Alice White
#4 No sooner had these magnificent dogs, which became the subject of national pride of the Japanese, to recover from the blow inflicted on the breed by irrepressible human greed, as the Second World War broke out.
By order of the government, all breeders donated their pets for the needs of the front. The end of the war, as you know, was put by the surrender of Japan in 1945. Returning to their homeland, the US military decided to take with them a few vending puppies. It was they who became the progenitors of a new breed a few years later. And actually the classic Akita Inu on the Japanese Islands after the war, there were no more than 20 individuals.
#5 At the same time, overseas, the breed began to gain widespread recognition and developed at a rapid pace. At first it was called a large Japanese dog.
But in the States, work on the breed with the Japanese was not synchronized - it went in parallel and, as they say, its own way. Japanese breeders have tried to negotiate with their American counterparts about her common ancestry but in vain. They did not even allow dogs declared on the islands to be natural monuments to be exported to the United States. All these measures did not stop the Americans. As a result, over time, the overseas Akita began to differ from the Japanese in both appearance and character. And then it got a new name - the American Akita.
#6 The American Akita is distinguished by an independent and freedom-loving disposition.
But at the same time, it is a calm dog, affectionate, balanced. Thanks to a mature, stable psyche, in all situations, she behaves with dignity and shows restraint.
