What You Should Know About Akita Litter Size

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     You have dearly loved your loyal and loving Akita dog whom you have taken cared of for a number of years. He has served his time and unfortunately, has already gone to dog heaven. Before he did leave your family behind, you made a wise decision of mating your dog with another Akita and she is very much on the way.

More and more of these Akita breed were carrying different bloodlines since 1937. This was the time when an American deafblind political activist visited Japan and fell in love with the Akita dog that became Japan's national dog. So as a gift of the Japanese Government, they gave her an Akita dog to bring back to the United States. Since then American Akitas could be found alongside the Japanese Akitas.

The pregnant female Akita dog is confined in the vet's clinic and undergoing tests since she is an American breed. Breeding these two dogs have to be carefully tracked. Some breeders want only a plain looking Akita and not those Akitas with black masks.

There are times when it is a little hard to know if a dog is pregnant just by looking at it. The Akita inus have a generally massive built so finding out if there is that pregnant bump could be mistaken for too much food taken. Always remember that these dogs do not binge on food quite often.

Female dogs that are on the way usually decreases their craving for food. Aside from behavioral changes, their nipples also grow to get ready for milk production. It should be understood that female Akita dogs are mild-mannered and shy most of the time as opposed to their male counterparts. They should be taken cared of since the rarely bark right. You may not know if they are in pain since they seldom yelp or whine.

When their bumps are already visible and you could see it moving in different directions at the same time, the labor stage is already near. You just have to wait for a few hours and you can start passing the cigars to your family since in a couple of hours, you'll all be the new family of these puppies.

Every weekend your family pays a visit to the Vet's clinic and looks at the growing belly of the female dog. The newborn puppies shall be born in about 60 to 65 days. From then on, if you are considering of taking care of all the puppies, you have to find out the ways in how to feed them. These newborn puppies need extra attention and care. Just like your young children, these puppies need to be feed by the hour.

You can ask for the help of your family in taking care of these puppies. They are indeed a big family to handle but as long as each and every person in the house is responsible for a puppy, life would be a lot easier. Just imagine having several puppies in tow.

Usually, Akita Inus can make around eight to twelve healthy puppies but on the average, they can produce more or less seven to eight wonderful puppies.

Finally, labor pains has arrived and after a couple of weeks, you see one little Akita puppy walking towards your son. Its head is long and flat and his forehead is broad. His jaws are strong and have a perfect bite. With small almond-shaped eyes he peers at you and yelps in joy. Think his father have passed on something to his son? To be able to recognize your scent he sniffs his way towards you?

You know that taking care of one Akita dog can take too much of your time so imagine seven puppies all wanting some attention from you and your family? You only have to take one and that little puppy that has the confidence to come forward got your vote.

Since you have older children now, the safety measures you have to make in welcoming another Akita puppy to your home will not be as difficult like before. You know a lot better that these Akita dogs that appear to be so intimidating are actually mellow, trustworthy and playful animals. The right way of nurturing these kinds of dogs were actually proven by your first dog. You've raised a responsible Akita and have loved him until his last breath.

Planning to take care of the whole litter can be outrageously costly. You know how big they can get and how rowdy they are as puppies. It is best for you to contact the AKC and have the other puppies for adoption. They shouldn't be attached since it will be harder when you separate each one. They may not like it at first but of course, you know what's best.

Managing your own family together with a litter of puppies in a tow can definitely take too much from your savings. Even though these Akita puppies do not eat tons and tons of food unlike other dogs, they are to be well maintained, brought to the Vet for shots and sometimes brought to obedience school if the litter on hand is quite hard-headed.

Usually, these Akita puppies are so easy to take of. You just have to let them know from the very beginning of their stay in your house that you are their Alpha Master. There will be lines drawn to clearly state your role in the family. Otherwise, they might do the controlling and bossing around your home.

Your first Akita dog did very well in learning and getting accustomed to the idea that you and your whole family are the Alpha masters or the leader if the pack. Supposing you'd take in all these puppies, you might have a hard time educating each and one of them on a daily basis most especially if you are employed in a 9 to 5 job.

It is still wise to continue what you have started with your first dog.