The dog waited for its master for nine years after his death
The most common JKC/FCI accepted colour of the Akita
The colour is called 'aka' in Japanese
The second most common JKC/FCI accepted colour of the Akita
The colour is called 'tora' in Japanese; 'akatora' means red brindle and 'kurotora' black brindle
The rarest still existing JKC/FCI accepted colour of the Akita
The colour is called 'shiro' in Japanese; its the only colour that can have a flesh-coloured nose
The practically vanished, but still official JKC/FCI accepted colour of the Akita
The colour is called 'goma' in Japanese; in fact the dogs born with several sesame hair on their back today are considered red that has a colour fault
The two other colours the first Japanese breed standard (1938) also included
The colours were later excluded as 'not being the original colours of the breed'
The name of the original Akita that was used for hunting big game
In fact, the breed was only medium-sized, compared to the large sized modern Akita; the Japanese called it 'matagi-inu'
The former name of the Akita used until 1931
The original Odate Dog or 'Odate-inu' was a large guardian dog created by the crosses between ji-inu (the regional dog) and foreign breeds, such as the Great Dane and Tibetan Mastiff
The breed that probably has caused a long-haired variety to occur among Akitas
The breed was used by Japanese in Antarctic exploration and its story is told in the movie Eight Below, which uses Siberian Huskies instead of the real breed
The name of the strait or bloodline which was born after the WWII (the 'fighting' type)
The line received its name from its first breeder Kuniro Ichinoseki and was based on an Akita-Tosa crossing called Gamata
The name of the strait or bloodline which was born after the WWII (the 'herding' type)
The line received its name from its foundation dog Dewa-go and was based on crossings between Akitas and military-owned Alsatians
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The name of the original Japanese breed registry
Founded in 1927 by the Odate Mayor Shigeie Izumi
The official FCI name of the larger and heavier breed developed in the US
In the US, the breed is simply known as the Akita and belongs to the same breed with the Japanese type Akita
The official AKC accepted colours of the Akita
Pinto is the most common colour among the AKC registered dogs
The four officially recognized Shika-Inu breeds (in alphabetical order)
Shika-Inu refers to a medium-sized Japanese hunting dog
The breed that was also declared as a national monument a little before the WWII, but is nowadays extinct
The breed received its honoured status in 1934 and died out in 1971
The breed that is almost always white
Red and sesame are still accepted as well, but they are practically very rarely seen
The breed that can have a blue tongue
The breed was developed by the indigenous Ainu people and it is considered the oldest
The breed of which only colour is sesame
The shade of the colour varies from red sesame ('akagoma') to black sesame ('kurogoma'); due to this colour and the overall appearance, the breed is sometimes claimed to have wolf ancestry
The breed of which only colour is brindle
Due to the colour, the breed is called 'tora-inu', meaning tiger dog
The official size category of the Shiba (not the exact cms/inchs, but just the size classification)
The breed is the only small-sized original Japanese breed (the Japanese Terrier, Japanese Spitz, and Chin don't count)
The name of the typical marking on Japanese spitz breeds, except their white individuals
White or light hair extending from muzzle to under-side of tail; found in Akita, Kishu, Shiba, and Shikoku
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