Puppy Purchasing

Orients Pride Akita’s is a small hobby kennel established in 1991, dedicated to breeding dogs who are both mentally and physically sound, who have friendly, trustworthy personalities, who are also typy specimens of the breed. Our first akita  puppy that we purchased as a pet was the start of it all. Little did we know we would be hooked for life. He now lives near Toronto Canada. I have always wanted to show and thought I would try to figure out how to go about doing it. That is when I purchased my first show dog. We are very proud that amateur/owner-handling dogs of our breeding have attained titles and all on good merit. We know that any dog can get a championship title if handled by a professional handler. We believe that only the akitas that are to the BEST akita standard get shown. We have had many new owner/handle puppy owners that have shown and finished their akitas from our kennel. That we feel makes us very proud.

We believe it is extremely important to produce healthy, trouble-free pups for the show and pet homes. Our breeding stock is carefully screened for genetic problems. Our dogs are all cleared for hip dysphasia, elbow dysphasia by the orthopedic foundation for animals (OFA) at 2 years of age. Eye exams are conducted annually by an ophthalmologist. We also keep informed of any genetic developments, which emerge, in our breed. Good sound temperaments; sound structure, health and excellent breed type are imperative for all dogs in our breeding program and we except nothing less..

We breed only one or two litters a year, each carefully and lovingly raised in the house. The pups get lots of care and attention and are well socialized with our children by the time they leave here for their new homes. A good foundation is laid for whatever future endeavor lies ahead of each pup. We strongly believe that a puppy that has been handled by children at a young age become more well mannered individuals as adults and adjust much better than a puppy that hasn't. Why we know this is that we have closely studied different litters to see if this is possibly true and we do believe it is. We have lots of references that can give you on the temperaments of our dogs and puppies we have produced.

The Akita is a very unique and wonderful dog. Loving and loyal, protective, intelligent, inquisitive and independent. However they are not for everyone and a lot of care is taken to screen potential owners and to educate them on the pros and cons of the breed. We try to assure the personality of each pup and to match it to his new owner. It is of the utmost importance that each new owner of one of our pups is completely happy with him because buying a pup is a lifetime commitment to that dog. Our dogs live long healthy lives and we want them as well as their owners to be happy too. Please feel free to contact some of our Puppy owners as they will be happy to give you information about their experience with an Orients Pride Akita puppy.

All puppies are wormed as advised, and vaccinated  before they leave our kennel.  At 7 weeks of age we run a temperament test on each one of the puppies and each are graded on how they accept situations. A copy of this test will accompany the puppy’s papers when they go to their new home. At 8 weeks we evaluate the litter to see who might make it as a show potential puppy and who we think would make a better pet puppy. When we take photos of the pups we ask for no one to get excited about any particular puppy as we place our puppies in the order that the deposits were received also the type of puppy temperament might not match the home situation.

Pet puppies:

Are healthy and functional sound. They are sold on a spay/ neuter agreement on a limited Registration as we are concerned with the overpopulation and we know neutered dogs are healthier and make better pets.

Our pet prices are $1,000 to $1,200 depending on the breeding that has taken place.  Pet quality puppies at OPA are just as high in quality in good health, sound body and temperaments as are show quality puppies. They may not be as close to "perfection" as show quality pups appear at such an early age but often the differences are very hard to distinguish. Some things that might classify a puppy to being a pet puppy is  Sometimes show quality pups are sold as pets simply because there aren’t enough good quality "show" homes to place one of our puppies in. We require a $100. deposit to hold a pet puppy in your name which is non-refundable.

Show puppies:

Are Healthy and functional sound. Health warranty plus hips, eyes, knees and disqualifying faults are warranted up until three years of age which at that time we expect the buyers to have all the health test done like OFA the hip and having their eyes cerf’d. If found that they don’t pass these test at the age of 3 years old, a replacement puppy of equal value when one becomes available will be given after the proof of spaying/neutering of the dog in question. Copy must be send to us.

On Some pups Co-ownerships might be required until terms of contract are fulfilled.

Price for show quality pups are  $1,500.00 and up depending on the pick and the breeding involved or if a co-ownership is considered. One or two pups back may also be required on females.

We require that our kennel name is the first word on the AKC registration papers.

A deposit of $250.00 is required to hold your reservation for a pup. This is non-refundable but can be applied toward another pup from another litter at our kennel. Deposit Letter

Below are links where you will find our contracts for the current litter we might have available. The contracts will state the parents of the pups so that you will know what the price of the puppies are from that litter. Our Questionnaire is can also be found. This is so we can get to know you and to place the right puppy with each home.

Puppy contracts for the current litter that we have. Pet quality   and  Show quality  If  you are still interested in purchasing one of our puppies please fill out the questionnaire form, copy  and send it to us using the address below as the submit form isn't working at this time.

Thank you,

Tammy and Randy Patnode

Orients Pride Akita’s