him too.

The posts about Akita aggression draw a lot of attention on this blog.

I’m glad though that many people post comments about their experiences with Akita’s that convince that these dogs are great pets (or can be after training). You do need to know what you’re dealing with. Don’t buy an Akita in an impulse.

To show that these indeed are great pets once properly trained and raised (and remember.. when you don’t have the energy or time to raise an Akita to be a well trained house pet than please get yourself a gold fish ).

I’m asking everyone that reads this blog and has raised an Akita to share their experiences. You can leave comments or register as a guest blogger to post an article. Don’t be shy. We can all learn from your experiences and it’s always a joy to read funny or heartwarming stories too.

I just stumbled upon this great YouTube movie that shows an Akita and a Husky playing with two children.
The Akita looks like a giant fluffy dinosaur compared to these kids, but he is o so sweet.

Do you know of a clever way to feed your dog cheese without the use of your hands?

No cheating allowed!

Watch this (very short) movie and discover Owen’s solution to the question.

The result of this: They have become best friends within 10 seconds!
But Owen almost immediately went to the bathroom to brush his teeth

But please children, I have to warn you: do NOT try this at home!!
Not all dogs are as cute as Kensho.
Never let children play with dogs without the supervision of an adult.

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Apparently Kensho is very happy to see Tommie the Cat again (he has stayed at my mother’s for a full week… and we all missed him too). Kensho is following Tommie through the house all day. She likes his devotion as the movie clearly shows. Hear her purrrrr……

Who could have thought they would become like best friends…..

Watch another cool video of Kensho on Akita Pictures.

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His name is Kicker. He will grow up to kick the person’s ass that threw him in the trash.

A short cartoon clip about the life of the famous Japanese dog Hachiko, who returned to Shibuya Station in Tokyo for nine years after the death of his master.

In this cartoon Hachiko has one drop down ear just like Hachiko had in real life.

Hachiko in the Japanese cartoon

The real Hachiko

From the 1987 film “Hachiko Monogatari” (aka Hachi-ko). Wonderful movie that tells the true story of an Akita’s devotion to his master.

You’ve got to see this! So beautiful, and yet… so sad.

Chu-ken Hachiko (lit. the faithful dog Hachiko) was born in Akita in 1923 and was first brought to Tokyo in 1924. He and his owner, Mr. Eisaburo Uyeno, were inseparable friends right from the start. Each day ‘Hachi’ would accompany Eisaburo, a professor at the Imperial University, to the train station when he left for work. Upon returning, the professor would find the dog patiently waiting, tail wagging. This happy routine continued until one fateful day in 1925, when the professor was taken ill on the job and unfortunately died before he could return home.

Despite the fact that Hachiko was less than two years old at the time, the bond between dog and owner was strong. Hachiko continued to wait each day at Shibuya station for a friend who was never coming back. At times, he wouldn’t return home for days at a stretch.

The Akita became a familiar sight to commuters as he kept his vigil for over ten years. On March 8, 1935, Hachiko finally went to meet his master. He died on the very same spot he last saw his friend alive.

Hachiko symbolizes so many different things to different people… innocence, fear, hope, joy, loss and loneliness.
Thanks for watching!

At the moment Hollywood is producing a remake of the original. Starring Richard Gere as the professor.

Back to the original…
A happy ending as Hachiko and Eisaburo reunite in the afterlife.

Kino’s Journey: the Beautiful World (キノの旅 -the Beautiful World-, Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World), shortened to Kino’s Journey, is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi. The series was published in 2000 and since a Playstation version and animated movie have been produced.

The main protagonist in the series, Kino travels to different countries with her talking motorrad Hermes, discovering their cultures and people. In the anime (Japanese animation), Kino’s gender is ambiguous in the beginning, but is later confirmed to be female in the episode “Land of Adults”. Her original name is hinted to be that of a flower in the Land of Adults, and Kino is a name she adopts after meeting Hermes.

The character ‘Riku’ is an Akita dog.

This talking Akita dog travels with Shizu. He is large, white, and always smiles! (as Akitas do )

The “beautiful world” Kino travels through almost always has its dark side. Often the countries Kino visits are places where the populace is oppressed, where a tragedy has occurred, or where the culture has become extremely strange because the rulers or people sought to do what they believed was right.

A phrase repeated in the anime and novels is “the world is not beautiful, therefore it is” (世界は美しくなんかない。そしてそれ故に美しい。, Sekai wa utsukushiku nanka nai. Soshite sore yueni utsukushii.) symbolizes how the dark aspects of life, such as oppression and tyranny, make the good and happy parts of life all the more precious and wonderful.

Sorry, no sign of Riku in this introduction sample of the movie.

Silver Fang (1986), a 21-episode anime series, is based on a manga of the same name in 1984 created by Yoshihiro Takahaski. He was reportedly inspired by a news article which told of hunting dogs that had been abandoned by their masters and had begun living as wild animals…

This Japanese anime tells the story of an Akita Inu pup called Gin (Japanese for ‘silver’) who leaves his master, a young boy named Daisuke, to join a pack of wild dogs. The pack is gathering strong dogs from all over Japan to fight a deranged bear named Akakabuto and his minions.

The story begins from the point of view of the humans, but swings to the dogs with episode 7 of the anime. It is in that episode that the audience hears the dogs communicating with each other through speech, though it continues to be barks and whines to human ears.

This anime has become extremely popular in the Nordic countries (Finland, Denmark and Sweden) and has been dubbed in multiple other countries.

Other dogs from the film include: a German Shepherd, a Great Dane, A Weinmaraner, a Cocker Spaniel, a Japanese Kai Ken dog, a Rough Collie, a Siberian Husky, a Dachshund, a Japanese Tosa Inu fighting dog and a Japanese Kishu Inu dog.