I Love Akita

Friday, January 22, 2010

Canon 20D

We finally can't resist it. We got a nice Canon 20D from a friend for a fair deal.

These are a few better pictures we took using our first DSLR on a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens.

It's been a while too since we have any updates on Aki. She's a little over six months old now. She's spayed recently.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Snowing in Houston

It was snowing in Houston yesterday.

Aki got to experience her first snow day.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Aki - The Fearless!

Can't believe our baby girl is 4 months old now.

She's going to weekly Basic Obedience class and socialization at any events we can find.

She's such a flirt with older and bigger male dog; we gotta get her spayed ASAP.

Aki introducing herself to the pack.

Aki continues to prance around and initiate play.

Aki met a Chihuahua.

Aki plays with a Hound Dog

Aki got knock-outed by Decker

Here's Aki with Cooper, her new boyfriend Cooper, 90 lbs 1 1/2 year old Bloodhound (thanks Chrystal) she met on Saturday 11/21/2009, LOL!

Aki playing tug with Cooper

The romance continues

Sunday, October 25, 2009

More socializing for Aki ... She meets Kitty (niece's kitten)

Aki got a busy weekend socializing.
Free puppy playschool on Saturday morning. Then we visited a Dog Ranch. Then we went to a puppy off leash park. Almost everyone was asking what breed is she.

Today we went to a niece's birthday and did some more socializing - she has a busier weekend schedule than we do!!

Here are the pictures of Kitty and Aki together:

Aki's First Day at Puppy School

On Saturday morning, we took Aki to a puppy training center for a free puppy socialization class. She met a lot of new doggies friends and had a lot of fun.

We had some basic training in how to hold the leash and making the dogs run few obstacles such as: stepping on a wobble board, going through a plastic tunnel, jumping over some bar, etc ...

Then, we took her to Dog Ranch and to a puppy off leash park where she was roaming freely with the other puppies. It was a great experience for her, in one day she got to meet about 20 dogs. Noone in the training class or in the dog parks knew what breed she is ... people were guessing Husky or Shiba.

Here is the video of Aki:

YouTube Video - "Aki's Play School (Akita Inu Puppy 14 weeks old)"

Monday, October 19, 2009

Aki's Day Out

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Aki Playing With Ethan

YouTube Video - "Aki (Akita Inu 3 month old puppy) Playing With Nephew Ethan"

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Dogs Play Times

Today lil' Aki has two good experiences in socializing with other dogs.

We took her for a walk and from far away, there was a female 6 years old German Shepherd. She was staring at her for quite a bit and wanted to get closer but we did not let her.

Later on, my brother brought his dog Milou (one year and half Havanese male dog) to meet Aki.

This is Milou: (Milou's name comes from the French carton "Tintin" and Milou is Tintin's white dog)

This is Aki:

Aki and Milou play times:

They both had a lot of funs ... for more actions, view the video below!

We were afraid Aki gonna hurt the smaller size dog, so we have her on leash. We have to stop the play after a while because we think it's too much stress physically on Aki that is only a 3 month's old puppy vs Minou who is 1 and 1/2 year old.

We also protect Aki from that hyper dog that keeps on wanting to play more. Aki just got her first shot of adrenaline rush. After that play, she was very calm. We felt our bond with Aki deepens as she experiences more things. It's a good feeling. Overall, we believe Aki had a good experience and we are very proud of the way she carried herself.

YouTube Video - "Aki's First Encounter (Akita Inu Puppy 3 month old) with Milou (1 year 1/2 Havanese dog)"