Quoted from FCI standard n°344. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
FCI standard · American Akita
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Double-coat.
Undercoat thick, soft, dense and shorter than outer coat.
Outer coat straight, harsh/stiff and standing somewhat off body.
Hair on head, lower legs and ears short.
Length of hair at withers and croup approximately 5 cm, which is slightly longer than on rest of body, except tail, where coat is longest and most profuse
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Base colour
Any colour like red, fawn, white, etc
Shortened from FCI standard n°344 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the American Akita in general; any individual animal can differ.
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the American Akita on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
This is where American Akita owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
No American Akita breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.
