Hello! I’m happy to have found this page! Me and my fiancé have adopted a sweet Akita/Husky mixed girl when she was 8 weeks. She is now 12 week, potty training has been great, she’s getting comfortable in her kennel, and training has been good (knows touch for her recall, sit, down and leave it) of course being so young she’s teething so the bites are abundant and once that happens I put her in her kennel and she goes right to bed for a few hours. She had a moment where she tried to nip me and growled when she was eating as I was petting her. I heard that the breed (Akita) can commonly have resource guarding tendencies so we have been hand feeding her to give her more confidence and trust with us and it’s been great so far I pet her while she eats out of my hand and I get her sit back down before every bite.
When she plays with other dogs (they’re smaller breeds outside of my partners friends dog that is a big lab mix so she’s the same size as them is not a little taller) she shows teeth and gets a bit over aggressive which I can tell from her growls when she’s playing (with the smaller or same size dogs not the big ones) . I break them up once I start seeing that as I don’t want it to escalate and she or the other dog gets harmed, her teeth are VERY sharp!
Am I overreacting a bit considering she’s so young and it only happens when playing for a bit? My concern is not having her be aggressive with other dogs we don’t have the same issue with people. She’s on a good routine, I have had family dogs growing up (German Sheppard and a Border Collie) so I enjoy the high I just want to make sure I’m giving her a good environment to grow but more importantly stop any bad acts before they become a habits.
Am I overreacting or are there ways to minimize that with other dogs? I would love to hear from anyone who has time, especially if you had had or have an Akita, thank you!
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