What I've learned in the past little while is that the bigger the dog, the bigger the heart they have, (and I'm not referring to their physical heart
). Talk to most Vets and they'll tell you that the little dogs are nick named "land sharks", as they are more likely to bite them, (granted, a bite from a large dog will hurt more, but, it's really infrequent). Oh well, the media will do it's part to tell the rest of the world your big dog is dangerous, and if you don't happen to have a small toy dog, (no offence to people who own one), then you must be a bad person as well
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Brad, I didn't know you had an Akita, (should have guessed it from the avitar
)... Almost got one myself before I got Bruno, but they were described to shed a ton, twice a year.... couldn't get that one past my wife
. As for aggressiveness, I've just hear that they are completley loyal... not sure how that can be translated to aggressiveness, (although, with lack of proper training, they can be animal aggressive... but then again, so can any dog).
Nice to see that so many people that have marine tanks, have dogs... seems like a great mix to me
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