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[tz1]

Unfortunately Rocky was already dog aggressive at 8.5 weeks old
when I got him. (not normal for even an Akita at that age)
He was a bully at a very young age.
It wasn't that he was overly stubborn, it was more of a temperament
attitude problem.
With love, socializing building and training he turned out to
be a wonderful dog. (accept he is still dog aggressive.)

The springer: The reason I did not feel comfortable using it with my him, because of his dog aggression.

thanks for the suggestions everyone

kys, that springer seems pretty cool. zero is similar to rocky i suppose, he isn't dog aggressive really, he is just very rough. he gets SOOO excited when he sees a new dog, he will run up to them and pummel them...he is not afraid of any dogs. he's walked up to some scary dogs , tail wagging wanting to play even when they seem vicious and are barking at him. when he was around 2, 3 months old, he was tiny, and he used to play with my neighbor's yellow lab. this lab is about 110 pounds, and he was like 20 or 30 lol. Zero would play so rough with him, that the lab would get mad at start barking at him! zero would never back down, it was just the funniest thing. i have a video of them playing in my camcorder. So, it might be tough to get zero on the springer as well...

btw, did rocky's behavior change when he got neutered? i mean , was he less dog aggressive?


it was hilarious, when i went to my first obedience class with zero when he was about 4 months old, whenever someone with their dogs for the next class would be outside of our class looking in...he would let out a really deep growl and a few barks. he was the only dog to bark. the instructor laughed, she explained that he is doing what a guard dog woudl do. zero had accepted the other dogs in the obedience class as part of his "pack" but not the ones outside...haha

Now whenever zero sees a new dog, he will run up to them and jump on his hind legs, take his two front legs and wrap them around the dogs neck, and push them around and wrestle them to the ground lol. He walks straight up to this big rottweiler in my neighborhood , and the rottie is scared of him now...haha, he walks away with his tail between his legs when we are on the street.

so that would be a big problem , if my family were to get another dog, we would have to somehow teach zero to play more nicely. the breeder we got zero from told us from the beginning that zero was a roughhouser lol, he was roughhousing and bullying his brothers and sisters since pups


wow i wrote a lot...sorry lol..I get carried away when I get to talking about him

[KYS]

Zero sounds like a normal young Akita with the rough play and
he is probably dog dominant if he does not back down.
Count your blessings he is not dog aggressive. (NOT fun)
Being neutered did not affect his dog aggression because
in his case I believe his aggression is genetic.
Neutering might have curbed his tendencies like humping,
and wanting to roaming etc.

Zero, must be a character to watch.
I use to love watching Sheba play with other dogs in her
younger days.
I bet the video of Zero is priceless.
The springer might not be a good idea, I guess it's back to jogging for you
on those COLD days with a warm coat. lol

Don't worry about writing about Zero. Us Akita people love hearing
other Akita stories.