Alina Zagitova Will Not Be Raising Her Akita Dog ‘Masaru’

Alina Zagitova Will Not Be Raising Her Akita Dog ‘Masaru’

Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova (15) lives together with her grandma in an apartment in Moscow, separated from her family back in her hometown due to training. Alina raises a cat and two chinchillas with her grandma, recently being gifted an Akita dog from the Akita Dog Preservation Society because of her interest in the dog and hard work at the Olympics.

Because of Alina’s busy overseas schedules, she cannot take care of her Akita dog, Masaru.

“It’s no problem to raise an Akita dog even for a young girl like herself but to protect the flow of her lifestyle, she can feed and walk the dog at scheduled times. It doesn’t take a long time to walk the dog even though it’s a large breed, the same is true for both Shiba dogs and Akita dogs. If she takes the dog on a 30-minute walk, it’ll be just fine”

“It’s true that the Figure Skating Federation Of Russia will fully take care of Masaru. Her home is cramped so she’s unable to take care of it but, a doghouse will be built for her at the skating rink as she practices there. We think the kids and coach of the club will love it and want to accept it, so we believe it’s a great way to raise the dog”

(Source: Girls Channel, Daily Shincho)

1. [+6,426, -18] Stop thoughtlessly giving up Akita dogs. A dog isn’t a thing

2. [+4,150, -41] I’m kinda disappointed.

3. [+3,449, -21] Thought it’d be like this

4. [+2,852, -36] “We believe it’s a great way to raise the dog” ????

5. [+2,306, -46] What, they just got manipulated by a selfish girl

6. [+2,100, -14] What?

7. [+1,994, -24] The siblings got separated for this

8. [+1,964, -13] What!? Why’d want it if it’s just for looks! If you received it, you should raise it!

9. [+1,920, -15] If that’s the case, I wish she would’ve refused it. I wonder if Japan made too big of an uproar about it that she couldn’t go back on it

10. [+1,746, -12] Will Masaru be happy like this?

11. [+1,579, -8] Thought so. It’ll be really hard for Zagitova and her grandma to live with such a big dog like an Akita.

12. [+1,311, -13] She’ll love it but will never take care of it huh. I’m disappointed

13. [+1,319, -5] Zagitova is a beautiful girl who I really love but I think it’d be better if she ended at just admiring Akita dogs. I feel bad for Masaru who can never be with her owner and just be left to others.

14. [+1,203, -5] Come back home Masaru

15. [+1,057, -8] This is great? I feel bad for Masaru

16. [+954, -5] It’s wrong to keep the dog in such an environment that you can’t even take care of it by yourself

17. [+751, -7] Irresponsible

18. [+743, -2] Eh, is that so….

(Masaru is on the right)

19. [+709, -4] Please give me Masaru