The magnificent akita can stand as high as 28 inches at the shoulder and weigh as much as 120 pounds. Add that this Japanese-bred dog was once used to hunt bear and as a sporting (fighting) dog, and ...
BELLINGHAM -- Nancy Fisk's first love was horses. She grew up with them, taught horseback riding and studied horsemanship in England. It was her love of horses that led Fisk, 57, to her true passion: ...
A journalist recently sent me a 1947 photograph of Helen Keller with a large dog resting at her feet. He wanted to know if this was her guide dog. It was not, but the handsome Akita was certainly a ...