i'm currently searching for an akita breeder who breeds japanese lines and
does health and temperament testing, can anyone point me to some websites?
would prefer to find a breeder in the US but i'll look into foreign kennels
for the right dog...thank you

crys

or better still rescue one.

On 11 Jan 2006 09:52:17 -0800, "dallygirl" ,
clicked their heels and said:

or better still rescue one.

there's nothing wrong with wanting a carefully researched and selected
puppy. I would venture to guess that finding an Akita to the Japanese
standard, in rescue, would be a slim chance. While many dogs are in
rescue through absolutely no fault of their own, others are more
challenging placements. Combine that with a challenging breed, and
rescue doesn't sound like what this OP is looking for - he's looking
for a carefully bred puppy.


--
Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album

"amst" said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

i'm currently searching for an akita breeder who breeds
japanese lines and does health and temperament testing, can
anyone point me to some websites?

Too bad you didn't ask last week - this past weekend I met a
beautiful Japanese lines white female Akita at an agility trial.
The owner struck me as very knowledgeable, and so had probably
carefully researched her dog's lines.

(Heh - this Akita was afraid of men, but licked me all over the
face.)

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:
..

(Heh - this Akita was afraid of men, but licked me all over the
face.)

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.


Matt,
Are you casting asparagus at your own manliness?

Beth

" said in
rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

(Heh - this Akita was afraid of men, but licked me all
over the face.)

Are you casting asparagus at your own manliness?

It's a conundrum. I take in (or meet) dogs who "Don't like men,
but they like you." I'm not sure whether to take that as an
insult or a compliment.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

on 2006-01-12 at 02:36 wrote:

It's a conundrum. I take in (or meet) dogs who "Don't like
men, but they like you." I'm not sure whether to take that
as an insult or a compliment.

you should definitely take it as a compliment.

--
shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net
http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
It's a conundrum. I take in (or meet) dogs who "Don't like men,
but they like you." I'm not sure whether to take that as an
insult or a compliment.

You and DH. (And my grandfather was the same way.)

Dogs who don't like anybody but their family, dogs who don't like men, dogs
who don't like men wearing hats - they all end up either leaning into him
for attention or completely rolling over onto their backs to beg for a belly
rub.

I'm guessing you behave in a similar fashion to what he does. Talks to the
dog a little but mostly sits and lets the dog decide what's going to happen.

And then there's a matter of animal magnetism that some of us just don't
have. I swear I can do the same things he does and it just doesn't work as
well for me.

Compliment, definitely.

~~Judy