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#25 (**permalink**) 09-09-2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dogpositivetraining

Hi,

It depends on

a. How well trained the Akita is
b. The home environment i.e. young children around
c. The Akita's individual temperament

As you probably know, Akita's were used as fighting dogs in Japan early 1900's, so they weren't originally bred to be soft mouthed. However through natural crossing with native retrievers the modern Akita is soft mouthed, so this might be something that you want to preserve.

In general it is the retriever breeds that are soft mouthed as it was (and still is for those who hunt), their jobs to bring prey back intact and suitable for the table.

Rough play-fighting with dogs does not (in general), turn non-aggressive dogs in to aggressive dogs. But then it doesn't take an aggressive dog to inadvertently bite a child during play, just an over-excited one.

So my preference is to always teach dogs (especially large powerful breeds), how to play nice.

1. cassie is moderately trained will follow basic commands i.e sit, no, paw, laydown but has decided to ingnore everything else
2.We do have young have young children but cassie never tries to play with them like she know who her playmate is.
3. cassie is sometime a liitle bossy but more than anything is nervous

i think if anything the play fighting has built her confidence