Akita inu

Imposing and solid, with a medium altitude of 67 centimeters, it has a compact aspect with optimal proportions. During many centuries it has been used in the greater hunting and also for the combat.

To an exceptional anger a docile character is united that, sometimes, can become impetuous. It is a race protected by the government of the Japan that guarantees its continuity.

Its country of origin is Japan and, more specifically, the region of Shakes, from which it takes his name, in the island of Honshu. In Europe it can say that it has appeared recently time where every increasing time is obtaining a diffusion although still something can be considered limited.

Dog of very compact and solid medium size, is provided with a dense layer with hard hair of average length equipped with hard and fine subhair. Its color can go of the target to the red one, the black to the atigrado one and even have spots.

It presents/displays strong and pointed snout, eyes rather small and of triangular form, raised and inclined ears slightly forwards.
The affluent thorax developed and the strong members, give to this dog an aspect of the great solidity.
Is characteristic the position of the tail that always must take enroscada on the back.

Its character has origin in the use that occurred him formerly, that is to say, the combat. Fierce, decided and impetuous, he is extremely docile and affectionate with the masters with who it pleases to play. Very loving of the children one becomes, when it is in action, in a ferocious and indomitable guardian.

It can live perfectly outdoors due to the protection that provides its coat to him. By these characteristics and, naturally by his beautiful aspect, one is becoming, more and more, in a dog very appreciated and before being known in Europe already it was it in other countries like the United States and Canada.

Dog of constitution very solid provided good, of imposing and elegant aspect, majestic and imperturbable. Very intelligent, it has a prudent and docile but nevertheless impetuous character.

Height and weight. For the males, the raised one to the cross is of 63 to 69 cm. and 57 to 64 cm. for the females. The weight, established by the standard does not oscillate presumably, between the 30 and 40 kg.

Head. Heavy and black Trufa sometimes even of color meat, specially in the units of white hair. Straight nasal cane and cuts. Quite fine lips. Affluent powerful and pointed snout with provided cheeks. Solid and healthy teeth that do not excel absolutely. Frontal recess naso (stop) very marked. Extended front great skull with and central crack net marked.

Eyes. Small and a little triangular right distance to each other and intense brown color.

Ears. Relatively small and heavy of triangular form and slightly cleared in the end, raised and a little inclined well forwards, enough distanced to each other.

Neck. Powerful thickness and, provided well with the rest of the body.

Body. Deep thorax, well developed chest cleared enough and. Long and high cross, straight and flat back. Reserved belly. Wide and strong back.

Previous extremities. Powerfully developed shoulders. Straight and heavy forearms, quite high elbows and adhered well to the trunk, metacarpos somewhat inclined.

Later extremities. Long thighs, short legs. Corvejones strong and elastic, metatarsos inclined.

Feet. Thicknesses, with closed fingers affluent, compact, and hard, preferably dark nails. Hard and resistant plants.

Tail. Thickness and fort with a length that arrives until corvejón. One always stays raised forming a ring that can be drawee as much to the right as to the left.

Coat. It last of average length. Fine and dense Subpelo. The color varies between the pepper and the salt, black pepper, red, black, white, white pepper red, atigrado, with spots.

Feeding.

The necessities of this dog are elevated mainly, when it is put under a continuous physical exercise. The daily contribution must be of 2,600 kcal (kilo calories).
The feeding of the Akita lnu can as much be with meat as of fish but most important it is than necessary vitamins To and H for a dog so abundantly provided with hair and subhair are provided to him. In effect, the beneficial action of the vitamin To on the activity of the epithelial cells of the skin is well-known whereas vitamin H, in addition to being useful for that one, also is it for the coat.
If the diet is with crude fish, turns out advisable to integrate it with vitamins of group B to avoid a very serious nervous disease denominated ?paralysis of Chastk? whose cause is indeed the vitamin deficiency B, which had to an enzyme pr

esente in the fish.

Daily cares. The hair must at least be cepillado once to the day which is particularly important for a dog with a so abundant layer because:
1.º - a control allows to the proprietor on the possible presence of some annoying parasites, like fleas, lice, acaruses and garrapatas.
2.º - the peripheral sanguineous circulation stimulates maintaining it more active.
3.º - it eliminates dandruff, dust, ears and possible already separated dead hairs of the bulb avoiding, this way, the possibility that a similar matter becomes substratum of growth of worms.

 

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