Funny Bro, to answer the initial question, Akitas are have a low tolerance for kids not in the family and for that matter, anyone who is not family, sure they tolerate non family and kids but you can not treat them as an immediate family member would. I am sure you can find "Watered Down" Akitas that are a mush with anyone but that is not what we wanted, after a year of research and visiting kennels all over the US we settled on our boy and thus far the return for the dollar has been 10x the initial investment.