Coco, our soft-as-shit Akita, has just killed a bird (well, mostly). First time she's ever shown any kind of prey drive, and I have to say...it was both hugely impressive and scary as all hell. She was just plodding round the garden as usual, and then cleared half the garden in one bound, launched herself five feet upwards, twisted and snatched the poor thing out of the air. I've seen dogs catch birds before, but honestly never anything like this outside of wildlife documentaries.
Even worse, she only did half the job, so I had to finish it off (without going into gruesome details, there was definitely no chance of recovery).
I can certainly see why Akitas were used for hunting. The sheer power and agility they have is mental.
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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We thought it might have been the colour but the physical/body language things you mentioned above seem more probable.
It always puzzled us! As well as the colour we thought the size might be an issue.
I think you might have nailed it because thinking back he doesn't have the same issue with smaller white dogs or other larger dogs.
He's 13 in July so is not bothered about much at all these days - still it will be interesting to see his reaction to the next one he sees...
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In my experience the most aggressive dogs are usually terriers.
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That poor postman.