Akita's are an amazing dog! They are very smart, when they look your way you can tell they they are thinking, and you really want to know what about! Especially when you want them to do something that they may not be interested in :)
Akita's will play all day at things they want to do, but try something they have no interest in and you will find you have a completely different dog. They become unresponsive and, well bored. Then you are stuck entertaining yourself. You may ask how do I fix this problem?
Patience! That is the key to any Akita, you have to bring them around to your thinking. Many books will tell you to only train a dog for 15 minutes to 30 minutes at a time because of doggie ADD. That is so true with Akita's, when working on training, especially something they are not interested in doing such as...oh let say the "come" command, train for 15 minutes then play a bit. After a little play work on training again, this way you will keep them interested. Also save the treats they are really excited about for the commands they do not want to do. This will also keep them interested in the training you want to do and not what they want to do.
Good luck and happy training! If you have an Akita yo have a very special friend!
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