Komai Akitas

12/08/2022

Gretchen is available and such a sweetie. She is in Wooster, OH.

27/07/2022

03/07/2022

Some simple games for a puppy or an adult to lay the foundation for your recall! Something every good dog should learn!

21/05/2022

Lots of available akitas!

Every week, rescues are bombarded with Akitas in need whether it be those in shelters or owners inquiring about surrender. We do the best we can, but we cannot help if we do not have adoptions. Google has changed it’s settings recently and Georgia Akita Rescue Division has had to close intake related to slow activity on adoptions. If you are in the GA/SC or general Southeast area, please consider GARD if you’re on the search for an Akita to add to your family.

https://www.georgiaakitarescuedivision.org

https://www.facebook.com/GAGARDDOG

21/03/2022

If you're in the Mooresville, Indiana area, stop by Indy Raw for good dog stuff!

We are a specialty pet food store in Mooresville Indiana specializing in raw pet food.

05/02/2022

Whimsy is looking for her retirement home!!! She's a prior show dog and such a lovely girl! She is with Fred Hagerman of Denali Akitas!

31/12/2021

Whimsy needs a retirement home! Someone would be lucky to have this girl in their home! If you're looking for a sweet home body who has all the potty training and basic manners already, this is your girl! 🥰
Contact Fred Hagerman on the original post!

29/09/2021

Statherós Boerboels in Michigan has a few puppies available from their HUGE litter! They will be ready to go home in a few more weeks. Parents are extensively health tested with all passing scores. Parents both work. Puppies well socialized/exposed and raised with lots of positive stimuli.

See their page for more info! The dam is Grunt's litter sister!

Hello everyone!

Multiple purpose post:-)

1. We missed the 4wk meet the puppies video, as we have been beyond busy, burning the candle on all 3 ends. If you are asking yourself how you can burn a candle on more than 2 ends, we'd like to know how we are managing it as well, so let us know if you figure it out LOL.

2. Week 5 Meet the Puppies, will go up later tonight, as well as individual photos of each puppy.

3. We still do have open availability, and if you are on the fence, maybe looking around, compare "their" puppies, to our puppies. There are other quality breeders out there, but you get what you research for. Ours speak for themselves. These are not lazy, low energy Boerboels either. They are true to what the Breed was created for.

Please feel free to reach out via messenger if you have any questions!

28/08/2021

Indianapolis International Airport Explosives Detection K9 Rossi is in a contest for Central Indiana K9's Top Dog Contest. She was leading the way until recently, she is now 2nd place to the pointer! She could really use a hand...er... paw!

If you would like to vote for my partner, K9 Rossi, click her picture here to be taken to the contest page, then "like" her photo there! No donation needed, but if you decide to give, you will be helping retired working dogs in Central Indiana.

Thanks!

K9 Rossi

28/04/2021

Read the story and VOTE FOR THE AKITA, Kin !!!

The dogs shortlisted for the Healthcare & Assistance Dogs category have shown to have outstanding skills in supporting their owner, individual or group of individuals in need, specific to their chosen charity. Before you vote for your winner, read their incredible stories of success and dedicati...

23/02/2021

And handsome Ozu is also available through Big East Akita Rescue! 😍😍😍

23/02/2021

Willa is available through Big East Akita Rescue in NJ. Isn't she GORGEOUS!😍😍😍

14/11/2020

Keep the daily votes coming guys! My good friend Dave is maintaining 1st in his group! Only a few more rounds left!
Dave would have a K9 bike built to auction off and all proceeds would go to a non-profit to provide K9s and their training to agencies in need.

https://dreamchopper.com/2020/dave-blosser?fbclid=IwAR140B3CfWsmB-BvJ8ricd6IuN-2UNuMqZfp1FOm1jCB674EjiLyYMwiwKo

Will Dave Blosser get to experience the opportunity of a lifetime?

14/07/2020

”One of the First questions I ask clients who come to me for advice on behavior or training for obedience is, “Why did you Choose this breed?”
So many times the answer is, “Because they are really cool dogs!”
This, of course, is not a valid reason for choosing one breed over another.
When you see a dog doing what he was bred to do, harkening back to his ancestors whispering into their ears, telling them exactly how they should perform the task....well, it can make you weep.
EVERY dog needs a job, a purpose to validate them. A job that makes them stand proud and causes his tail to wag and his heart to smile.
Dogs were bred to work alongside humans, and they consider that a high calling.....along with educating us.....
And if one does not have sheep for a Collie or rabbits for a Beagle, or rats for a Terrier, there are still other functions for them to perform within their households. Our job is to find that activity, introduce it to the dog, and enjoy the companionship.

There's a woman that jogs with her GSD every day by the Indiana K9 Learning Center. She puts a prong collar on her huge working dog and off they go. We had a nice visit over the fence the other day. I complimented her on her dog's manners. I stood about six feet from her when we initially met and he was relaxed and unconcerned. (And no, I didn't ask if I could pet him). That's when I find out what a mean owner she is.

Her large GSD carries a doggy style backpack with water in it and she's been told that's mean.

She stopped at a yard sale, bought some books, put them in the backpack and she was told that's mean.

She's been chastised for running her dog with her because running a dog is mean.

I'm not sure why someone would feel that a 100 pound working breed isn't capable of carrying 10 pounds of books but someone did. I'd say that person has never looked up what a GSD was bred for. It's bred for work!

I know a Canadian that has huge herds of sheep free ranging on hundreds of acres. He has two border collies that he sends out as a team to round them up and bring them in to be counted. They'd go out before the sun was up and by mid afternoon they'd have them gathered in a large pen for him. He'd do a head count, open the gate and off they'd go. Imagine the intelligence and duration those dogs have to do that seven days a week! Now take those dogs and put them in an apartment. Yowza!

How about the frustrated woman who brought her German Short Haired Pointer in for classes...AKC's website said the breed is "easy to train" so she got one. She's a white collar wife with a young son who lives in a suburban neighborhood. That breed may be easy to train for a hunter or someone that is experienced with independent, strong willed breeds but she was really struggling with him. His energy level, strong personality and tenacity is a requirement for the job he was bred to do but a typical owner will really struggle with this breed.

Can we all agree on something right here, right now? Every dog that is in a home, in a shelter, in the show ring, or anywhere else comes from someone that was breeding dogs for a purpose. It may be way back in the dog's pedigree but it's there. Hunting, fighting, chasing, pulling, retrieving, protecting, patrolling, killing...your dog laying at your feet right now has ancestors that did at least one of those tasks very, very well. Those instincts don't disappear when they walk through your front door and become your family pet.

There's a reason terriers are tough! Because you have to be a tenacious little s**t to go down a hole after a rodent bigger than you knowing you're likely to get bitten.

There's a reason you can't get your beagle's nose off the ground during agility classes. Watch a youtube video of beagles in the field!

There's a reason your whippet wants to chase every squirrel in the yard. Watch a youtube video of sighthounds lure coursing!

There's a reason that cattle dogs go in low and nip anything moving. Watch a youtube video of them working cattle!

Here's the kicker...a cattle dog that goes in low and nips is probably the result of someone's responsible breeding. Same with the beagle, the whippet and the border collie. Those are desirable behaviors in each breed.

Understanding the propensity of certain behaviors in breeds and mixes will help owners understand where the behavior is coming from. It doesn't mean the dog gets a free pass for the behavior, but someone looking for an agility dog may not want to go with a bloodhound "because I just love their ears" or a herding breed "because I want a dog to lay around all weekend with."

All of us in the dog industry, including shelters and rescues, have a responsibility to the dogs we're in charge of and the people that want to add them to their family. We're responsible to educate the uneducated.”

- Michelle Steigmeyer, Indiana K9 Learning Center

Book reference: Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds by Caroline Coile, PHD.

17/05/2020

http://www.thejudgesplace.com/Judging/Akitas/Head-to-Tail-bja-11998.asp?fbclid=IwAR2o8nBVMujPTYy48G8ztnh96VRL48W8KAM-F6fV1FYGDUzstWRrc4OmTY8

Judging The Akita: part 2, Head To Tail; illustrated Standard points by Judges Education Committee, photos of All-Time top Winners, Sires, and Dams illustrate breed standard points, by Barbara BJ Andrews, Breeder of over 200 AKC Champions.

07/05/2020

https://www.hemopet.org/dodds-vaccination-protocol-dogs-2016/

Take a look here to see our vaccination protocol! If you have received a puppy from Komai Akitas, your puppy was administered his or her Distemper + Parvo combo vaccination through our vet, at 9 weeks old! It is up to you and your vet to find an appropriate schedule and choose the vaccines that best fit your needs, lifestyle, and your specific region, but this is what we follow and recommend.

Dr. Jean Dodds is well-known for her vaccination protocols for dogs. This is her latest vaccination protocol, which was updated in 2016.

30/04/2020

Cindy Lu is available for adoption from Big East Akita Rescue in New Jersey. Isn't she BEAUTIFUL?!!!

26/04/2020

Fast CAT, here we come!!! 🤣😂 Bad girl, Mr. Sprinkles!!! 🤣😂

15/04/2020

Welcome home Mr. Sprinkles! 😂🤣😂 (Thank you, Reveille, for the perfect name!)
Girl 1 will be staying here with us at Komai Akitas❤
Unofficially,
Komai's Far From the Madding Crowd

Stay tuned for more!
Keith Venezia Ronnie Moore Priscilla McCune Victoria Clausell

14/04/2020

The day everyone has been waiting for! 3rd party temperament evaluations are underway!! Wish them luck! ❤

03/04/2020

Puppies enjoying their yoga ball... in their potty boxes 🙄

And yes, we've heard how unlucky it is to open an umbrella inside, but we're willing to take the chance for the sake of exposure!!

03/04/2020

Some fun outside!

03/04/2020

Exposure, exposure, exposure!!
Trooper x Sway
6 weeks + 5 days
Today the puppies were exposed to the noisy zero turn mower at a safe distance! Mama was showing them how not to be scared! It is our goal to safely expose (habituate) these babies to as many strange noises, objects, textures, and situations as we can before they leave for their new homes!

03/04/2020

Beautiful young purebred female Akita available for adoption at God's Dogs all breed rescue. She is located in San Antonio, TX!

03/04/2020

6 weeks +4 days

31/03/2020

The boys! 6 weeks.
Trooper x Sway

31/03/2020

The girls! 6 weeks.
Trooper x Sway

29/03/2020

The dam of our litter!

28/03/2020

And the boys!

28/03/2020

The girls with the girls! Playing in the rain before the storms rolled in!