Some dog breeds can present unique challenges for first-time owners due to their specific health issues or demanding ...

This might sound like a straight-up real-life remake of the famous Japanese Akita dog, Hachiko, who used to wait for his master dutifully outside the train station every day. The poor dog didn't ...

The long-haired Akita dog named Wasao died in June last year at the presumed age of 13. The bronze statue was set up in this coastal town where its keeper, Setsuko Kikuya, came across the stray ...

A pair of Akita dogs are pictured in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on March 15, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Akita Inu Preservation Society (Kyodo) AKITA (Kyodo) -- A Japan-based society for Akita dogs ...

A woman bitten during a dog attack in Swindon that saw a Yorkshire terrier killed has revealed the extent of her injuries.

Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident, which happened in Queens Park on April 13 between 5.30pm and 6.30pm. They said the victim was attacked by a large Akita dog and ...

Starring Richard Gere and Joan Allen, it’s about a stray Akita dog named Hachi who was found by Parker (Gere) in a railway station. Hachi has such a strong love for his new owner that he walks with ...

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken one of his dogs, a female Akita named Yume, to an interview with Japanese journalists in the Kremlin. “I was told that you ...

Hey!" Heidstra said. The other male voiced shouted back, but Heidstra said he could not make out what the other voice was saying because Nicole Brown Simpson's Akita dog was barking hysterically.

While you're here, reviewers also suggest visiting the famous Hachiko monument, a landmark that pays tribute to a loyal Akita dog who would walk to Shibuya station every day to wait for his owner ...

A Japan-based society for Akita dogs has begun issuing digital pedigree certificates for the highly popular breed in an effort to combat forgery and people losing their paper-form documents. The Akita ...