What type of dog is hatchiko?

Answer 1

Hachiko was a beautiful white Akita from Japan, and he grew to be over 90lbs.

He was found by a professor in Japan when Hachiko was just 2 months old. Hachiko would visit the train station and wait for his owner to come back from work each day.

Sadly, when Hachiko was roughly 1.5 years old, his owner has a stroke whilst at work and died, and so he didn't arrive back whilst Hachiko waited. Akita's often get very attached to one person, and Hachiko was no exception. He ran away, back to the station, when another family tried to take him in.

Hachiko returned to the train station every day and waited for his owner to return until his own death almost 10 years later. A statue has been erected

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outside the station where Hachiko used to sit.

Because of this true tale, Akitas are often seen as the most loyal breeds of dog.