# Meet Akiko - The world's most perfect puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050 "2018-10-16T18:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/21 "2018-10-17T04:08:22Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > ☹ It will have to be dog park for romping. Hiking too, when possible. The yard is postage stamp sized. Feel free to bring her up for a visit with **The Killer Elite**. Lots of running room. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/22 "2018-10-17T04:58:07Z")
Sounds like fun.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/23 "2018-10-17T13:38:13Z")
Thanks for info Sunny. There’s an Akita down the street and I see it on walkies. I had a friend in college of Japanese descent whose middle name was Akiko. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/24 "2018-10-17T14:32:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Is someone chopping onions in here? _Sniff_ OMG! Watch the movie - Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (with Richard Gere). I’ve never cried so hard watching a movie in my life. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/25 "2018-10-17T14:58:07Z")
She’s absolutely beautiful! Dogs are great, and I’m sure she will be a wonderful addition to your home and family. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/26 "2018-10-17T16:46:48Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Most importantly, the AKC standard allows and even encourages dog aggression in the American Akita. This is a tragedy for the breed. They are wonderful dogs in almost all respects, but a large proportion of them cannot be trusted around other animals. When you consider that dogs are 100 lbs or more, the AKC is actively promoting a dangerous situation for absolutely no reason. Wow, you’re not kidding! > [@AKC Breed Standard](#): > > Temperament: Alert and responsive, dignified and courageous. Akitas may be intolerant of other dogs, particularly of the same sex. [Source](http://images.akc.org/pdf/breeds/standards/Akita.pdf) (.pdf warning) That’s the same AKC that refused to certify American Pit Bull Terriers – allegedly because of aggression (probably actually a classist decision, as they were regarded as the dogs of poor people at the time). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/27 "2018-10-17T20:05:17Z")
Now I have to go to the shelter and get a hit of puppy breath. And face licking. I need it. My dogs breath is bad. I need to do teeth cleanings around here. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/28 "2018-10-17T22:16:43Z")
Puppah!🙂 : skritches : ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/29 "2018-10-18T03:46:41Z")
I broke the news to Ted. He took it kinda hard, but got over it as soon as Jeep O’clock came around. Although I may have heard him mutter, _“She’s DEAD to me”_ under his little doggie breath at some point in the ride. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/30 "2018-10-21T04:19:59Z")
But I’m the good aunt. I send all the :skritches:! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050/31 "2018-10-21T16:41:09Z")
I fell in love with Akitas while living in Japan in the late '60s–quite often paths from here to there would lead right through farm yards and there was always an Akita tethered out on a running line to allow them to guard the farm yard without being able to get to anyone who stuck to the path. They take their guarding duties seriously and tended to be calm, non-goofy dogs of amazing beauty and dignity. The puppies are unfairly cute and a large litter of them just learning to run around is the best place to be sitting in the whole world. I lurves them doggos, yes I do, and Akiko is so adorbs I want to steal her away! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-akiko-the-worlds-most-perfect-puppy/823050.md?page=1)