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Chillie, the hero akita!
Chilie the hero Akita, an eight year old female Akita who saved the lives of two children and two adults in her family from a deadly fire in New York City, has won the American Kennel Club Award for Canine Excellence in the category of Exemplary Companion Dog. The families pet Chihuahua and cat died in the blazing inferno. Chilie is an example of what the Akita breed of dog is capable of, loving and taking care of its family.
One dark day in the City of New York when her family was sound asleep, Chilie the Akita twitched her nose. She awoke with a start. Something was wrong in the apartment. She sniffed and confirmed, something was burning. Fire! Chilie began to bark,
The annual Britain’s Next Dog Model competition – coordinated by grooming, training and healthcare experts, Mikki – has crowned its winner. An Akita called Flora beat over 400 other entrants to secure her title. Flora will receive a photo-shoot with top UK dog photographer, Nick Ridley, a hamper full of Mikki goodies and will become the ‘face’ of Mikki for the next year.
I get how it happens. If you live in a no pain, no gain world long enough, you start believing that good training involves breaking things. Just look at the way we talk about behavior change: We break horses, habits, spirits, and each other's backs. We even break houses to teach puppies where to pee. The expectation that training requires force and coercion is so ingrained in our culture that we actually idolize those who break behavior best: Hail Caesar!
University of Tokyo published a research that relates genes with akita aggression.
