Akita (秋田犬?, Akita dog) is one of Japan’s purebred dogs. The official name of this species is the Akita dog. In his Akita Prefecture, a large dog called Ken Akita Prefecture (Akita dog also means) for his homeland. This variety is not the same as the same as the United States Akita.

History

Akita dogs is one of the six pure-bred Japanese. The dogs, including new varieties, and about 100 years ago as a new species recognition.

Ancestors of the dog fighters

Akita Prefecture Akita dogs ancestors matagi (hunting deer, and bear the use of matagi). In ancient times, a large dog, while in Japan. Matagi Akita is a medium-sized polar bear hunting hounds.

In the Edo period, Satake clan-controlled Eastern Province Dewa (Akita region). Prior to Satake clan, but the main Hitachi Province and the provincial exchanges of territory, the God who is lost in the original Battle of the pro-Western forces. Tokugawa shogunate Tozama Satake daimyo military’s treatment is very limited.

1630 or so, the followers of Satake’s idea of race as a desire to dog fighting. Satake Satake clan based on the core of the East Palace Kubota. Satake’s family, the family Western, North family, home and South Korea, respectively Ōtachi Kakunodate live, and Yuzawa. Families living in the West Ōtachi fighters keep the dog mongrel dogs matagi and local well-known areas.They produce a dog called ōtachi County (ōtachi dogs).

Until the Meiji era, Japan’s tradition of dog fighting has not disappeared. Propagation from the local dog breeders to continue to import large dogs, dog fighters created. In 1897 about keeping dogs in Akita Prefecture Kochi Prefecture brought about as a dog fighter, Tosa. Tosa dog crossed from the West imports, so that his body grew large. In the second Sino-Japanese War, who brought home to the island of Sakhalin and Hokkaido Sakhalin Husky Dog Japanese people.

In Akita Prefecture, Akita dog’s ancestors and the dog across the constant from the West, including pets Kosaka A German engineer in the mining estimated imports. In the medium term, the ancestors of the Meiji era began with the German shepherd and the Akita Great Dane crossed. Akita dog born in a growing body. As time goes by, erect ears and curly tail is a Spitz dog’s features began to disappear.

Adu, Akita Prefecture since 1908, dogs are prohibited, because they are destroying the community. Population, so preoccupied with gambling, fighting, dog fighting the state government banned dog. Prohibit dog fighting, cock fighting, fighting the cattle, the Empire of Japan Japan proposed new Police Department since July 26, 1916. After the match, to prohibit dogs, dog breeding, Akita Prefecture, there is a bleak. Imported from the West, the popularity of the dog has become a local dog. Born from a mix of different types of hybrid dogs dogs imported from the West.

General Characteristics
The dogs large, have a good sense of body balance and proportion, bulky. It’s quiet, loyal, obedient, it is easier to teach.
Comparison of height (measured from the ground to the shoulders) and body length (measured from the shoulder to the hip point) 10:11. Female dog a longer body.

The head, ears, nose
Skull head and body balance. Part of a broad forehead, there is a clear fold, but free of wrinkles.Forehead bone formation (stations) is clear.
Big nose and black. Only a white dog, pigment may be a bit short, black nose good. Long-nosed, strong and broad, slightly narrowed to a corner, but not weakened. Division between the eyes straight. Strong teeth, the teeth within the upper reach (cut) outside the bottom teeth, her lips tightly together.
Eyes relatively narrow, almost triangular, because the outer corner of the eye upward. Eyes is a bit far. Color dark brown eyes, but it became dark as possible.
Relatively small ears, thick, triangular-shaped cutting edge slightly bent. Two ears are so far away. Ears upright position, thrust forward.

Body
The neck muscles, balance, head, muscle, skin does not fold tight. Back straight, strong, broad and waist muscles. Previous chest well developed, slender abdomen.
Bushy tail feathers and the back to. When hanging down, reaching the elbow back tail.
Style like a running spring, and full of vigor.

Fur and color
Coarse outer fur and straight, while the soft fur lining and meetings. Part shoulders and back of thighs covered with longer hair. Tail feathers longer than the body feathers.
Yellow-brown color rather dim, sesame (slightly yellow-brown with faint black tip), such as striped (Brindle), and white. Except for white dogs, all colors should have urajiro (feathers in the white part of the nose, cheeks, lower jaw, neck, chest, body and tail, and inner thigh).