I Can't Even Touch This Japanese Akita Inu

He just sat there and grumbled the whole time lol

Just gotta say, at least he wasn't aggressive despite not liking being touched by strangers. He's a very beautiful dog! I hope he gets used to strangers sooner rather than later.

He actually did a really really good job of voicing his dystain for the situation, without escalating. You could tell he really wanted to. His impulse control is good. There were some points you could see his inner dialogue...no I can't bite, I'm not allowed to bite, I know I can't bite, biting is bad, don't bite.

Every once in a while there is a split second when his face says “that feels nice” but then he remembers that he doesn’t like strangers 😂

I’ve never seen a dog with a more appropriate angry eyebrow marking 😂

There's no such thing as an Akita without an attitude towards strangers

I think he didn't like the blow dryer the second time because of your very scary and highly suspicious bee keeper hat.

Amazing someone brought you a dog to groom that didn't like to be touched by strangers. You handled that well.

What a cute orange bear.

He would like to speak with the manager.

The amount of sass coming from that dog is on cat levels

What a good boy 😭 He literally hated every minute and made it known but was honestly well behaved from what we saw. But I do attribute a lot of that to her reading his body language and respecting his boundaries too.

1:35 I think it was the Bee Keeper Hood that freaked him out! 😂

I agree the bee keeper confused him. "I am an Akita lady not a bee"😂😂

i feel like this would be a good video to talk about boundaries with strangers and dogs, not all dogs are meant to be approached with the intent to be touched (especially service dogs), or approached at all, but all dogs are meant to be walked and taken outside to get exercise when applicable, and many people may not understand that, and end up allowing children and themselves to be at risk of being snapped at or bit because 'oh big soft fluffy doggy do no harm to their owner so im safe too'. i hope one day in the future you approach this subject, seeing that you have such a reach to the community. :)

thus the importance of socializing your dog as much as you can. Bravo to you for doing the best you can... perhaps next time he will be better.

He looks like a huge red panda! What a dorky cutie pie❤

I think he’s afraid of your bee keepers hat. He looked at it several times.

Japanese Akitas are one of my favorite dogs. They are cute and have a lot of attitude.

He seemed surprisingly gentle for how much he was griping.