your fence sounds as if it is ideal for the job and you cant do any more than that . ask your rott-owning buddy to read some akita literature because , in 1 years time your beautiful little akita puppy will be knocking seven shades of @?!$ out of the rott on a regular basis . ask your friend to respect your dog a little more , your akita may not want this slobbering moron of a dog in her space and as she gets older , she will tolerate it less and less . i have 2 akitas and i cant understand other dog owners (ESPECIALLY rottwieller owners). as much as they must love their dogs , their depth of ignorance where other breeds is concerned , is a danger to their pets . my dogs are never off the leash and twice i have had to go through the unfortunate circumstance's that come with rottweillers OFF the leash . the second time it happened the rotti had to be put to sleep . my younger dog was only 14mths old at the time and he did all the damage . i am not proud of what happened that day , i just want you to know that you have no worries about your puppy although somebody else might , if he doesnt keep his silly german dog under control .