Adopt a Akita
Sassy the Dog needs a home
Ms Sassy and her companion,Bear, came to us as the by product of a divorce. Bear found his home, but Sassy is still looking. One of our longtime adopters looking for a companion for their male dog sent us this write up:
Sassy seems receptive to Kansei (their dog) and fell all over herself to be with my husband . She was good with me as well. She is as sweet and friendly w/people as the day is long. You can tell she doesn’t have any menace in her at all. She was probably a great mom.
Things to consider with her are that she is EXTREMELY skittish. Out of her known environment (house, run, backyard), she is scared of motion (cars, wind blowing leaves, bicyclists) and noises (cars, Bill said storms too). They say she’s improving, but this would need a lot more work. I don’t know if she’ll ever be that dog that merrily goes on outings. She is a homebody, but she would need conscious socializing to build up her confidence.
She’s lost some weight, but could stand to lose another 5+ pounds. Bill and Lynn and doing great there.
She has no leash manners and isn’t even sure some of the time how to deal with the leash, Bill and Lynn are working on that too. She was pretty good on lead w/Cuff, but needed some coaxing when scary things went by (cars, wind, etc). She will definitely be fine w/obedience training one day.
She is not very food motivated.
- Animal: Dog
- Breed:
Akita
- Size: X-Large
- Gender: Female
- State: Virginia
- Zip/Postal Code: 22193
