oh, my goodness...
it is obvious that this is a complete misunderstanding, Shoes!

on Ur part -
i already pointed-out the dark-mask common to the Am-Akita in my prior post, which U do not appear to have read (?)
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In regards to the Japanese Akitas, it really puzzled me as coming from Japan, we don't actually heard of Jap Akitas...they only have Inus and American ones over there.
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Inu as i already posted, MEANS *dog*. a Shiba is also an Inu - as is the Tosa.
Japanese dog breeds (native japanese dogs)
7 native breeds - all INU.
so the 3rd *breed* never existed at all - there IS no Inu different from the JapAkita, they are the same - White Mask or No Mask, limited palette. glad to hear we are not splitting any more hairs

or gene-pools
all my best,
--- terry
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tmp, sept-2007