Our female had some problems with it when she was young.
You might notice your pup favoring one leg, like not putting much weight on it while standing on a consistant basis, or limping a bit when first rising from a nap, then it might get better.
She also didn't get up on her hind legs hardly at all before we got her "tweeked"
Meadow had to have a TPO, triple pelvic osteotomy, where the basically saw the pelvis in 3 places, rotate the hip joint/socket to get better femoral head coverage and screw it back together.
It was very expensive( like 1600 dollars!) but the results were great. She runs and plays like nothing was ever the matter.
The breeder that we got our akitas from told me that you can have a preliminary check done at about 8 months, but they OFA will not certify hip grade on a dog less than 2 years old.
Some bloodlines might have "loose hips" when young, but will tighten up as they grow older. This can be an excuse if they have problems with it, but a reputiable breeder should tell you this up front.
The sweet lady that we got our dogs was devestated that we had problems, but I knew it was a fluke, because all her dogs haven't shown any signs of it.
I guess it could be like a recessive genetic thing, and it just happened to pop up in our puppy.
the rest of her littermates have not had any problems either.
Hope this helps out.