There is a myth that Akitas are real sweethearts and cuties. This is not entirely true: when the “transition period” begins (the start falls on the age from six months to a year), the dog shows character, trying to dominate. This can be expressed by demonstrative disobedience, hints of aggression, dirty tricks. The owner will have to show severity and patience to prove to the pet: the main person in the “pack”. Only after an intensive course of training and a painstaking educational process, dogs from the island of Honshu become the very pets that are talked about at every corner.