For the past year I have seen many times people talking about the background of two Akita breeds. Many times the facts about history are totally lost. I have seen many breeders and people who have big impact in Akita World talk about history with wrong facts and share those so called facts as truth for public. Here is some points I want to clear because this also effects me and my dogs.
"American Akitas were made at USA with crosbreeding to other breeds"
This is not true. All of the crossbreeding in the breed was made at Japan before those Akitas were imported to USA. All of the imported Akitas had papers in Nippo, JKC, AKIHO or AKIKYO, so they were registered and purebred with crossbred background. AKC closed the Akita register at 1974 and after that it was reopened at 1993. Between that time period there was no imports from Japan and they could bring new Akitas from Japan after 1993. There was no crossbreeding at USA. They just bred the breed to different direction than Japan.
"American Akita and Japanese Akita are totally different breeds with different background"
This is not true either. As I said previously all Akitas imported to USA were registered as Akita in Japan. Both breeds share the same history and same background. They are only different breeds by FCI and KC, but historically and genetically they are same breed but different lines. That's why crossbreeding between the two should be allowed as American lines are original lines of Akita and some were totally lost in Japan. As we know the biggest problem in Japanese Akitas is the too narrow genepool, so thinking now the breed separation almost 15 years ago wasn't the smartest thing to do.
"You can not get anything good enough from crossing the two Akita types"
Incorrect again. By gene studies these two breeds are actually a same breed but different types and lines. They do have some differences on the genes what they carry. My boy Lemmy is a cross between the two lines and by MDD genotyping we have seen that he is an Japanese Akita and he have bigger variety in genes. From this I have the written statement from the testing company. Japanese Akitas have many health issues what are related to narrow genepool. Dogs with different genes are VERY valuable to the whole breed. But people need to understand that crossing between the two Akitas is not an actual crossbreeding to another breed, it is a cross between the two types.
"Crossing between the two types does not save the situation"
This is true but it does help. We need to keep the genepool wide as possible and it doesn't help the breed to survive in long term if we leave dogs with different genes but not the right look out from the breeding. The type is one of the most easiest things to breed back and there is several samples of this in the dog world. Plus the right and original type of Akita have been lost long time ago and now it is too much a show dog with fluffy face, too small eyes, stick legs and a banana back. Akita as a breed will need a total cross to other breeds to survive.
Here is some of the points what came to my mind and have been bothering me for a long time. If you are interested on breed history, go see Loren Egland's web page www.northlandakitas.com where you can find many articles about Akita history. Most of the articles are written by great Japanese Breeds historian Mr. Mutsuo Okada and translated by Dr. Tatsuo Kimura. These gentleman have been great help to me in the journey to understand this breed better.
"American Akitas were made at USA with crosbreeding to other breeds"
This is not true. All of the crossbreeding in the breed was made at Japan before those Akitas were imported to USA. All of the imported Akitas had papers in Nippo, JKC, AKIHO or AKIKYO, so they were registered and purebred with crossbred background. AKC closed the Akita register at 1974 and after that it was reopened at 1993. Between that time period there was no imports from Japan and they could bring new Akitas from Japan after 1993. There was no crossbreeding at USA. They just bred the breed to different direction than Japan.
"American Akita and Japanese Akita are totally different breeds with different background"
This is not true either. As I said previously all Akitas imported to USA were registered as Akita in Japan. Both breeds share the same history and same background. They are only different breeds by FCI and KC, but historically and genetically they are same breed but different lines. That's why crossbreeding between the two should be allowed as American lines are original lines of Akita and some were totally lost in Japan. As we know the biggest problem in Japanese Akitas is the too narrow genepool, so thinking now the breed separation almost 15 years ago wasn't the smartest thing to do.
"You can not get anything good enough from crossing the two Akita types"
Incorrect again. By gene studies these two breeds are actually a same breed but different types and lines. They do have some differences on the genes what they carry. My boy Lemmy is a cross between the two lines and by MDD genotyping we have seen that he is an Japanese Akita and he have bigger variety in genes. From this I have the written statement from the testing company. Japanese Akitas have many health issues what are related to narrow genepool. Dogs with different genes are VERY valuable to the whole breed. But people need to understand that crossing between the two Akitas is not an actual crossbreeding to another breed, it is a cross between the two types.
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| Lemmy's graph in MyDogDNA |
This is true but it does help. We need to keep the genepool wide as possible and it doesn't help the breed to survive in long term if we leave dogs with different genes but not the right look out from the breeding. The type is one of the most easiest things to breed back and there is several samples of this in the dog world. Plus the right and original type of Akita have been lost long time ago and now it is too much a show dog with fluffy face, too small eyes, stick legs and a banana back. Akita as a breed will need a total cross to other breeds to survive.
Here is some of the points what came to my mind and have been bothering me for a long time. If you are interested on breed history, go see Loren Egland's web page www.northlandakitas.com where you can find many articles about Akita history. Most of the articles are written by great Japanese Breeds historian Mr. Mutsuo Okada and translated by Dr. Tatsuo Kimura. These gentleman have been great help to me in the journey to understand this breed better.
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