my understanding about soy is that not only does it increase chances of bloat but that the Akita is not able to process soy properly. everyone that i have spoken to agrees to avoid soy entirely if you have an Akita. as far as feeding, i would recommend Solid Gold Millenium. it was ranked in the top 5 dogfoods in the Whole Dog Journal. my boy is doing beautifully on it. high quality/human grade food product and plenty of vitamin and fish oil included in it.
