.............do not let it socialize with strangers or even aquantances, good friends are ok, but its better if you dont do even that
Careful "testing" your dog, don't want em thinking twice about acting.
Don't let your dog socialize with anyone but you and your gf, I wouldn't even let close friends play with them at home.
Puppy.
Give her 6-12 more months and PM me.
She can be trained.
Even Akitas are puppies at one point in their lives.
Right now all you will be concerned with is Obedience.
A good book to read:
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Raising-Puppy-Monks-Skete/dp/0316578398
'The Art of Raising a Puppy'. Monks of New Skete.
Deepening your bond is more important than anything right now.
Or, if underfed, they have been documented to eat their own feces. There's nourishment in that shit.Feeding your dog irregularly will also probably make him hide food around the yard. Thats odd.
Do you intend to breed them?
Otherwise, fix your bitch and your butch.
Wanna breed the female?
Fix your Male.
Wanna stud your male?
Watch out. He'll eat through a fucking door to get pussy, dun seen it.
Gotta fix at least one of them, or you are going to have a 'happy accident' on your hands, about 6-10 of them. And she is young enough, the first litter will probably die. You don't want that on your mind.
Unless they are special, papered bloodlines, just fix them.
There will be plenty of good dogs in your future, that need a good home.
Seriously, dogs breed like third-world families.
I was always afraid of giving my dog raw meat.
I don't want my dog to see some animal (or person) and think of it as food.
Also with all the hormones and antibiotics present it the meat around here (Israel) I'm really not sure its better than the dry food I'm giving my dog.
A professionally trained guard dog though? That's a different story. Unless I could have daily access to the dog, or drug it, or some other trick, it's going to pin me to the floor until the cops come in the morning.
Just don't be downwind, that shit is no joke.
Me and a buddy were getting water for the camping group (Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, NW Montana, USA).
He spayed the shit, we laughed and about 10 seconds later we started choking up, couldn't even see the mist in the air, slightest of downwind drifted it our way. We ran a hundred feet down the trail until we could breath again.
It's called 'Bear Mace' but it is really high power/capacity pepper spray.Dont worry, they are impossible to get here. Regular mace is really illegal here, not even the cops have it.
But one can allways dream
Allright, but a regular citizen around isnt even allowed to have pepperspray. Even tho its alot of rapes an such around here.
There are a lot of things around that are illegal...and some of us still might keep doing.
So whether that spray is legal or not where you are...who cares?
Just don't use it on dogs. That would suck!
Well ofcourse you are right, but its not that easy to get a hold on. Its alot easier to get a illegal handgun or rifle for some reason........
Cool, thanx.
Only problem is getting it through the customs
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Strainhunter, please hook me up with a hut on the beach!