Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain. Dog Man An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain By Martha Sherrill ; Laural Merlington (Narrator) (Tantor Media, MP3 CD, 9781400157266) Publication Date: May 2008 Other Editions of This Title: Compact Disc , Compact Disc , Hardcover , Paperback Categories: Asia - Japan , Dogs - Breeds - Working & Herding Dogs , Ethnic Cultures - General “After World War II and over the course of decades, Morie Sawataishi bred Japanese Akitas and brought them back from the brink of extinction. Description How one man's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from extinction and led him to a difficult, more soulful way of life in the wilds of Japan's remote snow country.
About the Author Martha Sherrill is a former Washington Post staff writer who specializes in penetrating profiles of difficult subjects. Praise For Dog Man … "Morie Sawataishi has learned from his beloved Akitas to embrace the wild. Got Akita? Akita (dog) Dog breed Loyal Hachikō became legendary after waiting every day for his master to return at Shibuya Station in central Tokyo. A 9-week-old American Akita Olympic figure-skating champion Alina Zagitova receiving a Japanese Akita in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Many autoimmune diseases are known to occur in the Akita, including: In addition to these, some immune-mediated endocrine diseases with a heritable factor can occur, such as: Other nonimmune-specific conditions known to have occurred in the Akita include: These breed-specific conditions are mentioned in veterinary literature:
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