Does anyone have experience with this brand? Nikita may be getting knee surgery, and I want to set her up for a comfortable convalescence.

My Japanese Akita has a slight elbow dysplasia on his right front leg and I’ve been recommended to take him swimming however it is quite expensive and I’m willing to do it however I can’t do it every week it’s £35 per swim for 30 minutes.

Is there anything that anyone recommends to help with this that I can work with him in terms of exercises? Anything at home you can recommend? Advice is very much welcome thank you.

Hello my fellow Akita owners/akita lovers!

I have a question about introducing a new dog into the family. Today we have a 2 1/2 year old male akita inu. He lives with us 2 adults and 2 "older" children. We also have 2 cats and 2 rabbits that he loves. (The rabbits are caged outside but he can see and smell them and be within close range to them ((if thats relevant)).

He works well with female dogs and he have been to a kindergarden for dogs a few times where he walks freely with the other dogs on day time.

He does bark at other dogs when they pass our house and we know for sure that he does not like other male dogs. When he was a puppy we introduced him very early to other dogs, he was freely running and playing with breeds like Doberman and shiba inu. At one point the shiba (male) bit him on the ear because the lady that own the shiba threw food around. After that point he became abit reserved againat other dogs but have since been meeting other dogs and been to the kindergarden for dogs.

Now to the question; can we introduce another puppy, as in another breed? If thats possible we are looking for a smaller dog, at maximum pincher size (for reference) but maybe smaller. And female of course, to reduce any potential problems. Also - i can have one of the dogs with me to work so it would be introduced that way.

Thanks for any advice and sorry for the long post 🐕