Akai needs a caretaker or foster!
Won't you consider helping her get a new start?
About Akai
Status: Adopted!
Adoption Fee: $400.00
Species: Dog
Current Size: 80 Pounds
Potential Size: 85 Pounds
Current Age: 3 Years 3 Months (best estimate)
Location: MD
Housetrained: Yes
Akai camd from a shelter in NC. Here is what the shelter said about her: "This beautiful girl is Akaie. She has been fostered out twice to potential adopters from our shelter but returned both times, as neither potential adopter was familiar with the breed and she was “too much” for them. There was no mention of aggression or anything dealing with behavior, just that she was too strong for one’s wife to walk while he is at work and then the second foster read information on the breed and decided she was not a match for her. We would love to find an Akita Rescue that could pull her from our facility and find the right family for her. " The shelter workers adored her. Here is what we know about her from her time with us. She is great with people. Very particular about what dogs she likes. Has a fairly high prey drive, so no small dogs or cats. She is at our kennel. As with all Akitas, she does not like to potty in her run.
Update: Akai has been in a foster home for about 3 weeks. She’s been to the groomers and the vet, no issues with anyone there. She will sit, down and dance when you ask to. She mostly walks well with minor corrections. She is housebroken and the foster says she is a gem. She has been to the foster’s place of business (store), and has been okay with most of the customers. She is not crazy about men in baseball caps. A contractor waring a hat met her and when he held out his hand for her to sniff, she growled. Once he removed his hat, she was fine. One man walked into the store and she disliked him so much she had to be out of the store.Sh barked intensely at him. Akai needs a home with some Akita experience.
More about Akai
Is Not Good with Dogs, Not Good with Cats
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