I just put down one of our dogs. I bought him from Royalty Akitas in Lincoln, CA. He cornered my 3 year old child and bit her arm. I’ve had my Akita for going on 5 years. I spent a ton of time working with him trying to work out his aggression towards people. From the beginning he had genetic problems
As our family reads these stories, we feel that we can connect with a little of all of them. We’ve had 3 dogs from Don and problems with each one. I don’t even know where to start. Long story short, our first male dog has an amazing temperament
Our boy just had his 6th birthday when things started to go south very quickly. Overnight he started vomiting and couldn’t get up for his walks. The vets were able to help the dehydration, but they found that BOTH his kidneys were very small and deformed.
We purchased our Akita puppy, Ronin, from Alaska Akitas in March of 2016. Both his parents were from Royalty Akitas in Lincoln, CA. He was one of 11 (10 surviving) of his litter. I would eventually find out that his litter was the third consecutive litter for his young mother. Alaska is on the other side of the country from us, so we were not able to visit the puppies or meet the breeder ahead of time.
My daughters purchased my Hoshi from Royalty Akitas on December 2016. The transaction was conducted without my knowledge since Hoshi was a surprise Christmas present for me. Don (the owner) told my daughters that Hoshi was a "premium dog" and for that reason, he demanded $2000.00 plus an additional $350.00 fee ...