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NOTE:  Puppies change color as they grow...the color of the Akita does not matter very much as long as the color is brilliant and clear.  A dull coat would be considered a fault.  Here are some examples of color changes as the puppy grows:  black turns to brindle, silver, brown etc.  Brown turns to fawn and red.  Red turns to fawn.  White gets little black spots in it.  Silver/charcoal turns to fawn.  White can yellow.  Black guard hairs may not come in until 4 months of age, darkening the overall appearance of the pup's coat.  Small markings, especially white, fade or disappear completely.  As the skin stretches, the markings will broaden and move to another area of the body and change shape slightly.  By 5 months, your pups coat should be finished changing!  However, you may notice that the color sharpens at adulthood, especially reds!  Also I have noticed that many people do not understand what brindle means.  A nicely marked brindle will have a stripe that is a different color than the rest of the coat and is often compared to a tiger.  The color of the brindle is based off of the color of the stripe, NOT the base color.  So if you have a silver with a fawn stripe, it is considered a fawn brindle.  A brindle may also be patches of color but this is not as desirable as you want a nice clean stripe.  They come in a variety of colors such as red, brown (most common), silver (the only Japanese brindle) and black (which is a base coat of black with black stripes and the only true way to get a solid black Akita but this is pretty much unheard of.)  Many people call all other coats, especially fawns, a brindle when they are not, they just have a more noticable overcoat of black.  If you want to know if your Akita is a brindle, feel free to ask or look at pictures of our Yori and Ryu!  

According to current AKC guidelines, Akitas come in these colors:

with these markings:

            Also, regarding the size of the pup, it's size at 8 weeks is directly determined by nourishment.  Unless there is something wrong with the pup or the mother's milk, you can generally say that for the first year of it's life, it's body size will be determined by it's litter size.  For example:  you have two puppies, both male, from the same parents but different litters.  Puppy A is from a litter of 3 and Puppy B is from a litter of 11.  For the first year, maybe two, of its life, Puppy A will be noticably larger than Puppy B.  This does not mean that there is anything wrong with either of them.  Puppy A just got alot more nourishment in the womb, more of mom's milk was available and he had to fight less siblings to get a nipple.  Puppy B will be catching up on Puppy food.  At three years, the two males will be probably be generally more close in size.  (Taking into account that one could have taken more of mom's gene pool than dad's and things like that.)  If you have questions about this, I am happy to explain it over the phone in more detail or show you examples.  The rest of size is left up to genetics.  Our females range from 77ish to 115ish.  The males range from 90ish to 140ish.

We have also included an evaluation form that may be helpful to you in choosing your new pup and you will also want to see our Behavioral Analysis.  I have also attached a sample K9 pregnancy chart so that you can better understand the stages and length of k9 pregnancy.

    We have visitors often that come to see our dogs.  If you would like to visit us prior to your decision to adopt an Akitas de MacLeod puppy, let us know and we will be happy to help you make the arrangements for your visit!  HOWEVER, we do not allow puppies to be seen until they are at least 4 weeks old and visits must be brief so that the pups can get back to mom!  UNFORTUNATELY SUMMER VISITS FOR 2008 MUST BE POSTPONED DUE TO VET RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON VOLATILE PARVO STRAINS CAUSING AN AZ EPIDEMIC.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT CANNOT ALLOW RISK TO OUR PUPS.  FEEL FREE TO SCHEDULE A FALL VISIT WHEN ARIZONA IS OUT OF PARVO SEASON!!! 

    *****Please keep in mind that we are not a business or a petting zoo!  We will only allow meetings with serious interested puppy adopters, therefore please send us your questionnaire/contract before scheduling a visitation.  These Akitas are our pets; there is a great deal of liability and responsibility for us to allow you to come to our home to visit them.  Do Not bring unruly children if a babysitter can be arranged.  Do NOT bring your other Akita or other dog breed (While we are happy to look at pictures of your dog and hear about them, it is not safe for our dogs to bring others here when we don't know about their temperament, obedience and vet records.  Do NOT show up with a dog in heat and ask us to breed them on the spot because we require research before deciding whether or not we will allow our Akita to mate yours and this takes a lot of advance planning.  Unfortunately, we wouldn't be bringing these things up if they hadn't happened before.  We have to ask these things for our own safety and the safety of our dogs!!!******