Should I Crate Train My Akita? Although not all akitas actually need to be crate trained, proper crate training can have many benefits for any akita or owner. The doberman pinscher breed was created in the 1860's by a man named Louis Doberman. Mr. Doberman was a German tax-collector. He needed a dog to protect him from angry people while he worked. To this day, dobermans are excellent guard dogs. Many akitas have severe separation anxiety because akitas are pack animals. As a result, when humans leave a akita home alone, sometimes the akita will chew or destroy furniture and other objects. Crating a akita for a few hours when it is home alone will help to reduce anxiety-related destruction. The Bloodhound doesn't need to smell blood to find someone who is lost. It is said that his name instead means blooded hound, or aristocratic. They actually track people because people leave a trail of skin cells with their own unique odor wherever they go. Another benefite of crate trianing is that wild akitas live in dens. These dens provide protection from the weather, comfort and security. Crate training, when done properly, can give a domestic akita the same sense of security. Schipperke is Flemmish for "little captain" and the name is appropriate because most schipperkes seem to act almost human. they are happy, intelligent and usually enjoy being the center of the universe around them. Another good use for crate training is transportation. If your akita is trained to go into its crate on command then it can be taken on a trip or to the vet with ease. Basset hounds are fabulous at hunting and they make wonderful companion dogs. However, even with those great qualities, basset hounds are horrible swimmers! Their legs are simply too small to keep their heavy, long bodies afloat properly. When you first begin crate training a akita, it's important not to lock the akita in the crate or use the crate as a punishment in any way. The object is to get the akita to want to go into his crate when he needs to. It should feel comforting, like a human's bedroom. If you are going to be home with your akita the crate should be left open so that the akita has free access to his crate. This will allow him to get used to the crate. Over time he will actually enjoy spending time in his crate, even when he doesn't have to. The Giant Schnauzer is known in german as "Riesenschnauzer", meaning "the giant". It should closely resemble the other Schnauzers, miniature and standard. However, they are really completely unique and unrelated breeds. They have just developed in such a way, over time, that they look similar to each other. The only situation where crate training should not be used is if nobody is going to be available to let the akita out of the crate for a certain amount of time. Akitas like to keep their beds clean, so they do not like to go to the bathroom anywhere near their beds. A smaller puppy generally has to go every two or three hours. An older akita can generally wait for up to five or six hours. Therefore, a crate should never be used for long-term confinement. An American foxhound became one of the most amazing mothers in the dog world when she set a record for the largest litter of puppies in 1944. She had not one, not two, not even ten, but twenty-three puppies!