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Hooray!!! This should be an awesome thread. Looking forward to the Akita breed post most of all  And pictures of everyone's primitive dogs  One question though from the OP: "dogs from Asia have influences from Red Wolves." Red wolves only live in North America. All Asian wolves are grey wolf subspecies.
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rivals posted:when she gets excited she tries wagging her little curly tail really fast, it's damned adorable. I love this, I called it helicopter tail
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Buddy's eyeliner is so glamorous  He looks soooo soft, I wanna pet him!
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Anuv- posted:I asked about him and the guy mentioned that he bred him himself, over time and during his research, because of his MS and his need for a guide dog. I forget the exact order, sadly, but I think it was several breedings between a German Shepherd, a malamute, husky, and a regular gray wolf or two. The end result was a crazy beautiful dog who seemed to have a great personality, if a little leery and shy. I don't want to ball this genetic researcher crazy, but why would you want to combine primitive breeds + WOLF + very trainable breeds for a guide or support dog? That seems really weird.
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Sock Weasel posted:I'm heading up to Crufts this Sunday for the utility group wooo. I promise to bring back ridiculous amounts of akita and shiba pics. YES! I am excited! Edit: and I guess I will be ok with pictures of other breeds too.
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That is a beautiful dog! I am such a sucker for those tiny Shar-Pei ears but I never liked the crazy wrinkleface. But Maxim looks great.
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Some animals can be kind of cute when they are pudgy, but Sage looks awful 
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May 12, 2011 00:08
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Oooh Ben is gorgeous! My neighbors have a husky the same colour as Ben and his mom. I just love the white eyelashes Are Ben's eyes hazel?
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Oct 2, 2011 03:11
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Kiyo is GORGEOUS!!! Maybe I'm biased because my childhood dog Seko was a fawn like her More pictures please!
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Oct 6, 2011 05:21
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Hdip posted:Chows are supposed to be lazy? My husky chow mix sure isn't Huskys are the opposite of lazy.
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:How much exercise do Shibas and Akitas require? I love the look of them, but I couldn't handle a real high-energy dog. I had an Akita when I was a child. She was a backyard dog (I know )that I took on occasional walks to a park. Seko had to stay on leash at all times, because of the whole "laughing while giving the finger" thing primitives do. She would happily jog behind a truck when we were puttering around looking for grouse (this was obv offleash), and she was also ok with exploring a park on leash with a kid.My anecdote: Akitas need as much exercise as any large dog, on the easier end of the spectrum. I would say at least 2 x half hour walk a day, plus some off-leash time in a secure yard, when the dog is a mature adult.
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WolfensteinBag posted:Anyone looking to adopt a former sled dog? 86 aging working huskies  I don't know tons about sled dog-type huskies, but this seems terribly sad. Where are they going to go?
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WolfensteinBag posted:Here, please enjoy this video of Buddy cleaning up: Good boy Buddy He looks so soft and furry. It makes me miss the Akita coat my old dog had. GSDs just aren't the same *sigh*
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Kiri koli posted:Regardless if you are overreacting, I would argue that crating may be the nicest thing you can do for your dog at this point. Your boyfriend is probably thinking that being crated would be sooo boring and all dogs want to run free, but even if you have one of those rare dogs who can entertain themselves for hours when people aren't around, your new pup is probably feeling a lot of uncertainty right now. She's still adjusting and probably feeling a fair amount of insecurity. A crate would give her her own space, where predictable things happen while you are gone. Stressful events can trigger hormones that last in the body for days, so if she's feeling at all anxious, you're doing her a disfavor by leaving her to her own devices. Weigh potential boredom versus peace of mind. All of this. And most dogs will settle into a routine of sleeping all day when the people are at work. During the time I have been jobless, my dogs have laid around like happy slugs even though I am home. They would be equally as happy in a crate, and in fact I now have to kennel Delta because she forgot what being housetrained means. She goes straight in and is very happy to be there. Even when we are home in the evening, sometimes she will choose to go lay in the open crate instead of on the couch.
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