Her name should be IsADORABLE. Because Nikki has the sweetest, cutest face you can imagine - this picture almost captures her sweetness. Almost.

Nikki is a very bouncy, happy, loving girl, found as a stray, who is far younger than we had originally thought. Tho she can be easy going and she has really excellent house manners she is also playful, can jump higher than she is tall, which ain't very, and loves to walk. But not nearly as much as she loves being in the house. And again, except for counter cruising she has really excellent house manners. All our dogs love to be in the house but Nikki knows HOW to be a house dog.

Nikki is one of those little Tank-type mals. As she sheds her excess poundage, her agility and bounce is increasing; she already has more bounce-to-the-ounce than many young pups.

And if I were picking a family dog, looking for a Hearth-and-Home companion, Nikki is the one I would pick. Her size combined with her good manners put her near the top of the list.

Nikki is eager to please, eager to have fun and eager to love. Like most malamute females, she will not share with another girl but does pretty good in the yard with boy dogs as long where she does not have to share. She missed that sharing-stuff in kindergarten, apparently. But Nikki lives every day with a boy dog in her yard - sometimes Bolt, sometimes Max, sometimes others - and happily walks and sniffs with a boy dog as well.

Nikki is being cared for in Cle Elum, WA.