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Japanese Akita kennel in Croatia

Silence.
Loyalty.
Honour.

Japanese Akita bred to FCI standard No. 255. Calm, balanced dogs raised inside the family.

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Akita Inu · 秋田犬

A natural monument of Japan

The Japanese Akita comes from the mountainous Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu. Japan declared it a natural monument in 1931, and the world came to know it through the story of loyal Hachikō.

An Akita is devoted to one family, quiet at home and reserved with strangers. It is a dog for people who value calm, consistency and a long life together.

Guide

Everything about the Japanese Akita

Temperament, size, colours, health and history of the breed.

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  1. Japanese Akita: breed guide
  2. Japanese Akita colours: red, sesame, brindle and white
  3. Japanese Akita temperament: devoted to family, reserved with the world
  4. Hachikō: the true story of the most loyal dog
  5. Japanese Akita vs American Akita: all the differences between the two breeds

Akita Stories

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Breed guide Japanese Akita vs American Akita: all the differences between the two breeds The Japanese and the American Akita share ancestors, but today they are two breeds with two standards. The easiest way to tell them apart is the head, the colour and the black mask.
Breed guide Hachikō: the true story of the most loyal dog Hachikō was a Japanese Akita who went to Tokyo's Shibuya Station for almost ten years to wait for an owner who died in 1925. Here is what really happened.
Breed guide Japanese Akita temperament: devoted to family, reserved with the world The Japanese Akita is calm, independent and deeply attached to its family, and reserved with unfamiliar people and dogs. Here is what that means in everyday life.
Breed guide Japanese Akita colours: red, sesame, brindle and white The FCI standard allows the Japanese Akita only four colours, and three of them must have urajiro. Here is what each colour looks like, and why a black Akita, a pinto or an Akita with a black mask is not a Japanese Akita under the standard.
Breed guide Japanese Akita: breed guide The Japanese Akita (Akita Inu) is a large Japanese spitz-type breed, calm and loyal to its family. Everything important in one place: origin, appearance, colours, temperament and what the breed asks of its owner.

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Kyo
Male · Brindle Kyo Kyo Mayame Kerria
Eru
Female · Red Eru Eru Mayame Kerria

Breeder

The person behind Suzume Senshi

I am Karlo. I have had dogs all my life, and in 2022 Kyo arrived, a brindle dog who was meant to be just a family pet. Today I show and breed with him and Eru, and write about the Japanese Akita.

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