The Complete Akita

 The Complete Akita:  Natural Monument of Japan

Joan M. Linderman and Virginia Funk

 The Complete Akita contains everything owners of the breed want to know.   It is especially recommended to those hwo have just acquired, or who contemplate owning an Akita.

 The first chapter – written by Donald Lusk, co-publisher and editor of The Akita Journal and founder of the Akita Club of Los Angeles – covers the development of the breed in Japan.   Mr Lusk tells the heart-warming story of Helen Keller’s introduction of the Akita into America.   And he illustrates the intense loyalty of the breed to its owners with the remarkable report of an Akita that met his owner at the railroad station on his return from work in the evening.   One evening the owner died in his office in Tokyo.   The dog continued to meet the train for nine years after his master died.   A statue of the dog was erected in loving memory at the Tokyo station.

 Covers the Early Basic Strains with Pedigree Studies;  he Akita’s Early History in America and Recognition by the AKC;  The Breed Standard in America;  Describes and Pictures Anatomy;  Defines Importance of Colour in the Breed;  Reports on Akita’s Versatility;  Gives Priceless Advice on Breeding;  Raising Puppies.

 140 Pictures.   The greatest winners, sires and dams are pictured including top winners at the 1982 Akita Club America Speciality.

Hardcover (215 pages)

Howell, 1983

As new condition