For their merits, the dogs were at the imperial court, gradually the breed became elite and inaccessible to ordinary people.
There is even confirmed that one of the Japanese rulers issued a decree on the death penalty or imprisonment of everyone who encroaches on Akita Inu’s life and health.
The worship of the breed went so far that Akitu-Inu had a personal servant in the families of the emperor. And talking to the animal was possible only in a calm voice without the use of vernacular expressions.
