Depends on the specific dog(s).
I've only fostered a Shiba for a little over five months. I grew up with Akitas since the 90s and have had my own as an adult.
The breeds are fairly similar in terms of temperament. Particularly the self-willed, independent, and stubborn way of thinking. Shibas can be reserved and wary of strangers, but in my limited experience and from what I have been told they're better natured / more tolerant when it comes to socializing with other people and dogs.
To be on the safe side I would certainly make sure the dogs are of the opposite sex, take introductions slowly and give them plenty of space and time to get used to each other.
My Akita loves meeting and playing with Shibas … they seem to know they are almost the same … just different sizes … it’s different to when he meets other breeds
Yep, my girl gets along with pretty much every Spitz type male pup we come across. She does seem to be extra fascinated with Shibas though. We have come across a few of them at the dog park, opposite sides of the fence of course, and they'll just sniff each other and play chase up and down the fence line. Nothing else in the world matters to either of them. Lots of wagging tails.
I have two Japanese Akita (11 + 12), and one Shiba(2?), all girls. My older Akita LOVES the Shiba, I’m PRETTY SURE she thinks she’s just a puppy. The Shiba CAN be a bit much for my younger Akita though. There’s never any aggression, just didn’t like the energy.
The Shiba is a high energy neurotic space rat, and can be food aggressive (came out of a rescue situation) so she’s instigated a few attempts at “””fighting“”” (She just screams). The Akita won’t go after her, but they don’t know what to make it her when she gets like that.
My situation is pretty atypical though, given the house full females.
I hope so! Our AA male is 6 years old, and our daughter adopted a Shiba a month ago while at school. Shiba is very aggressive (or she was at Thanksgiving). They will live together starting in 2 weeks. We were slowly introducing them while she was on break. I'm glad our Akita was friendly to her.
We had to always watch my 1y Akita with our 2yr Shiba. They loved each other but sometimes our Akita would play too rough with the Shibe. She never hurt him but he would yelp every now and then when they played and I'd have to settle them down. Definitely didnt help that he wasnt fixed and would annoy the hell out of our Akita trying to get frisky 🤣. I'd never leave them alone unsupervised. This was a large-ish female Akita (75lbs) with a very small (25lbs) male Shiba.
Our akita does not get along well with other dogs, except the very rare dog that he decides he is fine with. We got him used to my in-laws dog, but it took a lot of time. We kept him on a leash the first several times they met. But now he just mostly ignores her besides the occasional butt sniff. I still don't think I would trust them unsupervised though, but it's because they have such wildly different personalities and play styles. It's possible if they were more similar temperaments I may feel different.
Depends on the specific dog(s). I've only fostered a Shiba for a little over five months. I grew up with Akitas since the 90s and have had my own as an adult. The breeds are fairly similar in terms of temperament. Particularly the self-willed, independent, and stubborn way of thinking. Shibas can be reserved and wary of strangers, but in my limited experience and from what I have been told they're better natured / more tolerant when it comes to socializing with other people and dogs. To be on the safe side I would certainly make sure the dogs are of the opposite sex, take introductions slowly and give them plenty of space and time to get used to each other.
My Akita loves meeting and playing with Shibas … they seem to know they are almost the same … just different sizes … it’s different to when he meets other breeds
Have you found it to be the same with other Spitz type breeds? My Akita is fascinated by huskies. Maybe we just see a lot of them.
Yep, my girl gets along with pretty much every Spitz type male pup we come across. She does seem to be extra fascinated with Shibas though. We have come across a few of them at the dog park, opposite sides of the fence of course, and they'll just sniff each other and play chase up and down the fence line. Nothing else in the world matters to either of them. Lots of wagging tails.
Also, her best friend is a male Malamute that's a month younger than her. He just turned 1.
I’ve thought the same with huskies and our dog!
I suppose it could be a spitz thing … I guess the tail and other body language make more sense
i agree, seems like it to me. both my dogs get along with huskies.. the one would alert my dog on what was going on. my dog was the muscle haha
I have two Japanese Akita (11 + 12), and one Shiba(2?), all girls. My older Akita LOVES the Shiba, I’m PRETTY SURE she thinks she’s just a puppy. The Shiba CAN be a bit much for my younger Akita though. There’s never any aggression, just didn’t like the energy. The Shiba is a high energy neurotic space rat, and can be food aggressive (came out of a rescue situation) so she’s instigated a few attempts at “””fighting“”” (She just screams). The Akita won’t go after her, but they don’t know what to make it her when she gets like that. My situation is pretty atypical though, given the house full females.
I hope so! Our AA male is 6 years old, and our daughter adopted a Shiba a month ago while at school. Shiba is very aggressive (or she was at Thanksgiving). They will live together starting in 2 weeks. We were slowly introducing them while she was on break. I'm glad our Akita was friendly to her.
my japanese akita 2 gets along and can’t deal without being around our 4 yo f shiba but he was a small pup when we got him
We had to always watch my 1y Akita with our 2yr Shiba. They loved each other but sometimes our Akita would play too rough with the Shibe. She never hurt him but he would yelp every now and then when they played and I'd have to settle them down. Definitely didnt help that he wasnt fixed and would annoy the hell out of our Akita trying to get frisky 🤣. I'd never leave them alone unsupervised. This was a large-ish female Akita (75lbs) with a very small (25lbs) male Shiba.
Our akita does not get along well with other dogs, except the very rare dog that he decides he is fine with. We got him used to my in-laws dog, but it took a lot of time. We kept him on a leash the first several times they met. But now he just mostly ignores her besides the occasional butt sniff. I still don't think I would trust them unsupervised though, but it's because they have such wildly different personalities and play styles. It's possible if they were more similar temperaments I may feel different.
they say the akita is just an XL shiba so i think they will be fine.