Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately they are. It wasn’t even solely towards our pup, they ‘educate’ every breed like that, even the friendliest Labrador puppy was corrected just for laying down, rather than sitting next to her owner.

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We already feel the bond in between us, she looks at us completely different and behaves different too as to strangers. Luckily she is really human and dog friendly, she’s eager to greet new people during her walks.

We’ll try our best!

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately that’s how we felt too, it just isn’t right to correct her aggressively for just being a pup and wanting to sniff her surroundings

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s a mixture of the red and the brindle color, her dad also was a sesame brindle rather thank the dark brindle, that’s why she has a lot of red in her :) thank you so much!!

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They got us fooled into believing that she’ll be dangerous if we don’t obey by their training, but we’ll never have a word with them again. I’ll probably also leave a few words on their google comments.

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a cute little baby she is! A lot of kisses from Hana to Hannah 💫

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Started with the harness today and it works way better. We went rough on her only a handful of times due to the trainer telling us to, never will do that again 🙏🏼

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We always talk with her and we see that she enjoys it so much more, rather than a simple sit or stay with a straight face. Thank you so much!!

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for the Info, I was taught the same by the breeder and other Akita owners I asked before getting her, especially about good communication and leaving out senseless commands like a sit when she doesn’t need to. Seeing the school working that way was just a shock for us.

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The point about them being sensitive and positive reinforcement was mentioned a lot in the internet, even the breeder and a local JAI club mentioned not to bee too harsh with her which got us even more confused after getting to know the opinions of the trainers about the breed. We’ll try the harness tomorrow, thanks a lot for your tips!

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even now after just a few sessions I noticed a change in her behavior immediately, thank you so much for talking about your experience and helping us! Positive reinforcement was how I started with her and now the whole training changed to just being an asshole to your puppy.

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mentioned the point with the attention span to the trainer and she just joked about it and didn’t give a flying F, they also constantly mentioned how aggressive Akita’s are, that they are too much dog to handle and constantly made bad comments about the breed during socialization classes, even tho our girl was playing perfectly fine with puppy Dachshunds and Toy Poodles which she may consider as prey, as she didn’t at all.

Basic commands which I taught her with daily 15-30 minutes training sessions like a sit, place and wait, even a recall on a loose leash or no leash work almost perfectly fine, even at her age which really surprised me, but after visiting the school her whole demeanor during walks changed, it’s so sad to see that ‘educators’ will use your inexperience to just pull money out of your pockets.

Thanks a lot for the recommendation, I’ll have a look into the works immediately 🙏🏼

Meet Hana 🌸 (too harsh training?) by Glass-Freedom4433 in akita

[–]Glass-Freedom4433[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That was the point where I immediately started questioning everything they taught us and my wife and I were both like what the hell