I just read Julie chrystyn's book on Hachiko and the wonderful Akita breed. It was full of interesting stories about the famous Japanese dog however it was very disappointing to find that apart from the picture of the pup on the cover she uses only illustrations of the American type Akita and none ... more

I just read Julie chrystyn's book on Hachiko and the wonderful Akita breed. It was full of interesting stories about the famous Japanese dog however it was very disappointing to find that apart from the picture of the pup on the cover she uses only illustrations of the American type Akita and none of the pure Japanese Akita inu? Many of the pictures used in her book are terrible examples of the Akita breed. She wrote herself that the Akita inu was the original Japanese dog and the American type came from breeding with the German Shepard so why does she give 99% coverage to the American? I find this in almost every Akita book I read! Maybe its an American thing? they seem to find it hard to accept that the Akita inu a very different dog than the dog they have bred? Or maybe the American Akita breeders don't want to give the Japanese Akita inu breed any coverage? Either way im sick of the American Akita being used to show an example of how an Akita inu should look!