Passion and Post-war Chaos of Wartime

During the day food shortages of the era World War II, Especially serious food shortages after the late war and the end of the war. It given the extensive damage to the storage of the Akita dog as large dog, the number of Akita dogs were drastically reduced. What gives as bait also Warabinori and dogtooth violet starch, such as vegetables, are mostly those of vegetable matter, or somehow not born child is also survived, also born puppy grow in malnutrition, even if finally grew up, distemper by illness etc.most of them were killed.

But if a large dog becomes larger food to and that amount necessary, era that has been traitor cry just feed the dog, big dog is eye-catching minute, criticism was also strong. In wartime, because it was using the fur of the dog as military winter clothing, capture instructions had been issued to dogs other than German Shepherd Dog to be a military dog. In order to escape its capture, is that it has crossed the German Shepherd Dog, also became the thing to retract the purification of Akita dog.

At the time of the end of the war of 1945, correct Akita dog pedigree, was left by the very effort of dog lovers, was only a dozen cows. As the foundation of these dogs, breeding fixed again as purebred after the war was conducted.

Pacific War outbreak earlier in 1937 around July, Helen Keller who was visiting Japan visited the Akita, I was desired the Akita dog. "Kamikaze-go" that were sent to her in the next month is an Akita dog that went to America for the first time. Kamikaze-go have died in subsequent distemper, in July 1939, now is the brother Dog kamikaze No. "No. pinholder" has been awarded.

After the war to the become Keller of dog news spread to (she in 1948 are thanked by revisit the Akita to return the date and time of), also the US military of the Allied Forces who had occupied Japan at that time and that the soldiers were kept in favor of Akita dog of adorable big body look, is that the growing demand of as guard dogs in the post-war turmoil combined, Akita dog became a boomlet. For this reason, this era, to those of hybrids sold is at a high price, until around 1955, that has been breeding and selling "Akita dog" of various types.