Sporting Group? Retriever?

Despite the athletic and purposeful stride of this showy girl, Akitas are in the Working Group -- one of eight AKC breed categories. As with many of the breed groups, the Working Group includes a diverse and perhaps unintuitive collection of breeds, including Bulldogs, German Pinschers and Great Danes. Learn more about the Working Group.

AKC is curently considering a realignment of its breed groups, which would create a new "Northern" group, with Akitas, Malamutes, Chow-Chows and Samoyeds, along with other spitz-type dogs. Akitas should have a ball!

2010 Akita Nationals Set For Gettysburg

The 2010 meeting of the Akita Club of America will be held at the Eisenhower Convention Center in Gettysburg, PA, from September 21-25. The "Nationals" features two major specialty shows and most of the top Akitas in the country. With hundreds of Akitas in attendance (and even some people), this event is easily the largest gathering of the breed anywhere in the country.

The shows are open to the public and are free. For more information, visit the Akita Club of America web site.

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