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Umur
Posted Mar 21, 2008 8:44 PM
Dear All,
I've bump into your web site while doing more detailed research about Akita's. And I have to admit that your comments are really valuable. As you may know in most of the Akita Inu web sites they just write about specs, height, weight and etc. that I have already knew. But you are the owners and Pack leaders or future Pack leaders  )
We (My fiance and I) decided to have a dog that has a natural guarding instinct and don't bark unless necessary, and also handsome, and ý can wrestle and play, run with Dogs are my hobbies so I know how to train them, teach them and most of all respect & love them. Only thing that doesn't fit-in is, a baby born after we have our Akita. In most of the forums and web sites everything is awesome with Akita but babies and children... We plan to have a baby about 3 years later from this time, and plan to get our Akita in a year. So our Akita will have a family figure of three of us. After we introduce our baby to our Akita, is my concern. Can it take the baby as a threat to him, or will he take the baby as 4. member of our family. The only thing that I can think of as a solution is, introducing our Akita to childs and babies when he is a puppy. And encourage to play with them when he is on a walk.
I am kindly asking for your help and experiences about this issue. I've read the forum posts on your web site about Akita and Children. But I didn't see a question about "first Akita thn a baby" kind (sounds like the movie yeah I know) so I wanted to ask you again because giving our dog back to some where or some one is not an issue for us after he will be the third member of our family. I must tell you that our Akita will be living in an apartment but will take his walks about 2 hours daily
Another question that popped in, while writing you this is; my fiance and I are not living in the same house. So our Akita and She will be staying together most of the time. At least until we get married, that will be in 14 months of time I hope ). The question is; my Fiance loves dogs and I will teach her about how to treat, not to do, or what not to do when he does something and etc. But the leader of the pack figure will be me at most, I'll teach, run, play and accept the challenge and show him, he is a part of the family but not the leader of the pack... So can Akita deal with that and accept my LOTP authority or not ? Akita's are a new era for me (before had a beautiful Golden retriever named Sunny for 14 years). Can you give me a clue about this situation, even we are not living in the same household can he understand my position. My Fiance works too but she has flexible working hours that can be excellent for our pup. After October there may be a chance that her working times will not be flexible like this so we are trying to get out Akita early and train him ASAP. So I won't be away from them all the time but also won't be with them all the time as well.
I know I asked too much of your time and knowledge, but Akita's are noble, stubborn, strong and lots of more. Because of this I need to get your thoughts if we and Akita will be the perfect match or not This depends on both our training and his character I know, but your answers will be very helpfull I am sure of this.
Anyway thank you for your patience and answers already.
Greetings from Turkey.
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