Just about 4 months ago I adopted about a 9 month old Akita from Wayside Waifs ( http://www.waysidewaifs.org/ ). I got lucky, Wayside transferred her from another shelter right as Midwest Akita Rescue was looking at her ( http://www.akita.org/ ). So I consider her both a rescue and a shelter dog. I also have 2 old shibas, 12 & 13, so getting everyone to adjust was a little work. Jade was a little possessive of her toys and food around them, but has gotten much better. Since she's just a year, I need to keep working on her dog social skills. I don't really by in too many Akita myths, but they do have some dog aggression and stranger aggression in the breed. Other studies , Steven Lindsey, show that dog aggression can increase and become evident up to two years or age. Luckily, I have Wayside and I've been taking Jade there every Saturday when I work with the shelter dogs. It's been an interesting ride. Jade had pretty good dog skills to begin with, but I have seen he...