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	<title>The Way of the Akita    秋田</title>
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	<description>AKITA BLOG - about a truly fascinating dog breed</description>
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		<title>Kensho reunites with Tommie</title>
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Apparently Kensho is very happy to see Tommie the Cat again (he has stayed at my mother&#8217;s for a full week&#8230; 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&#8230;&#8230;



 



Who could have thought they would become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Akita Design - &#8216;Icefur&#8217; Fact Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first Akita Blog visitors goes by the nick name &#8216;Peking Foxie&#8217;. She&#8217;s is a huge Akita fan and I&#8217;ve written about her Akita drawings in a previous post. Let&#8217;s see what she&#8217;s working on now&#8230;.
She has just finished a reference sheet for an Akita character named &#8216;Icefur&#8217;. The first one she did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/new-akita-design-icefur-fact-sheet/</link>
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		<title>Preventing and Handling Akita Aggression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing, preventing, and handling dog aggression
A dog is an instinctively aggressive creature and the same is true for the Akita. In the wild, aggression came in very handy: dogs needed aggression to hunt, to defend themselves from other creatures, and to defend resources such as food, a place to sleep, and a mate.
Selective breeding over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kensho - Drink Water like Champagne, Eat only the Best Fish!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a dog can require some logistic intelligence so now and then. When I used to work close to my home Kensho would just stay in the garden; patiently waiting for my return (which you can read as &#8217;sleeping until my return&#8217;)  I&#8217;ve had him on camera for several hours during my absence so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOGSTOCK&#8217;08 - Akita Adoption and Rescue Foundation Fund Raising Event</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/dogstock08-akita-adoption-and-rescue-foundation-fund-raising-event/</link>
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		<title>Next Dog Top Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please don&#8217;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 &#38; Animals:

Just follow these simple steps and I&#8217;ll give you Karma points!

Visit the Canon contest website and sign up as a new user.
Check you mail account [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/next-dog-top-model/</link>
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		<title>Children Are For People Who Can&#8217;t Have Dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8216;Cortisen am Wolfgangsee&#8216; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/children-are-for-people-who-cant-have-dogs/</link>
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		<title>Akita&#8217;s Aren&#8217;t Very Fond of Water</title>
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Most Akita dogs aren&#8217;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&#8217;s cold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/akitas-arent-very-fond-of-water/</link>
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		<title>When The Akita Smiles&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Akita&#8217;s are very photogenic because of the contrast rich colors they have. It&#8217;s so much more difficult to take a good picture of a dark dog.

But Akita&#8217;s aren&#8217;t photogenic just because of their colors &#8230; it&#8217;s their smile!  See for yourself.  The Akita character &#8216;Riku&#8217; in the Japanese anime novel &#8216;Kino&#8217;s journey: the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akita-blog.com/akita-smiles-d/</link>
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		<title>Akita Dog Stolen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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