Sensei, my 130 lb. Akita, was pulling me down the street as if I were on water skis.

We had come around a corner on our morning walk when he spotted Elmo, a neighborhood cat who played Roadrunner to Sensei’s Willy Coyote.

Akitas originated in Japan and are used as police dogs and fighting dogs. They are also used to hunt bear.

Elmo would be a cocktail appetizer if Sensei ever caught him without humans around. Señor feline had known this from the day the two had met, and he bolted under a fence and out of sight. The leash went slack. READ MORE