Only ever met one akita. Years ago a girl me and my mates were friends with bought one. Stupid bint had zero understanding of dogs and training them. She used to have it on the sofa with her and dangle her long hair in its face and mouth. He used to love the hair in his mouth, i assume it was the strands inbetween his teeth. Me and a mate were round there with her, her sister and her sisters kid. My friend heard a noise upstairs and the kid was missing. The mothers quote was " its probably the kid playing upstairs ". My friend went upstairs to check and the kid was on the floor with the akita