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Akitas VS Alaskan malamute fighting WHAT the win DOG?

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Answer by Cokacola
Submitted on 7/4/2004
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I have a question- I am new to this board. You all are always talking about which dog is bigger and badder. -- However, Which dog can whoop azz and protect the family? I have children and Pits are out of the question....Big DOGS that when they walk can knock over my one (1) year old just because it's clumbsy --is out of the question. All your egos seem to want is a DOG FIGHT.or a dog that can whoop another dog.. WHY? I don't know--Cause you can't do it yourself. Keep it real. Half of you don't own the dogs you are speaking of. You are only dreaming! And the people who say getting these dogs are easy---I live in KENTUCKY....not PERU-ARGENTINA-CUBA...etc. Hell I can't go to AFRICA and get a BEAR or LION -- so keep it real. I only want a dog I don't have to worry about eating or hurting my kids. So I want to know is there a dog for me?

Answer by Eirik
Submitted on 7/14/2004
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Hello everyone. This was a terrible discussion, dog fighting is illegal and immoral. But I figure I can give you some info about my own Malamute. He is about 4 years old and weighs about 45 kg. He's been attacked several times by golden retrievers (once, two of them at the same time). But actually, it doesn't evolve to a real fight because the dog attacking my Malamute finds out in a hurry that he attacked the wrong dog. It figures, you just don't attack a Wolf. But Golden Retrievers doesn't compare to akita, but a Rottweiler does. And I'll tell you what happened about a month ago as I was walking my Malamute. I was walking on the street at the other side of the mall, and outside of the mall there was tied this big black and brown Rottweiler barking at my dog. All of a sudden his leash broke, and he came at great speed towards us. I didn't know what to do, I thought the big rottweiler was going to kill my dog, but to at least give him a chance I let go of him. Now what happened is that they met in the middle of the street, and a lot of people was watching because they were probably as sick in the head as the one posting this topic. But anyways my dog and the rottweiler crashed together in within a second the rottweiler was lying on his back under my strong dominant and still undefeated Malaumte. I called him back and the Rottweiler returned slowly with his tail between his legs, and his head almost touching the ground as he walked. Then I called the cops. I have talked to alot of Malamute owners and I've heard alot about how they ALWAYS end up as the winner, whether they get attacked by german shepperds or fightdogs..

Answer by Marabelle
Submitted on 8/16/2004
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to all you fools who have just read stuff on the internet here is the truth. I own two akitas, they are not classified as japanese fighting dogs..They are indeed Japanese hunting dogs. it is only the mindless that tried to use them as fighting dogs. They are strong and they will defend their family. They are very dominant and must at all times be shown who the boss is. My dogs are very loving and only ever bark when strangers approach the house. They hunt small animals, they have killed my neighbours cats if they come into our yard. They can be trained to get along with cats from an early age, but mine were not. I have a full male akita 5 years old, and a desexed female akita 2 years old. one is more japanese akita, whereas the other is american breed akita. These dogs are dominant towards other dogs, and will fight if threatened. however they are not bred for fighting. so wake up to yourselves you are simply reading crap off the internet.

Answer by Naseem
Submitted on 10/21/2004
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The Akita has the edge over all fighting dogs.The physical feature's of Akita's & pittbull are similar. The differnce are that Akitas are bigger, stonger, faster, and furrier. Akita's have a differnt mind set then most tough breed's Pitbull are crazy, Akitas are not. They are more stable and in control of there emotions. They also tend to be more pasient and protective of there family's. When Akita's get into fights most of the time they wont start them but they will finsh it with a matter of seconds. I've seen it with my own eye's. They fight like Grizzly Bares standing on their back legs swinging punches, biting, and wreseling. The First time my Akita got into a fight was with a male rednose Pitbull. The pittbull was one of the toughest Pit's on the block and will experience in fighting. The Pitt ran up 2 my male Akita Growling and barking viciously. "Grizzly" however was not barking or showing any signs of aggresion he was calm. Then Out of nowhere Grizzly threw a over hand right punch into the Pitbulls face knocking the pitbull off ballance while the pitt was attemping to lunge at Grizzly'sface. Once the Pitt was off balance, Grizzly pounched on him with a couple bites. The fight was short lived because myself and the owner both had them on leashes, so we just yanked them away. The second scruffle he got into was when I was jogging with him and a door opened and out charged a black Pittbull about 65 lb's They hit each other's face like a "front end collision." biting ferociouly. It seemed like it could be a toss up untill Grizzly slammed the Pit onto the pavement. The Pit was pinned under 2 huge paws. Withinn 15 seconds of actual fight. It was crazy to see Grizzly change to sweat loveable dog to a vicious killer. Chewing the to death. The important thing is that it wasnt just senseless fighting. Grizzly was justified He was defending himself. I have also herd a story envolving a Akita & Pittbull. The Pittbull was barking and growling at in Akita at family reunion. The Owner of the pittbull didnt heed warning's, to the Akita's owner. He said that Oh husky dog is not going 2 do nothing. Then the Akita snapped on the Pittbull. Taking the Pitbull 2 the ground chewing and biting the dog up for about 30 minutes. The Pitbul was no pushover pit. Evenually the Pit died. I'm telling you there the best fighters.

Answer by Anon
Submitted on 11/17/2004
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I have an Akita (115 lbs) and he is dog aggressive. He will not attack all dogs, but he will fight any dominant dog. In all honesty he is a good fighter, but he isn't a first class fighter like a game pit bull or Presa. He's been in a few scraps, but I keep him on the leash, so it prevents an all out fight to the death type of thing; the fights are usually 30 or 40 seconds. Since I have him on a leash it's a disadvantage to him because the leash gets in the way and when I pull it he stops fighting for a second even when the other dog is still fighting, but if I were to take the leash off, my Akita would not stop fighting, he would keep going until blood was shed. He recently fought a boxer to a tie, but again the leash disadvantaged him, and he wanted to keep fighting. I can say that the boxer did a good job because the boxer did not back down and most dogs do back down after the first 5 seconds. My friend has a Malamute, and they are big and strong dogs, and they are dog aggressive. A fight between an Akita and a Malamute would be even for the first minute and than it would come down to which dog is more violent. They are closely matched in terms of size and strength. One would think that an Akita would have an advantage due to it's background as a fighting dog, but I can see a Malamute beating an Akita, depending upon the individual dog. I'm give the edge to the Akita, if the fight lasted more than three minutes because I think that the Akita would fight longer, almost to the death. If you want a really tough dog, than buy a Tosa and keep him physically fit. A Tosa can beat an Akita in a fight. A Malamute is a good working dog, an Akita is a good hunting dog, and they are also both good show dogs. So don't waste your time, just buy a Tosa, and don't even worry about fighting, just keep him in shape and feed him well. The only bad thing about the Tosa is that he isn't a great guard dog, and he's not as beautiful as an Akita or Malamute, yet he can really kick ass in a dog fight.

Answer by Anon
Submitted on 11/17/2004
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One more thing that I forgot to mention, is that a dog who has been in a few fights will do better than a dog who has never fought before, so experience does become a factor if both dogs are matched in terms of size and instinct. A dog who has been in a few fights will not give up as quickly. The real fighting dogs like Pit Bulls and Tosas are actually subjected to cruelty in order to make them more violent, for example, my Akita will respond to violence with violence, and not all dogs do that, but that's the difference in a fighting dog. Instead of backing down when faced with violence, they raise the level of violence, and that's a strange thing, but that is the reality. I do not try to bring the violence out in my Akita, however it most certainly is there, and so it's possible to make a real killer out of the dog, but than you could end up with a useless dog because the dog responds to everything with violence. Eventually that dog will have to be put down.

Answer by Anon
Submitted on 11/18/2004
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With any dog, that you want to be an aggressive dog, or basically just "not a wimp", you never begin to bring their aggression out when they are puppies, and when I say puppies, I mean the first 12 months. There is no such thing as teaching a puppy aggression, but I bet that a lot of young people don't know that, and they don't want their big dog to be a wimp, so they wrestle with their puppy. Well, even if the dog is a fighting breed, when they are a puppy, you just treat them very nice and gentle. The aggression will come out when they are older because it is natural. One day your 12 month old Akita will suddenly start to growl and fight other dogs, but for the first 12 months he will never fight, and that's fine, that's the way it works. The Akita although once used as a pitfighter, is no longer a pitfighter, and neither is a Malamute. Both of these dogs can survive in the wilderness for short periods of time, so they are hunters and survivors, but you can't use them for dog fighting. You could maybe cross breed an Akita with a Tosa, and make a tougher Akita, but I don't see too many people trying to create gladiator dogs these days.

Answer by Akitalover
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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No i don't think all you all know what your talking about malamutes is like a piece of bone to an Akita. Yeah we have like 9 Akita and we do breed i think i know my Akita pretty well if an Akita can take out a bear then i think that it sure can take out a Malamute so do some history about Akita and come back and change you answers about malamutes... i will tell you what one time Akita was sitting on the porch and a pit bull came running down the road my Akita got up and smashed into him, rolled him and was shaking him by his neck... so them who think pits and Rottweiler and good fighter i don't think so Akita will eat them for a snack so don't speak highly about pits or Rottweiler because they are a snack to an Akita.... Yeah Again remember that Akita are JAPANESE FIGHTING DOGS, AND THEY ALSO ARE KNOWN TO FIGHT BEARS.

Answer by yes
Submitted on 7/2/2005
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look at these pictures http://www.hudsonsmalamutes.com/images/hudsons-malamutes-thumper-rightside2-April07-2005.jpg http://www.hudsonsmalamutes.com/images/hudsons-malamutes-sumo-rightside2-may26-2005.jpg pretty much identical to my malamute i have now, ive also owned a akita several years ago, i can tell you that the akita although a strong dog doesnet even have half the strength of a malamute and its fighting instinct has been bred out though many years of selective breeding. A malamute, such as the typical big ones above will never lose against any dog, my one weights 140lb'sand is 31" big it would destroy my old akita in seconds, but i would not want to see such nice dogs fight each other.

Answer by CAC0
Submitted on 7/21/2005
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You can't really compare Rots to Akitas. Akitas are considerably better fighters...and your average Akita will take your average Malamute. The Malamute, while a match for the Akita in terms of physicality, is just not game for a long fight and will likely bail once it realizes that it can't win easily. Actually, it's the smart thing to do. An Akita, on the other hand, would continue to fight a Tosa or Pit to its own demise. That 'gameness' is a form of stupidity, if you ask me... I had the misfortune of seeing a large male Airedale terrier get into it with an Akita. Man, the Akita was going to win, but it just couldn't quite pin that Airedale...it was ugly. The owners finally managed to break it up. Airedales will also fight an animal to their own death...

Answer by bettermentflux
Submitted on 7/21/2005
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This is a bit of a ridiculous post, but I had to throw my 2 cents in anyway... I owned a beautiful male Malamute. He passed away a few years ago. He weighed approx. 130-140lbs Not aggressive at all but I can't recall meeting another dog that didn't immediately defer to him. A bit clumsy, however and had a habit of inadvertently knocking down my then toddler. I have an Akita now, female, about 75lbs. She's extremely gentle. Will lick a cat and let a child yank on her ears or gouge her eyes and just take it. Another dog, however, is a totally different story. She is dominant. Period. She's mostly friendly with other dogs, but if one tries to test her she will not yield until she's on top with the other dog baring it's belly. As to which of my two dogs would have won in a fight... who cares! Not why I had them. Bottom line: Speaking only from personal experience, I trusted my Malamute with other dogs but watched him around people. My Akita is the opposite: I would leave my Akita to watch over in infant knowing that not only wouldn't she ever hurt a child, but would protect the child from getting into trouble or from anyone that wanted to cause the child harm. But I don't trust her to be around other dogs. Both are/were beautiful, noble and dominant animals.

Answer by CAC0
Submitted on 7/21/2005
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You can't really compare Rots to Akitas. Akitas are considerably better fighters...and your average Akita will take your average Malamute. The Malamute, while a match for the Akita in terms of physicality, is just not game for a long fight and will likely bail once it realizes that it can't win easily. Actually, it's the smart thing to do. An Akita, on the other hand, would continue to fight a Tosa or Pit to its own demise. That 'gameness' is a form of stupidity, if you ask me... I had the misfortune of seeing a large male Airedale terrier get into it with an Akita. Man, the Akita was going to win, but it just couldn't quite pin that Airedale...it was ugly. The owners finally managed to break it up. Airedales will also fight an animal to thier own death...

Answer by Stasik115
Submitted on 7/22/2005
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Listen guys I have an 170 LBS akita. Hes usually friendly with people although he greatly dislike other dogs despite his training. He trys to fight them every chance he gets. We were walking down the street and my neighbor has a canary dog and a malamute my dog always gets along with the canary dog for some strange reason but hates the malamute. One day the owners of the malamute were walking the malamute without a leash and the malamute ran for me to bight me. It jump into my face and my akita caught his neck in mid-air and almost tore it apart but the owner came running to the malamute. Another insidint with my akita was with a canary dog the one that lives with the malamute. Both of us took our dogs to the local park. We let them go in the field and the were playing fairly well besides the occasional growl and bark when the canary bit my dogs tail. My akita destoyed the canary. Any way that goes to prove that and akita can take a canary dog. BTW i had to pay the vet bills for the stupid canary dog.

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